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