Navid Negahban
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 2, 1968 (age 58)
- Place of birth
- Mashhad, Iran
- Credits
- 97
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
Filmography
The Fix
2026Movie
Qasim
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
2025TV
Reza "Gunther" Karimi (voice)
WondLa
2024TV
Loroc (voice)
Am Abgrund
2024Movie
Tofik Gasimov
Sitting in Bars with Cake
2023Movie
Isaac
Kandahar
2023Movie
Mohammad 'Mo' Doud
Ghosts of Beirut
2023TV
Ali Reza Asgari (2007)
In the Garden of Tulips
2023Movie
The Night Agent
2023TV
Abbas Mansuri
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham
2023Movie
Ra's al Ghul (voice)
Tehranto
2022Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Serpent Queen
2022TV
Claude de Lorraine
Pantheon
2022TV
Farhad (voice)
The Old Man
2022TV
Faraz Hamzad
The Cleaning Lady
2022TV
Hayak Barsamian
Dark Corners
2021Movie
Karim
The First Goodbye
2021Movie
Tehran
2020TV
Masoud Tabrizi
London Arabia
2019Movie
Mo
In Full Bloom
2019Movie
The Shepherd (voice)
Aladdin
2019Movie
Sultan
Saat des Terrors
2018Movie
Kashif Baqri
God Friended Me
2018TV
Hasan, Hassan
12 Strong
2018Movie
General Dostum
Osprey
2017Movie
Adam Zakaria
Damascus Cover
2017Movie
Sarraj
Carving a Life
2017Movie
Dr. Kasem
American Assassin
2017Movie
Minister Behurz
Price for Freedom
2017Movie
Victor Daniels
Castlevania
2017TV
Sala (voice)
Sand Castle
2017Movie
Kadeer
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
2017Movie
Mehran (voice)
Brain on Fire
2017Movie
Dr. Najjar
Legion
2017TV
Amahl Farouk / Shadow King
Becoming the Enemy
2017Movie
Victor Daniels
Sniper: Ghost Shooter
2016Movie
Mothershed
Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero
2016Movie
Mohammad Mohammad-Mohammadi
Baba Joon
2015Movie
Itzhak
Day One
2015Movie
Dr. Nasir
The Team
2015TV
Said Gharbour
American Sniper
2014Movie
Sheikh Al-Obeidi
Scorpion
2014TV
Agent Khara
Words and Pictures
2014Movie
Rashid
The Moment
2013Movie
Malik Jamil
The Power of Few
2013Movie
Sahel
Arrow
2012TV
Al Ow-Al
Veep
2012TV
Abbas
Homeland
2011TV
Abu Nazir
Person of Interest
2011TV
Ali Hasan
Atlas Shrugged: Part I
2011Movie
Dr. Robert Stadler
Heal
2010Movie
Abdul
Brothers
2009Movie
Murad
Dead Air
2009Movie
Abir
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009TV
Aziz Anshiri
Liberation
2009Movie
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
Dark Blue
2009TV
Ahmad Satar
Diplomacy
2009Movie
Iranian Foreign Minister
The Stoning of Soraya M.
2009Movie
Ali
Powder Blue
2009Movie
Doctor Brooks
The Ambassador's Wife
2009Movie
Ambassador
Stellina Blue
2009Movie
Amir Keshavarz
The Mentalist
2008TV
Hassan Zarif
Fringe
2008TV
Dr. Malik Yusef
Djinn
2008Movie
Djinn
Charlie Wilson's War
2007Movie
Refugee Camp Translator
Broken
2007Movie
Keith
Moonlight
2007TV
Amir Fayed
Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses
2007Movie
Sheik Ahmad
Richard III
2007Movie
Sir James Tyrrel
Shark
2006TV
Amir Khan
The Unit
2006TV
Faheed
Over There
2005TV
Iraqi Father
Criminal Minds
2005TV
Hassan Nadir
The Closer
2005TV
Dr. al-Thani
The Fallen Ones
2005Movie
Ammon
Pretty Persuasion
2005Movie
Mr. Azzouni
Lost
2004TV
Omar
Saving Jessica Lynch
2003Movie
Fedayeen Colonel
NCIS
2003TV
Jalil Shaloub
Las Vegas
2003TV
Farouk Naeem
Threat Matrix
2003TV
Fred
War Stories
2003Movie
Al Qaeda Rebel at Bridge
Without a Trace
2002TV
Nazar Rahim
CSI: Miami
2002TV
Rahim Farooq
The Shield
2002TV
Zayed Al-Thani
24
2001TV
Abdullah, Jamot
Alias
2001TV
Foreman
The Agency
2001TV
Palestinian Officer, Arab Driver
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000TV
Morsi
Boundaries
2000Movie
Trombonist
The West Wing
1999TV
Maz
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999TV
Sam Farhidi, Rankesh Chanoor
JAG
1995TV
Jamal Bin Fahad Al-Hadi
Law & Order
1990TV
Imam Ibrahim
Scene of the Crime
1970TV
Harun
The Marshal
Movie
Lenny Gibbs
Clear Cut, Simple
Movie
Ismail Tahair