Navid Negahban
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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Movies (54)
The Fix
2026 · Qasim
Am Abgrund
2024 · Tofik Gasimov
La vida es un pastel
2023 · Isaac
Escape bajo fuego
2023 · Mohammad 'Mo' Doud
In the Garden of Tulips
2023
Batman: La Perdición que llegó a Ciudad Gótica
2023 · Ra's al Ghul (voice)
Tehranto
2022 · Narrator (voice)
Dark Corners
2021 · Karim
The First Goodbye
2021
London Arabia
2019 · Mo, Producer
La flor del combate
2019 · The Shepherd (voice)
Aladdín
2019 · Sultan
Saat des Terrors
2018 · Kashif Baqri
Tropa de Héroes
2018 · General Dostum
Osprey
2017 · Adam Zakaria, Co-Producer
Damascus Cover
2017 · Sarraj
Carving a Life
2017 · Dr. Kasem
Asesino: Misión venganza
2017 · Minister Behurz
Price for Freedom
2017 · Victor Daniels
Castillo de arena
2017 · Kadeer
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
2017 · Mehran (voice)
Brain on Fire
2017 · Dr. Najjar
Becoming the Enemy
2017 · Victor Daniels
Francotirador 6: El tirador fantasma
2016 · Mothershed
Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero
2016 · Mohammad Mohammad-Mohammadi
Baba Joon
2015 · Itzhak
Day One
2015 · Dr. Nasir
Francotirador
2014 · Sheikh Al-Obeidi
Lecciones de Amor
2014 · Rashid
The Moment
2013 · Malik Jamil
El poder de pocas
2013 · Sahel
Atlas Shrugged: Part I
2011 · Dr. Robert Stadler
Heal
2010 · Abdul
Hermanos
2009 · Murad
Dead Air
2009 · Abir
Liberation
2009 · Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
Diplomacy
2009 · Iranian Foreign Minister
The Stoning of Soraya M.
2009 · Ali
Esperanzas cruzadas
2009 · Doctor Brooks
The Ambassador's Wife
2009 · Ambassador
Stellina Blue
2009 · Amir Keshavarz
Djinn
2008 · Djinn
Juego de poder
2007 · Refugee Camp Translator
Broken
2007 · Keith
Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses
2007 · Sheik Ahmad
Richard III
2007 · Sir James Tyrrel
The Fallen Ones
2005 · Ammon
Pretty Persuasion
2005 · Mr. Azzouni
Saving Jessica Lynch
2003 · Fedayeen Colonel
War Stories
2003 · Al Qaeda Rebel at Bridge
Boundaries
2000 · Trombonist
The Marshal
· Lenny Gibbs
Clear Cut, Simple
· Ismail Tahair
The Apple Tree
· Director
TV shows (44)
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
2025 · Reza "Gunther" Karimi (voice)
WondLa
2024 · Loroc (voice)
Fantasmas de Beirut
2023 · Ali Reza Asgari (2007)
El agente nocturno
2023 · Abbas Mansuri
The Serpent Queen
2022 · Claude de Lorraine
Panteón
2022 · Farhad (voice)
The Old Man
2022 · Faraz Hamzad
La chica de la limpieza
2022 · Hayak Barsamian
Tehran
2020 · Masoud Tabrizi
God Friended Me
2018 · Hasan, Hassan
Castlevania
2017 · Sala (voice)
Legion
2017 · Amahl Farouk / Shadow King
The Team
2015 · Said Gharbour
Scorpion
2014 · Agent Khara
Arrow
2012 · Al Ow-Al
Veep
2012 · Abbas
Homeland
2011 · Abu Nazir
Person of Interest
2011 · Ali Hasan
NCIS: Los Ángeles
2009 · Aziz Anshiri
Dark Blue
2009 · Ahmad Satar
El mentalista
2008 · Hassan Zarif
Fringe
2008 · Dr. Malik Yusef
Moonlight
2007 · Amir Fayed
Shark
2006 · Amir Khan
The Unit
2006 · Faheed
Over There: Hasta el Final
2005 · Iraqi Father
Mentes Criminales
2005 · Hassan Nadir
Caso Resuelto
2005 · Dr. al-Thani
Lost
2004 · Omar
NCIS
2003 · Jalil Shaloub
Las Vegas
2003 · Farouk Naeem
Threat Matrix
2003 · Fred
Sin rastro
2002 · Nazar Rahim
CSI: Miami
2002 · Rahim Farooq
El Escudo
2002 · Zayed Al-Thani
24 Horas
2001 · Abdullah, Jamot
Alias Us
2001 · Foreman
The Agency
2001 · Palestinian Officer, Arab Driver
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000 · Morsi
The West Wing
1999 · Maz
La Ley y el Orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales
1999 · Sam Farhidi, Rankesh Chanoor
JAG: Justicia Militar
1995 · Jamal Bin Fahad Al-Hadi
Law & Order
1990 · Imam Ibrahim
Scene of the Crime
1970 · Harun