Navid Negahban facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Navid Negahban
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| نوید نگهبان | |
Negahban at the 2019 WonderCon
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| Born | June 2, 1968 |
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| 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.
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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 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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
In Spanish: Navid Negahban para niños
