Navid Negahban
Born: 1968-06-02 in Mashhad, Iran
Known For: Acting
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
Filmography
2026
- The Fix as Qasim
2025
- Splinter Cell: Deathwatch as Reza "Gunther" Karimi (voice)
2024
- WondLa as Loroc (voice)
- Am Abgrund as Tofik Gasimov
2023
- The Night Agent as Abbas Mansuri
- Kandahar as Mohammad 'Mo' Doud
- Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
- Ghosts of Beirut as Ali Reza Asgari (2007)
- Sitting in Bars with Cake as Isaac
- In the Garden of Tulips
2022
- The Cleaning Lady as Hayak Barsamian
- Pantheon as Farhad (voice)
- The Old Man as Faraz Hamzad
- The Serpent Queen as Claude de Lorraine
- Tehranto as Narrator (voice)
2021
- The First Goodbye
- Dark Corners as Karim
2020
- Tehran as Masoud Tabrizi
2019
- Aladdin as Sultan
- In Full Bloom as The Shepherd (voice)
- London Arabia as Mo
2018
- God Friended Me as Hasan
- 12 Strong as General Dostum
- Saat des Terrors as Kashif Baqri
2017
- Castlevania as Sala (voice)
- Legion as Amahl Farouk / Shadow King
- American Assassin as Minister Behurz
- Sand Castle as Kadeer
- Brain on Fire as Dr. Najjar
- Damascus Cover as Sarraj
- Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming as Mehran (voice)
- Carving a Life as Dr. Kasem
- Price for Freedom as Victor Daniels
- Becoming the Enemy as Victor Daniels
- Osprey as Adam Zakaria
2016
- Sniper: Ghost Shooter as Mothershed
- Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero as Mohammad Mohammad-Mohammadi
2014
- Scorpion as Agent Khara
- American Sniper as Sheikh Al-Obeidi
- Words and Pictures as Rashid
2013
- The Power of Few as Sahel
- The Moment as Malik Jamil
2011
- Homeland as Abu Nazir
- Person of Interest as Ali Hasan
- Atlas Shrugged: Part I as Dr. Robert Stadler
2010
- Heal as Abdul
2009
- NCIS: Los Angeles as Aziz Anshiri
- Brothers as Murad
- Dark Blue as Ahmad Satar
- Powder Blue as Doctor Brooks
- The Stoning of Soraya M. as Ali
- Dead Air as Abir
- Liberation as Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
- Diplomacy as Iranian Foreign Minister
- The Ambassador's Wife as Ambassador
- Stellina Blue as Amir Keshavarz
2008
- The Mentalist as Hassan Zarif
- Fringe as Dr. Malik Yusef
- Djinn as Djinn
2007
- Charlie Wilson's War as Refugee Camp Translator
- Moonlight as Amir Fayed
- Broken as Keith
- Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses as Sheik Ahmad
- Richard III as Sir James Tyrrel
2005
- Criminal Minds as Hassan Nadir
- The Closer as Dr. al-Thani
- Over There as Iraqi Father
- Pretty Persuasion as Mr. Azzouni
- The Fallen Ones as Ammon
2004
- Lost as Omar
2003
- NCIS as Jalil Shaloub
- Las Vegas as Farouk Naeem
- Threat Matrix as Fred
- Saving Jessica Lynch as Fedayeen Colonel
- War Stories as Al Qaeda Rebel at Bridge
2002
- CSI: Miami as Rahim Farooq
- Without a Trace as Nazar Rahim
- The Shield as Zayed Al-Thani
2001
- 24 as Abdullah
- The Agency as Palestinian Officer
- Alias as Foreman
2000
- Curb Your Enthusiasm as Morsi
- Boundaries as Trombonist
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Sam Farhidi
- The West Wing as Maz
1995
- JAG as Jamal Bin Fahad Al-Hadi
1990
- Law & Order as Imam Ibrahim
1970
- Scene of the Crime as Harun