Omid Abtahi
Born: 1979-07-12 in Tehran, Iran
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- The Mighty Nein as Dead Eye / Bartender (voice)
- The Chosen Adventures as Kato the Augur (voice)
2024
- Rock, Paper, Scissors as Pharaoh Atraxes / Camel 2 (voice)
2023
- Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur as Ahmed (voice)
- City on Fire as Det. Ali Parsa
2022
- Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight as Alfie / Knight (voice)
2021
- Justice Society: World War II as Hawkman (voice)
2020
2019
- The Boys as Sameer Shah
- The Mandalorian as Dr. Penn Pershing
- Love, Death & Robots as Wes (voice)
- Fast & Furious Spy Racers as Sandocal
2018
- FBI as Faheem Ellahie
2017
- DuckTales as D'jinn (voice)
- American Gods as Salim
- Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming as Ramin (voice)
2016
- Damien as Amani Golkar
- Damien: Behind the Scenes as Self
2015
- Better Call Saul as Detective Abbasi
- Fear the Walking Dead as Howard
- We Bare Bears as Additional Voices (voice)
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 as Homes
2014
- Madam Secretary as Deputy Minister Amin Hamadani
- Legends as Bashir Al-Kanazer
- State of Affairs as Rayst Kamal
- Boys of Abu Ghraib as Ghazi Hammoud
2012
- Revolution as Captain Riley
- Argo as Reza Borhani
2010
- Hawaii Five-0 as Naser Salaam
- Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back as Dr. Jagu / Reporter #2 (voice)
2009
- Castle as Rasheed Waqas
- NCIS: Los Angeles as Ari Sayed
- The Good Wife as Samir
- Archer as (voice)
- FlashForward as Ed Fiore
- Brothers as Yusuf
- Diplomacy as American Interpreter
2008
- The Mentalist as Markham Shankar
- Fringe
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Cadet Amis (voice)
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles as Sumner
- Eli Stone as Amir Khan
- My Own Worst Enemy as Tony Nazari
- Space Chimps as Dr. Jagu (voice)
- The Mysteries of Pittsburgh as Mohammed
- The Last Lullaby as Van
- Ocean of Pearls as Amrit Singh
2006
- The Unit as The Boss
- Running with Scissors as Restaurant Manager
2005
- Grey's Anatomy as Aasif
- Bones as Hal Shirazi
- Ghost Whisperer as Justin Yates
- Sleeper Cell as Salim
- Over There as Pfc. Tariq Nassiri
2003
- NCIS as Saleem Ulman
2001
- 24 as Jibraan Al-Zarian
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Chandru 'Dru' Kambhatla
1999
- Family Guy as Mahmoud (voice)