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