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Navid Negahban
نوید نگهبان
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Negahban at the 2019 WonderCon
Born (1968-06-02) June 2, 1968 (age 57)
Mashhad, Khorasan, Imperial State of Persia
Nationality
  • Iranian
  • American
Occupation Actor
Years active 1993–present

Navid Negahban is an actor from Iran who also holds American citizenship. He is well-known for his roles in TV shows like 24, Homeland, and Mistresses. He also played Amahl Farouk / Shadow King in the TV series Legion. Many people also recognize him as the Sultan from the live-action movie Aladdin.

Early Life and Education

Navid Negahban was born in Mashhad, a city in Iran. He discovered his love for acting when he was only eight years old. He enjoyed making people laugh by playing an old man on stage.

In 1985, when he was 17, Navid left Iran. He first went to Turkey and then to Germany, where he lived for eight years. While in Germany, he worked with a theater group. Later, in 1993, he moved to the United States to continue his acting career.

Navid is very good at languages. He can speak English, German, and Persian fluently. He also started learning French for his role in the TV show Legion.

Navid Negahban's Acting Career

Navid Negahban has appeared in many popular TV shows. These include The Shield, The West Wing, Lost, and CSI: Miami. He has worked with other Iranian-American actors on different projects. For example, he acted alongside Necar Zadegan in 24 and CSI: Miami.

He also worked with actress Mozhan Marnò in the TV series The Unit. In 2008, Navid used his voice and appearance for the character Dr. Challus Mercer in the video game Dead Space. A very famous role for him was playing the terrorist leader Abu Nazir in the TV series Homeland.

In 2011, Navid won the Best Actor Award at the Noor Iranian Film Festival for a short film called Liberation. The next year, in 2012, he was invited back to the festival to be a judge.

In 2015, Navid started filming a spy movie called Damascus Cover. In this movie, he played a character named Syrian General Sarraj. He also played General Abdul Rashid Dostum in the 2018 war movie 12 Strong. A big role for him was playing the Sultan in the 2019 live-action movie Aladdin. In 2022, he appeared in the TV show The Cleaning Lady as a character named Hayak Barsamian.

In 2025, Navid Negahban appeared in the Netflix series The Night Agent. He played Abbas Mansuri, who was the Iranian Ambassador to the UN in New York. In this show, all his dialogue was in Persian, which added a lot of realism to his character.

Film Roles

Year Title Role Notes
2005 The Fallen Ones Ammon
2006 Broken Keith
2007 Waking Dreams Toly
Charlie Wilson's War Refugee Camp Translator
Richard III Sir James Tyrrel
2008 Djinn Djinn
2009 Powder Blue Dr. Brooks
Stellina Blue Amir Keshavarz
Dead Air Abir
Brothers Murad
2011 Atlas Shrugged: Part I Dr. Robert Stadler
2013 The Power of Few Sahel
The Moment Malik Jamil
Words and Pictures Headmaster Rashid
2014 American Sniper Sheikh Al-Obodi
2015 Baba Joon Itzhak Also executive producer
2016 Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero Mohammad Mohammad-Mohammadi
Brain on Fire Dr. Souhel Najjar
Window Horses Mehran (voice)
Sniper: Ghost Shooter Robert Mothershed
2017 Sand Castle Kadir
American Assassin Minister Behruz
Carving a Life Dr. Kasem
Damascus Cover Sarraj
2018 12 Strong General Abdul Rashid Dostum
2019 Aladdin The Sultan
2022 Tehranto Narrator Also executive producer
2023 Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham Ra's al Ghul (voice)
Kandahar Mohammad "Mo" Doud
Sitting in Bars with Cake Isaac

Television Roles

Year Title Role Notes
2000 The Invisible Man Oman Tariq
2002 The Shield Zayed Al-Thani
2003 The Agency Arab Driver / Palestinian Officer 2 episodes
JAG Jamal Bin Fahad Al-Hadi
2004 Threat Matrix Fred
The West Wing Maz
Lost Omar Episode: "Solitary"
2005 Over There Iraqi Father
24 Abdullah
2006 Las Vegas Farouk Naeem
The Unit Faheed Episode: "Security"
Without a Trace Nazar Rahim
The Path to 9/11 Khalili 2 episodes
Criminal Minds Hassan Nadir
Alias Foreman
Law & Order Imam Ibrahim Episode: "Fear America"
The Closer Dr. Al-Thani 2 episodes
Sleeper Cell The Colonel
2007 Shark Amir Khan
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Dr. Rankesh Chanoor Episode: "Outsider"
NCIS Jalil Shaloub
Moonlight Amir Fayed
2009 Fringe Dr. Malik Yusef Episode: "Fracture"
2010 CSI: Miami Rahim Farooq Episode: "Dishonor"
24 Jamot 8 episodes
Dark Blue Ahmad Satar
NCIS: Los Angeles Aziz Anshiri
The Whole Truth Paul Bagdazarian
2011 Covert Affairs Unknown
2011–2013 Homeland Abu Nazir 20 episodes
2013 CSI: NY Zane Kalim
The Game Martin Sheibani Episode: "I Love Luke...ahh!"
Arrow Al-Owal Episode: "League of Assassins"
2014 The Mentalist Hassan Zarif
Person of Interest Ali Hasan Episode: "Panopticon"
Tatort Harun
2015 Scorpion Agent Khara Episode: "Forget Me Nots"
Veep Abbas
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Sam Farhidi
The Messengers Afghan Prime Minister 4 episodes
2016 The Catch Qasim Halabi 2 episodes
Mistresses Jonathan Amadi 6 episodes
2017 Curb Your Enthusiasm Morsi Episode: "Never Wait for Seconds!"
2018 The Team Said Gharbour 8 episodes
2018–2019 Legion Amahl Farouk / Shadow King 19 episodes
God Friended Me Hasan 2 episodes
2020 Castlevania Sala (voice) 10 episodes
Tehran Masoud Tabrizi 8 episodes
2022 The Cleaning Lady Hayak Barsamian Recurring role
The Serpent Queen Claude, Duke of Guise 4 episodes
2022–2024 The Old Man Faraz Hamzad 6 episodes
2023 Ghosts of Beirut Ali-Reza Asgari 3 episodes
Pantheon Dr. Farhad Karimi (voice) 3 episodes
2024 WondLa Loroc (voice)
2025 The Night Agent Abbas Mansuri 8 episodes

Video Game Roles

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Dead Space Dr. Challus Mercer
2010 Dark Void The Watcher
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Opening Poem Reader, Sandman, additional voices
Medal of Honor Pashto Fighter 5
2012 Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Thug
Spec Ops: The Line Refugees
Call of Duty: Black Ops II Additional Voices
2016 1979 Revolution: Black Friday Asadollah Lajevardi Also producer
2020 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Perseus
2022 Gotham Knights Ra's al Ghul

See also

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