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Navid Negahban
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Navid Negahban
Homepage
https://navidnegahban.com
Known For
Acting
Birthday
,Mashhad, Iran
Gender
Male
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

5.1

Dead Air
2009-10-27

Becoming the Enemy

0

Becoming the Enemy
2017-01-01

The Stoning of Soraya M.

7.698

The Stoning of Soraya M.
2009-06-26

The Fallen Ones

3.879

The Fallen Ones
2005-05-14

6.118

Powder Blue
2009-05-08

6.778

Kandahar
2023-05-25

Atlas Shrugged: Part I

5.452

Atlas Shrugged: Part I
2011-04-14

2

Richard III
2007-06-13

Sniper: Ghost Shooter

6.326

Sniper: Ghost Shooter
2016-08-02

7

Heal
2010-03-26

4.5

The Moment
2013-04-21

Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses

7.2

Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses
2007-08-09

7.313

Brothers
2009-12-02

5.6

Broken
2007-10-05

American Sniper

7.413

American Sniper
2014-12-25

Sitting in Bars with Cake

7

Sitting in Bars with Cake
2023-09-07

Words and Pictures

6.4

Words and Pictures
2014-05-22

2

Osprey
2017-11-06

The First Goodbye

0

The First Goodbye
2021-02-01

5.6

Day One
2015-02-27

5.7

Am Abgrund
2024-03-01

Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham

6.664

Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham
2023-03-10

5.553

Damascus Cover
2017-10-23

In the Garden of Tulips

8

In the Garden of Tulips
2023-04-14

6.8

Baba Joon
2015-09-10

5

Stellina Blue
2009-01-01

Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero

5.3

Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero
2016-03-13

10

Boundaries
2000-07-26

6.494

Sand Castle
2017-04-21

Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming

6.7

Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
2017-03-10

0

Diplomacy
2009-07-10

6.361

12 Strong
2018-01-18

American Assassin

6.415

American Assassin
2017-07-14

7.018

Brain on Fire
2017-02-22

0

Liberation
2009-07-26

Saat des Terrors

4.4

Saat des Terrors
2018-11-21

7.085

Aladdin
2019-05-22

Pretty Persuasion

5.831

Pretty Persuasion
2005-01-22

Charlie Wilson's War

6.544

Charlie Wilson's War
2007-12-19

6.76

In Full Bloom
2019-06-19

3.8

Dark Corners
2021-02-05

9

Carving a Life
2017-10-13

3.5

Djinn
2008-03-06

Price for Freedom

2

Price for Freedom
2017-07-07

The Power of Few

5.268

The Power of Few
2013-02-15

0

London Arabia
2019-08-07

6

Tehranto
2022-11-25

Saving Jessica Lynch

4.6

Saving Jessica Lynch
2003-11-08

5.143

War Stories
2003-01-29

The Ambassador's Wife

0

The Ambassador's Wife
2009-02-01

0

Hotel Tehran
2026-10-16

7.585

Homeland
2011-10-02

7.312

Law & Order
1990-09-13

8.4

The Mentalist
2008-09-23

Scene of the Crime

6.2

Scene of the Crime
1970-11-29

8.205

Scorpion
2014-09-22

8.3

Criminal Minds
2005-09-22

Ghosts of Beirut

6.7

Ghosts of Beirut
2023-05-21

Curb Your Enthusiasm

8.03

Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000-10-15

The Cleaning Lady

7.396

The Cleaning Lady
2022-01-03

Person of Interest

8.1

Person of Interest
2011-09-22

7.3

Moonlight
2007-09-28

8.1

Pantheon
2022-09-01

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

7.948

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999-09-20

8.169

The Shield
2002-03-12

7.224

The Old Man
2022-06-16

6.439

The Team
2015-02-22

God Friended Me

7.715

God Friended Me
2018-09-30

7.291

JAG
1995-09-23

God Friended Me

7.715

God Friended Me
2018-09-30

7.484

Veep
2012-04-22

The Serpent Queen

7.397

The Serpent Queen
2022-09-11

7.51

Legion
2017-02-08

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

7.948

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999-09-20

8.252

The West Wing
1999-09-22

8.262

Castlevania
2017-07-07

8.1

Fringe
2008-09-09

Without a Trace

7.251

Without a Trace
2002-09-26

6.835

Arrow
2012-10-10

7.479

WondLa
2024-06-27

7.563

Tehran
2020-06-22

7.857

The Closer
2005-06-13

7.958

Lost
2004-09-22

6.1

Threat Matrix
2003-09-18

NCIS: Los Angeles

7.54

NCIS: Los Angeles
2009-09-22

The Night Agent

7.713

The Night Agent
2023-03-23

6.8

Alias
2001-09-30

7.054

Las Vegas
2003-09-22

7.787

24
2001-11-06

7.787

24
2001-11-06

Splinter Cell: Deathwatch

6.589

Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
2025-10-14

6.667

Over There
2005-11-13

6.717

Shark
2006-09-21

7.704

CSI: Miami
2002-09-23

6.714

The Agency
2001-09-27

6.714

The Agency
2001-09-27

6.889

Dark Blue
2009-07-15

7.622

NCIS
2003-09-23

7.352

The Unit
2006-03-07