Omid Abtahi
Acting Born Jul 12, 1979 Tehran, Iran 24 credits
Biography
Omid Abtahi (Persian: امید ابطحی; born July 12, 1979) is an Iranian-born American actor. He is best known for his roles as Salim in Starz Original American Gods, Penn Pershing in The Mandalorian on Disney+, Saleem Ulman in NCIS on Paramount+, and Homes in the fourth installment of The Hunger Games film series, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2. He is also known for his performances as Justin Yates in Ghost Whisperer on CBS and Detective Jerry Molbeck in the American TV adaptation of Those Who Kill on A&E.
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- The Boys (2019) as Sameer Shah
- Grey's Anatomy (2005) as Aasif
- The Mentalist (2008) as Markham Shankar
- NCIS (2003) as Saleem Ulman
- Family Guy (1999) as Mahmoud (voice)
- Family Guy (1999) as Faisal (voice)
- Bones (2005) as Hal Shirazi
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) as Chandru 'Dru' Kambhatla
- Shameless (2011) as Sameer
- 24 (2001) as Jibraan Al-Zarian
- 24 (2001) as Safa
- Hawaii Five-0 (2010) as Naser Salaam
- Castle (2009) as Rasheed Waqas
- FBI (2018) as Faheem Ellahie
- Better Call Saul (2015) as Detective Abbasi
- Homeland (2011) as Raqim Faisel
- The Good Wife (2009) as Samir
- NCIS: Los Angeles (2009) as Ari Sayed
- Ghost Whisperer (2005) as Justin Yates
- The Mandalorian (2019) as Dr. Penn Pershing
- Fringe (2008)
- Fringe (2008) as Simon Philips
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) as Cadet Amis (voice)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) as Amis / Mandalorian Super Commando (voice)