Navid Negahban
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 2, 1968 (age 58)
- Birthplace
- Mashhad, Iran
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
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Filmography
The Marshal
Movie · as Lenny Gibbs
Clear Cut, Simple
Movie · as Ismail Tahair
The Fix
Movie · as Qasim
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
TV · as Reza "Gunther" Karimi (voice) · 8 eps
Am Abgrund
Movie · as Tofik Gasimov
WondLa
TV · as Loroc (voice) · 1 ep
Kandahar
Movie · as Mohammad 'Mo' Doud
Sitting in Bars with Cake
Movie · as Isaac
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham
Movie · as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
In the Garden of Tulips
Movie
Ghosts of Beirut
TV · as Ali Reza Asgari (2007) · 3 eps
The Night Agent
TV · as Abbas Mansuri · 7 eps
Tehranto
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Cleaning Lady
TV · as Hayak Barsamian · 11 eps
Pantheon
TV · as Farhad (voice) · 3 eps
The Old Man
TV · as Faraz Hamzad · 9 eps
The Serpent Queen
TV · as Claude de Lorraine · 1 ep
The First Goodbye
Movie
Dark Corners
Movie · as Karim
Tehran
TV · as Masoud Tabrizi · 8 eps
Aladdin
Movie · as Sultan
In Full Bloom
Movie · as The Shepherd (voice)
London Arabia
Movie · as Mo
12 Strong
Movie · as General Dostum
Saat des Terrors
Movie · as Kashif Baqri
God Friended Me
TV · as Hasan, Hassan · 1 ep
Becoming the Enemy
Movie · as Victor Daniels
Osprey
Movie · as Adam Zakaria
Damascus Cover
Movie · as Sarraj
Sand Castle
Movie · as Kadeer
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
Movie · as Mehran (voice)
American Assassin
Movie · as Minister Behurz
Brain on Fire
Movie · as Dr. Najjar
Carving a Life
Movie · as Dr. Kasem
Price for Freedom
Movie · as Victor Daniels
Legion
TV · as Amahl Farouk / Shadow King · 19 eps
Castlevania
TV · as Sala (voice) · 10 eps
Sniper: Ghost Shooter
Movie · as Mothershed
Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero
Movie · as Mohammad Mohammad-Mohammadi
Day One
Movie · as Dr. Nasir
Baba Joon
Movie · as Itzhak
The Team
TV · as Said Gharbour · 8 eps
American Sniper
Movie · as Sheikh Al-Obeidi
Words and Pictures
Movie · as Rashid
Scorpion
TV · as Agent Khara · 1 ep
The Moment
Movie · as Malik Jamil
The Power of Few
Movie · as Sahel
Veep
TV · as Abbas · 1 ep
Arrow
TV · as Al Ow-Al · 1 ep
Atlas Shrugged: Part I
Movie · as Dr. Robert Stadler
Homeland
TV · as Abu Nazir · 25 eps
Person of Interest
TV · as Ali Hasan · 1 ep
Heal
Movie · as Abdul
Dead Air
Movie · as Abir
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Movie · as Ali
Powder Blue
Movie · as Doctor Brooks
Brothers
Movie · as Murad
Stellina Blue
Movie · as Amir Keshavarz
Diplomacy
Movie · as Iranian Foreign Minister
Liberation
Movie · as Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
The Ambassador's Wife
Movie · as Ambassador
NCIS: Los Angeles
TV · as Aziz Anshiri · 1 ep
Dark Blue
TV · as Ahmad Satar · 1 ep
Djinn
Movie · as Djinn
The Mentalist
TV · as Hassan Zarif · 1 ep
Fringe
TV · as Dr. Malik Yusef · 1 ep
Richard III
Movie · as Sir James Tyrrel
Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses
Movie · as Sheik Ahmad
Broken
Movie · as Keith
Charlie Wilson's War
Movie · as Refugee Camp Translator
Moonlight
TV · as Amir Fayed · 1 ep
Shark
TV · as Amir Khan · 1 ep
The Unit
TV · as Faheed · 1 ep
The Fallen Ones
Movie · as Ammon
Pretty Persuasion
Movie · as Mr. Azzouni
Criminal Minds
TV · as Hassan Nadir · 1 ep
The Closer
TV · as Dr. al-Thani · 1 ep
Over There
TV · as Iraqi Father · 1 ep
Lost
TV · as Omar · 1 ep
Saving Jessica Lynch
Movie · as Fedayeen Colonel
War Stories
Movie · as Al Qaeda Rebel at Bridge
Threat Matrix
TV · as Fred · 1 ep
Las Vegas
TV · as Farouk Naeem · 1 ep
NCIS
TV · as Jalil Shaloub · 1 ep
The Shield
TV · as Zayed Al-Thani · 1 ep
Without a Trace
TV · as Nazar Rahim · 1 ep
CSI: Miami
TV · as Rahim Farooq · 1 ep
Alias
TV · as Foreman · 1 ep
24
TV · as Abdullah, Jamot · 1 ep
The Agency
TV · as Palestinian Officer, Arab Driver · 1 ep
Boundaries
Movie · as Trombonist
Curb Your Enthusiasm
TV · as Morsi · 1 ep
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Sam Farhidi, Rankesh Chanoor · 1 ep
The West Wing
TV · as Maz · 1 ep
JAG
TV · as Jamal Bin Fahad Al-Hadi · 1 ep
Law & Order
TV · as Imam Ibrahim · 1 ep
Scene of the Crime
TV · as Harun · 1 ep