Navid Negahban
Acteur, Producer
2 juni 1968 (57 years)
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
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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| 2025 | Splinter Cell: Deathwatch · as Reza "gunther" Karimi (voice) |
| 2024 | WondLa · as Loroc (voice) |
| 2024 | Am Abgrund · as Tofik Gasimov |
| 2023 | Sitting in Bars with Cake · as Isaac |
| 2023 | Kandahar · as Mohammad 'mo' DoudOp Plex |
| 2023 | Ghosts of Beirut · as Ali Reza Asgari (2007) |
| 2023 | Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham · as Ra's Al Ghul (voice) |
| 2023 | The Night Agent · as Abbas Mansuri |
| 2022 | Tehranto · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2022 | The Serpent Queen · as Claude De Lorraine |
| 2022 | Pantheon · as Farhad (voice) |
| 2022 | The Old Man · as Faraz Hamzad |
| 2022 | The Cleaning Lady · as Hayak Barsamian |
| 2021 | Dark Corners · as KarimOp Plex |
| 2020 | Tehran · as Masoud Tabrizi |
| 2019 | In Full Bloom · as The Shepherd (voice) |
| 2019 | Aladdin · as Sultan |
| 2018 | Saat des Terrors · as Kashif Baqri |
| 2018 | God Friended Me · as Hassan |
| 2018 | 12 Strong · as General Dostum |
| 2017 | Damascus Cover · as Sarraj |
| 2017 | Carving A Life · as Dr. KasemOp Plex |
| 2017 | American Assassin · as Minister Behurz |
| 2017 | Price for Freedom · as Victor Daniels |
| 2017 | Castlevania · as Sala (voice) |
| 2017 | Sand Castle · as Kadeer |
| 2017 | Legion · as Amahl Farouk / Shadow King |
| 2016 | Brain on Fire · as Dr. NajjarOp Plex |
| 2016 | Sniper: Ghost Shooter · as Mothershed |
| 2016 | Window Horses · as Mehran (voice) |
| 2016 | Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero · as Mohammad Mohammad-Mohammadi |
| 2016 | The Catch · as Qasim Halabi |
| 2015 | Baba Joon · as Itzhak |
| 2015 | The Messengers (2015) · as Prime Minister Nazar |
| 2015 | Day One · as Dr. Nasir |
| 2015 | The Team · as Said Gharbour |
| 2014 | American Sniper · as Sheikh Al-Obeidi |
| 2014 | Scorpion · as Agent Khara |
| 2013 | Words and Pictures · as RashidOp Plex |
| 2013 | Mistresses (US) · as Jonathan Amadi |
| 2013 | The Moment · as Malik JamilOp Plex |
| 2013 | The Power of Few · as Sahel |
| 2012 | Arrow · as Al Ow-Al |
| 2012 | Veep · as Abbas |
| 2011 | Homeland · as Abu Nazir |
| 2011 | Person of Interest · as Ali Hasan |
| 2011 | Atlas Shrugged: Part I · as Dr. Robert Stadler |
| 2010 | The Whole Truth · as Paul Bagdazarian |
| 2010 | Covert Affairs · as Cast |
| 2009 | Brothers · as Murad |
| 2009 | Dead Air · as Abir |
| 2009 | Powder Blue · as Doctor BrooksOp Plex |
| 2009 | NCIS: Los Angeles · as Aziz Anshiri |
| 2009 | Liberation · as Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi |
| 2009 | Dark Blue · as Ahmad Satar |
| 2009 | Diplomacy · as Iranian Foreign Minister |
| 2009 | The Ambassador's Wife · as Ambassador |
| 2009 | Stellina Blue · as Amir Keshavarz |
| 2008 | The Mentalist · as Hassan Zarif |
| 2008 | Fringe · as Dr. Malik Yusef |
| 2008 | The Stoning of Soraya M. · as Ali |
| 2008 | Djinn · as Djinn |
| 2007 | Charlie Wilson's War · as Refugee Camp Translator |
| 2007 | Richard III · as Sir James Tyrrel |
| 2007 | Moonlight · as Amir FayedOp Plex |
| 2007 | Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses · as Sheik Ahmad |
| 2006 | Broken · as Keith |
| 2006 | The Game · as Martin Sheibani |
| 2006 | Shark · as Amir Khan |
| 2006 | The Path to 9/11 · as Khalili |
| 2006 | The Unit · as Faheed |
| 2006 | Murder 101 · as Sheik Ahmad |
| 2006 | Clear Cut, Simple · as Ismail Tahair |
| 2005 | Sleeper Cell · as The Colonel |
| 2005 | The Fallen Ones · as AmmonOp Plex |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds · as Hassan Nadir |
| 2005 | Over There · as Iraqi Father |
| 2005 | The Closer · as Dr. Al-Thani |
| 2005 | Pretty Persuasion · as Mr. AzzouniOp Plex |
| 2004 | Lost · as Omar |
| 2004 | CSI: NY · as Zane Kalim |
| 2004 | Homeland Security · as Mohammad Hassan |
| 2004 | Celeste in the City · as Cab Driver |
| 2003 | Saving Jessica Lynch · as Fedayeen Colonel |
| 2003 | Las Vegas · as Farouk Naeem |
| 2003 | Threat Matrix · as Fred |
| 2003 | NCIS · as Jalil Shaloub |
| 2003 | L.A. Dragnet · as Clerk |
| 2003 | War Stories · as Al Qaeda Rebel At Bridge |
| 2002 | Without a Trace · as Nazar Rahim |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami · as Rahim Farooq |
| 2002 | The Shield · as Zayed Al-Thani |
| 2001 | 24 · as Jamot |
| 2001 | Alias · as Foreman |
| 2001 | The Agency · as Arab Driver |
| 2000 | Curb Your Enthusiasm · as Morsi |
| 2000 | The Invisible Man · as Oman Tariq |
| 1999 | The West Wing · as Maz |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · as Rankesh Chanoor |
| 1995 | JAG · as Jamal Bin Fahad Al-Hadi |
| 1990 | Law & Order · as Imam Ibrahim |
| 1970 | Tatort · as Harun |
| 2022 | The Voice of Dust and Ash · as Self |