Navid Negahban
Acting
Born: June 2, 1968 (age 58) · Mashhad, Iran
Highest Rated
Biography
Navid Negahban is an Iranian-American actor, producer, and director whose work spans four decades, three continents, and over 166 credits in film, television, and video games. Born in Mashhad, Iran, he discovered theater at eight years old. He left Iran in 1985, traveling through Turkey and Bulgaria before arriving at a refugee camp in Ingelheim, Germany, where he applied for asylum. He spent eight years performing with the Rheinland-Pfalz Theater in Kaiserslautern before moving to the United States in 1993. He is fluent in Persian, English, and German. He is best known for playing Abu Nazir in Showtime's Homeland (2011–2013), Amahl Farouk / Shadow King in FX's Legion (2017–2019), The Sultan in Disney's live-action Aladdin (2019), General Abdul Rashid Dostum in 12 Strong (2018), Sheikh Al-Obodi in American Sniper (2014), Faraz Hamzad in FX's The Old Man (2022–2024), and Abbas Mansuri in Netflix's The Night Agent (2025). As a producer, his film Baba Joon won five Ophir Awards including Best Picture at the Israeli Film Academy. As a director, his short film The Apple Tree won Best Short Film at the Japan Indies Film Festival (2025). He received a BAFTA Games Award nomination for Best Performer for his work on 1979 Revolution: Black Friday (2017). He is represented by Innovative Artists. Official website: https://navidnegahban.com
Known for
American Sniper
2014
Aladdin
2019
Arrow
2012
Lost
2004
The Mentalist
2008
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Scorpion
2014
Criminal Minds
2005
Brothers
2009
American Assassin
2017
12 Strong
2018
Fringe
2008
Photos (4)
Movies (50)
The Fix
Qasim
Aladdin
Sultan
American Sniper
Sheikh Al-Obeidi
American Assassin
Minister Behurz
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham
Ra's al Ghul (voice)
12 Strong
General Dostum
Sitting in Bars with Cake
Isaac
Brothers
Murad
Charlie Wilson's War
Refugee Camp Translator
Sand Castle
Kadeer
Kandahar
Mohammad 'Mo' Doud
Pretty Persuasion
Mr. Azzouni
Powder Blue
Doctor Brooks
Words and Pictures
Rashid
Sniper: Ghost Shooter
Mothershed
Brain on Fire
Dr. Najjar
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Ali
Atlas Shrugged: Part I
Dr. Robert Stadler
Dead Air
Abir
In Full Bloom
The Shepherd (voice)
The Power of Few
Sahel
Broken
Keith
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
Mehran (voice)
Damascus Cover
Sarraj
Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses
Sheik Ahmad
Boundaries
Trombonist
Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero
Mohammad Mohammad-Mohammadi
War Stories
Al Qaeda Rebel at Bridge
The Moment
Malik Jamil
Day One
Dr. Nasir
In the Garden of Tulips
2023
Dark Corners
Karim
The Fallen Ones
Ammon
Am Abgrund
Tofik Gasimov
Price for Freedom
Victor Daniels
Saat des Terrors
Kashif Baqri
Becoming the Enemy
Victor Daniels
Tehranto
Narrator (voice)
Carving a Life
Dr. Kasem
Stellina Blue
Amir Keshavarz
Baba Joon
Itzhak
Heal
Abdul
Richard III
Sir James Tyrrel
Saving Jessica Lynch
Fedayeen Colonel
London Arabia
Mo
Liberation
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
The Ambassador's Wife
Ambassador
The First Goodbye
2021
Osprey
Adam Zakaria
Djinn
Djinn
TV Shows (48)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Sam Farhidi · 1 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Rankesh Chanoor · 1 eps
Law & Order
Imam Ibrahim · 1 eps
NCIS
Jalil Shaloub · 1 eps
The Mentalist
Hassan Zarif · 1 eps
Criminal Minds
Hassan Nadir · 1 eps
CSI: Miami
Rahim Farooq · 1 eps
Scene of the Crime
Harun · 1 eps
NCIS: Los Angeles
Aziz Anshiri · 1 eps
Lost
Omar · 1 eps
Person of Interest
Ali Hasan · 1 eps
Homeland
Abu Nazir · 25 eps
JAG
Jamal Bin Fahad Al-Hadi · 1 eps
24
Abdullah · 1 eps
24
Jamot · 8 eps
Arrow
Al Ow-Al · 1 eps
The West Wing
Maz · 1 eps
Fringe
Dr. Malik Yusef · 1 eps
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Morsi · 1 eps
Without a Trace
Nazar Rahim · 1 eps
The Shield
Zayed Al-Thani · 1 eps
The Closer
Dr. al-Thani · 1 eps
Las Vegas
Farouk Naeem · 1 eps
Scorpion
Agent Khara · 1 eps
The Night Agent
Abbas Mansuri · 7 eps
The Cleaning Lady
Hayak Barsamian · 11 eps
The Unit
Faheed · 1 eps
Veep
Abbas · 1 eps
Pantheon
Farhad (voice) · 3 eps
Castlevania
Sala (voice) · 10 eps
Legion
Amahl Farouk / Shadow King · 19 eps
The Old Man
Faraz Hamzad · 9 eps
Shark
Amir Khan · 1 eps
Tehran
Masoud Tabrizi · 8 eps
WondLa
Loroc (voice) · 1 eps
God Friended Me
Hasan · 1 eps
God Friended Me
Hassan · 1 eps
The Agency
Palestinian Officer · 1 eps
The Agency
Arab Driver · 1 eps
The Serpent Queen
Claude de Lorraine · 1 eps
Moonlight
Amir Fayed · 1 eps
Dark Blue
Ahmad Satar · 1 eps
Alias
Foreman · 1 eps
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
Reza "Gunther" Karimi (voice) · 8 eps
Threat Matrix
Fred · 1 eps
Ghosts of Beirut
Ali Reza Asgari (2007) · 3 eps
Over There
Iraqi Father · 1 eps
The Team
Said Gharbour · 8 eps
