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Omid Abtahi

ActorBorn July 12, 1979 (45 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Fear the Walking Dead
  • Space Chimps

Known For

  • American Gods
  • Damien
  • Justice Society: World War II
  • Space Chimps
  • Those Who Kill (US)
  • Over There
  • The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
  • My Own Worst Enemy
  • Ocean of Pearls
  • Boys of Abu Ghraib
  • City on Fire
  • Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
  • Hide

Filmography

2023
City on Fire (TV Series) · as Det. Ali Parsa
2023
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (TV Series) · as Ahmed (voice)
2022
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight (TV Series) · as Alfie (voice)
2022
Graveyard (TV Series) · as Gökhan Demirdelen
2021
Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol (TV Series) · as Cast
2021
Justice Society: World War II · as Hawkman (voice)
2019
Fast & Furious: Spy Racers (TV Series) · as Sandocal
2019
The Mandalorian (TV Series) · as Dr. Penn Pershing
2019
The Boys (TV Series) · as Sameer Shah
2019
Love, Death & Robots (TV Series) · as Wes (voice)
2018
FBI (TV Series) · as Faheem Ellahie
2018
The Crossing (TV Series) · as Jake
2017
DuckTales (2017) (TV Series) · as D'jinn (voice)
2017
American Gods (TV Series) · as Salim
2016
Window Horses · as Ramin
2016
Damien (TV Series) · as Amani Golkar
2015
2015
Fear the Walking Dead (TV Series) · as Howard
2015
Better Call Saul (TV Series) · as Detective Abbasi
2014
We Bare Bears (TV Series) · as Additional Voices (voice)
2014
State of Affairs (TV Series) · as Rayst Kamal
2014
Madam Secretary (TV Series) · as Deputy Minister Amin Hamadani
2014
Legends (2014) (TV Series) · as Bashir Al-Kanazer
2014
Boys of Abu Ghraib · as Ghazi Hammoud
2014
Those Who Kill (US) (TV Series) · as Jerry Molbeck
2013
The Blacklist (TV Series) · as Khan
2012
Argo · as Reza Borhani
2012
Last Resort (TV Series) · as Nigel
2012
Revolution (TV Series) · as Captain Riley
2011
Hide · as Neil
2011
Homeland (TV Series) · as Raqim Faisel
2011
Shameless (US) (TV Series) · as Sameer
2010
The Event (TV Series) · as William
2010
Hawaii Five-0 (2010) (TV Series) · as Naser Salaam
2010
Nikita (TV Series) · as Amir Komera
2010
Covert Affairs (TV Series) · as Sayid Al-Muqri
2010
Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back · as Dr. Jagu / Reporter #2 (voice)
2009
Brothers · as Yusuf
2009
Three Rivers (TV Series) · as Dr. Yousef Khouri
2009
FlashForward (TV Series) · as Ed Fiore
2009
NCIS: Los Angeles (TV Series) · as Ari Sayed
2009
The Good Wife (TV Series) · as Samir
2009
Archer (2009) (TV Series) · as (voice)
2009
Diplomacy · as American Interpreter
2009
Castle (2009) (TV Series) · as Rasheed Waqas
2008
Ocean of Pearls · as Amrit Singh
2008
My Own Worst Enemy (TV Series) · as Tony Nazari
2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (TV Series) · as Amis / Mandalorian Super Commando (voice)
2008
The Mentalist (TV Series) · as Markham Shankar
2008
Fringe (TV Series) · as Simon Philips
2008
Space Chimps · as Dr. Jagu (voice)
2008
2008
Eli Stone (TV Series) · as Amir Khan
2008
2008
2006
Running with Scissors · as Restaurant Manager
2006
Heroes (TV Series) · as Amid Halebi
2006
The Unit (TV Series) · as The Boss
2005
Sleeper Cell (TV Series) · as Salim
2005
Ghost Whisperer (TV Series) · as Justin Yates
2005
Bones (TV Series) · as Hal Shirazi
2005
Over There (TV Series) · as Pfc. Tariq Nassiri
2005
Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) · as Aasif
2003
NCIS (TV Series) · as Saleem Ulman
2001
24 (TV Series) · as Jibraan Al-Zarian
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) · as Chandru 'dru' Kambhatla
1999
Judging Amy (TV Series) · as Reza Ajami
1999
Family Guy (TV Series) · as Faisal (voice)
1995
JAG (TV Series) · as Wahid

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