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