Navid Negahban
Known for Acting · 95 credits
- Place of birth
- Mashhad, Iran
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
Known For
TV Shows (44)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Sam Farhidi / Rankesh Chanoor
The Mentalist
2008
as Hassan Zarif
Law & Order
1990
as Imam Ibrahim
NCIS
2003
as Jalil Shaloub
Criminal Minds
2005
as Hassan Nadir
24
2001
as Abdullah / Jamot
CSI: Miami
2002
as Rahim Farooq
Lost
2004
as Omar
Arrow
2012
as Al Ow-Al
Homeland
2011
as Abu Nazir
Person of Interest
2011
as Ali Hasan
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
as Aziz Anshiri
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Harun
The West Wing
1999
as Maz
The Closer
2005
as Dr. al-Thani
JAG
1995
as Jamal Bin Fahad Al-Hadi
Fringe
2008
as Dr. Malik Yusef
The Night Agent
2023
as Abbas Mansuri
Without a Trace
2002
as Nazar Rahim
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Morsi
Scorpion
2014
as Agent Khara
The Cleaning Lady
2022
as Hayak Barsamian
The Shield
2002
as Zayed Al-Thani
Las Vegas
2003
as Farouk Naeem
Veep
2012
as Abbas
The Unit
2006
as Faheed
Legion
2017
as Amahl Farouk / Shadow King
Shark
2006
as Amir Khan
The Agency
2001
as Palestinian Officer / Arab Driver
Tehran
2020
as Masoud Tabrizi
Castlevania
2017
as Sala (voice)
Pantheon
2022
as Farhad (voice)
The Old Man
2022
as Faraz Hamzad
Dark Blue
2009
as Ahmad Satar
God Friended Me
2018
as Hasan / Hassan
Moonlight
2007
as Amir Fayed
WondLa
2024
as Loroc (voice)
Threat Matrix
2003
as Fred
Alias
2001
as Foreman
The Serpent Queen
2022
as Claude de Lorraine
Over There
2005
as Iraqi Father
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
2025
as Reza "Gunther" Karimi (voice)
The Team
2015
as Said Gharbour
Ghosts of Beirut
2023
as Ali Reza Asgari (2007)
Movies (51)
Aladdin
2019
as Sultan
American Sniper
2014
as Sheikh Al-Obeidi
American Assassin
2017
as Minister Behurz
The Fix
2026
as Qasim
Brothers
2009
as Murad
Kandahar
2023
as Mohammad 'Mo' Doud
12 Strong
2018
as General Dostum
Pretty Persuasion
2005
as Mr. Azzouni
Atlas Shrugged: Part I
2011
as Dr. Robert Stadler
Sniper: Ghost Shooter
2016
as Mothershed
Sand Castle
2017
as Kadeer
Charlie Wilson's War
2007
as Refugee Camp Translator
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham
2023
as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
The Stoning of Soraya M.
2009
as Ali
Brain on Fire
2017
as Dr. Najjar
Powder Blue
2009
as Doctor Brooks
Sitting in Bars with Cake
2023
as Isaac
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
2017
as Mehran (voice)
Boundaries
2000
as Trombonist
Words and Pictures
2014
as Rashid
Damascus Cover
2017
as Sarraj
The Power of Few
2013
as Sahel
Tehranto
2022
as Narrator (voice)
Saving Jessica Lynch
2003
as Fedayeen Colonel
Baba Joon
2015
as Itzhak
Broken
2007
as Keith
Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses
2007
as Sheik Ahmad
Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero
2016
as Mohammad Mohammad-Mohammadi
In Full Bloom
2019
as The Shepherd (voice)
Becoming the Enemy
2017
as Victor Daniels
Heal
2010
as Abdul
The Fallen Ones
2005
as Ammon
The Moment
2013
as Malik Jamil
Dead Air
2009
as Abir
Diplomacy
2009
as Iranian Foreign Minister
Richard III
2007
as Sir James Tyrrel
The First Goodbye
2021
War Stories
2003
as Al Qaeda Rebel at Bridge
Am Abgrund
2024
as Tofik Gasimov
Stellina Blue
2009
as Amir Keshavarz
Price for Freedom
2017
as Victor Daniels
Dark Corners
2021
as Karim
Osprey
2017
as Adam Zakaria
Carving a Life
2017
as Dr. Kasem
Saat des Terrors
2018
as Kashif Baqri
Day One
2015
as Dr. Nasir
The Ambassador's Wife
2009
as Ambassador
In the Garden of Tulips
2023
London Arabia
2019
as Mo
Djinn
2008
as Djinn
Liberation
2009
as Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
About 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, a… With 95 credits spanning from 1970 to 2026, Navid Negahban has appeared in 51 films and 44 TV shows.
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- Aladdin (2019) — as Sultan
- American Sniper (2014) — as Sheikh Al-Obeidi
- American Assassin (2017) — as Minister Behurz
- The Fix (2026) — as Qasim
- Brothers (2009) — as Murad
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