Navid Negahban
Biography
Navid Negahban is an Iranian-American actor, producer, and director. He was born on June 2, 1968, in Mashhad, Iran. Negahban is fluent in Persian, English, and German. He has spent over four decades working in film, television, and video games, accumulating over 166 credits. He has performed with the Rheinland-Pfalz Theater in Kaiserslautern, Germany, and later moved to the United States in 1993. Negahban is known for his work in various projects, including playing notable roles in television series such as Homeland and Legion.
Career overview
Navid Negahban is an Iranian-American actor. He was born in Mashhad, Iran. Negahban discovered theater at eight years old. He left Iran in 1985 and spent eight years performing with the Rheinland-Pfalz Theater in Kaiserslautern, Germany. In 1993, he moved to the United States.
Negahban is fluent in Persian, English, and German. He has a career spanning over four decades, three continents, and over 166 credits in film, television, and video games. He is known for his work in various roles, including playing Abu Nazir in Homeland and Amahl Farouk / Shadow King in Legion.
Negahban's acting credits include numerous films and television shows. He has worked in the industry for over 30 years, with a career that has taken him across the globe.
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- The Fix (2026) as Qasim
- Splinter Cell: Deathwatch (2025) as Reza "Gunther" Karimi (voice)
- WondLa (2024) as Loroc (voice)
- Am Abgrund (2024) as Tofik Gasimov
- The Night Agent (2023) as Abbas Mansuri
- Kandahar (2023) as Mohammad 'Mo' Doud
- Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham (2023) as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
- Ghosts of Beirut (2023) as Ali Reza Asgari (2007)
- Sitting in Bars with Cake (2023) as Isaac
- In the Garden of Tulips (2023)
- The Cleaning Lady (2022) as Hayak Barsamian
- Pantheon (2022) as Farhad (voice)
- The Old Man (2022) as Faraz Hamzad
- The Serpent Queen (2022) as Claude de Lorraine
- Tehranto (2022) as Narrator (voice)
- The First Goodbye (2021)
- Dark Corners (2021) as Karim
- Tehran (2020) as Masoud Tabrizi
- Aladdin (2019) as Sultan
- In Full Bloom (2019) as The Shepherd (voice)
- London Arabia (2019) as Mo
- London Arabia (2019) Producer
- God Friended Me (2018) as Hasan
- God Friended Me (2018) as Hassan
- 12 Strong (2018) as General Dostum
- Saat des Terrors (2018) as Kashif Baqri
- Legion (2017) as Amahl Farouk / Shadow King
- Castlevania (2017) as Sala (voice)
- American Assassin (2017) as Minister Behurz
- Sand Castle (2017) as Kadeer
- Brain on Fire (2017) as Dr. Najjar
- Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming (2017) as Mehran (voice)
- Damascus Cover (2017) as Sarraj
- Becoming the Enemy (2017) as Victor Daniels
- Price for Freedom (2017) as Victor Daniels
- Osprey (2017) as Adam Zakaria
- Osprey (2017) Co-Producer
- Carving a Life (2017) as Dr. Kasem
- Sniper: Ghost Shooter (2016) as Mothershed
- Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero (2016) as Mohammad Mohammad-Mohammadi
- The Team (2015) as Said Gharbour
- Baba Joon (2015) as Itzhak
- Day One (2015) as Dr. Nasir
- Scorpion (2014) as Agent Khara
- American Sniper (2014) as Sheikh Al-Obeidi
- Words and Pictures (2014) as Rashid
- The Power of Few (2013) as Sahel
- The Moment (2013) as Malik Jamil
- Arrow (2012) as Al Ow-Al
- Veep (2012) as Abbas
- Homeland (2011) as Abu Nazir
- Person of Interest (2011) as Ali Hasan
- Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011) as Dr. Robert Stadler
- Heal (2010) as Abdul
- NCIS: Los Angeles (2009) as Aziz Anshiri
- Dark Blue (2009) as Ahmad Satar
- Brothers (2009) as Murad
- The Stoning of Soraya M. (2009) as Ali
- Powder Blue (2009) as Doctor Brooks
- Dead Air (2009) as Abir
- Diplomacy (2009) as Iranian Foreign Minister
- Stellina Blue (2009) as Amir Keshavarz
- The Ambassador's Wife (2009) as Ambassador
- Liberation (2009) as Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
- The Mentalist (2008) as Hassan Zarif
- Fringe (2008) as Dr. Malik Yusef
- Djinn (2008) as Djinn
- Moonlight (2007) as Amir Fayed
- Charlie Wilson's War (2007) as Refugee Camp Translator
- Broken (2007) as Keith
- Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses (2007) as Sheik Ahmad
- Richard III (2007) as Sir James Tyrrel
- The Unit (2006) as Faheed
- Shark (2006) as Amir Khan
- Criminal Minds (2005) as Hassan Nadir
- The Closer (2005) as Dr. al-Thani
- Over There (2005) as Iraqi Father
- Pretty Persuasion (2005) as Mr. Azzouni
- The Fallen Ones (2005) as Ammon
- Lost (2004) as Omar
- NCIS (2003) as Jalil Shaloub
- Las Vegas (2003) as Farouk Naeem
- Threat Matrix (2003) as Fred
- Saving Jessica Lynch (2003) as Fedayeen Colonel
- War Stories (2003) as Al Qaeda Rebel at Bridge
- CSI: Miami (2002) as Rahim Farooq
- Without a Trace (2002) as Nazar Rahim
- The Shield (2002) as Zayed Al-Thani
- 24 (2001) as Abdullah
- 24 (2001) as Jamot
- The Agency (2001) as Palestinian Officer
- The Agency (2001) as Arab Driver
- Alias (2001) as Foreman
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000) as Morsi
- Boundaries (2000) as Trombonist
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Sam Farhidi
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Rankesh Chanoor
- The West Wing (1999) as Maz
- JAG (1995) as Jamal Bin Fahad Al-Hadi
- Law & Order (1990) as Imam Ibrahim
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Harun
- The Apple Tree Director