Omid Abtahi

Omid Abtahi

Known for
Acting
Born
July 12, 1979 (age 47)
Birthplace
Tehran, Iran

Biography

Omid Abtahi (Persian: امید ابطحی; born July 12, 1979) is an Iranian-born American actor. He is best known for his roles as Salim in Starz Original American Gods, Penn Pershing in The Mandalorian on Disney+, Saleem Ulman in NCIS on Paramount+, and Homes in the fourth installment of The Hunger Games film series, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2. He is also known for his performances as Justin Yates in Ghost Whisperer on CBS and Detective Jerry Molbeck in the American TV adaptation of Those Who Kill on A&E.

Known For

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Filmography

2025
The Chosen Adventures poster

The Chosen Adventures

TV · as Kato the Augur (voice), Vendor (voice) · 2 eps

2025
The Mighty Nein poster

The Mighty Nein

TV · as Dead Eye / Bartender (voice) · 1 ep

2024
Rock, Paper, Scissors poster

Rock, Paper, Scissors

TV · as Pharaoh Atraxes / Camel 2 (voice) · 1 ep

2024
Tracker poster

Tracker

TV · as Harith Holmes · 1 ep

2023
City on Fire poster

City on Fire

TV · as Det. Ali Parsa · 8 eps

2023
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur poster

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

TV · as Ahmed (voice), Additional Voices (voice) · 6 eps

2022
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight poster

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight

TV · as Alfie / Knight (voice), Alfie (voice) · 1 ep

2021
Justice Society: World War II poster

Justice Society: World War II

Movie · as Hawkman (voice)

2021
Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol poster

Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol

TV · 1 ep

2020
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian poster

Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
The Mandalorian poster

The Mandalorian

TV · as Dr. Penn Pershing · 5 eps

2019
Love, Death & Robots poster

Love, Death & Robots

TV · as Wes (voice) · 1 ep

2019
Fast & Furious Spy Racers poster

Fast & Furious Spy Racers

TV · as Sandocal · 4 eps

2019
The Boys poster

The Boys

TV · as Sameer Shah · 5 eps

2018
FBI poster

FBI

TV · as Faheem Ellahie · 1 ep

2017
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming poster

Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming

Movie · as Ramin (voice)

2017
DuckTales poster

DuckTales

TV · as D'jinn (voice) · 2 eps

2017
American Gods poster

American Gods

TV · as Salim · 7 eps

2016
Damien: Behind the Scenes poster

Damien: Behind the Scenes

Movie · as Self

2016
Damien poster

Damien

TV · as Amani Golkar · 10 eps

2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 poster

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

Movie · as Homes

2015
We Bare Bears poster

We Bare Bears

TV · as Additional Voices (voice) · 1 ep

2015
Fear the Walking Dead poster

Fear the Walking Dead

TV · as Howard · 8 eps

2015
Better Call Saul poster

Better Call Saul

TV · as Detective Abbasi · 3 eps

2014
Boys of Abu Ghraib poster

Boys of Abu Ghraib

Movie · as Ghazi Hammoud

2014
Legends poster

Legends

TV · as Bashir Al-Kanazer · 2 eps

2014
State of Affairs poster

State of Affairs

TV · as Rayst Kamal · 1 ep

2014
Madam Secretary poster

Madam Secretary

TV · as Deputy Minister Amin Hamadani · 1 ep

2012
Argo poster

Argo

Movie · as Reza Borhani

2012
Revolution poster

Revolution

TV · as Captain Riley · 2 eps

2011
Hide poster

Hide

Movie · as Neil

2011
Homeland poster

Homeland

TV · as Raqim Faisel · 3 eps

2011
Shameless poster

Shameless

TV · as Sameer · 1 ep

2010
Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back poster

Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back

Movie · as Dr. Jagu / Reporter #2 (voice)

2010
Hawaii Five-0 poster

Hawaii Five-0

TV · as Naser Salaam · 1 ep

2009
Brothers poster

Brothers

Movie · as Yusuf

2009
Diplomacy

Diplomacy

Movie · as American Interpreter

2009
Castle poster

Castle

TV · as Rasheed Waqas · 1 ep

2009
FlashForward poster

FlashForward

TV · as Ed Fiore · 2 eps

2009
NCIS: Los Angeles poster

NCIS: Los Angeles

TV · as Ari Sayed · 2 eps

2009
Archer poster

Archer

TV · as (voice) · 1 ep

2009
The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife

TV · as Samir · 1 ep

2008
Space Chimps poster

Space Chimps

Movie · as Dr. Jagu (voice)

2008
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh poster

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

Movie · as Mohammed

2008
Ocean of Pearls poster

Ocean of Pearls

Movie · as Amrit Singh

2008
The Last Lullaby poster

The Last Lullaby

Movie · as Van

2008
Fringe poster

Fringe

TV · as Simon Philips

2008
The Mentalist poster

The Mentalist

TV · as Markham Shankar · 1 ep

2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars poster

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

TV · as Cadet Amis (voice), Amis / Mandalorian Super Commando (voice) · 1 ep

2008
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles poster

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

TV · as Sumner · 1 ep

2008
My Own Worst Enemy poster

My Own Worst Enemy

TV · as Tony Nazari · 9 eps

2008
Eli Stone poster

Eli Stone

TV · as Amir Khan · 1 ep

2006
Running with Scissors poster

Running with Scissors

Movie · as Restaurant Manager

2006
The Unit poster

The Unit

TV · as The Boss · 1 ep

2005
Ghost Whisperer poster

Ghost Whisperer

TV · as Justin Yates · 3 eps

2005
Over There poster

Over There

TV · as Pfc. Tariq Nassiri · 13 eps

2005
Sleeper Cell poster

Sleeper Cell

TV · as Salim · 8 eps

2005
Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy

TV · as Aasif · 1 ep

2005
Bones poster

Bones

TV · as Hal Shirazi · 1 ep

2003
NCIS poster

NCIS

TV · as Saleem Ulman · 2 eps

2001
24 poster

24

TV · as Jibraan Al-Zarian, Safa · 3 eps

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Chandru 'Dru' Kambhatla · 1 ep

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as Mahmoud (voice), Faisal (voice) · 1 ep