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 | 1967-1968 |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1993–present |
Navid Negahban (نوید نگهبان) is an actor from Iran and America. He has acted in many popular TV shows like 24, Homeland, and Mistresses. He also played the Amahl Farouk / Shadow King in the TV series Legion. You might also know him as the Sultan in the live-action movie Aladdin.
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Early Life and Education
Navid Negahban was born in Mashhad, Iran. He loved acting from a young age. When he was just eight years old, he made a big audience laugh by playing an old man on stage.
In 1985, when he was 17, he left Iran. He first went to Turkey and then to Germany, where he lived for eight years. 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 speaks English, German, and Farsi fluently. He even started learning French for his role in the TV show Legion.
Acting Career Highlights
Navid Negahban has appeared in many well-known TV shows. These include The Shield, The West Wing, Lost, and CSI: Miami. He has worked with other Iranian-American actors too. For example, he worked with Necar Zadegan in 24 and CSI: Miami.
He also worked with Mozhan Marnò in the TV series The Unit and the movie The Stoning of Soraya M.. In that movie, he played the husband of the main character, Soraya. In 2008, Navid used his voice and looks for the character Dr. Challus Mercer in the video game Dead Space. He is also famous for playing the terrorist leader Abu Nazir in the TV series Homeland.
In 2011, Navid won the Best Actor Award. This was for his role in the 2009 Iranian short film, Liberation. He received the award at the Noor Iranian Film Festival. The next year, in 2012, he was asked to be a judge at the same film festival.
In 2015, news outlets like The Hollywood Reporter said that Navid was filming a spy movie called Damascus Cover. This movie was based on a book by Howard Kaplan. Navid played the role of Syrian General Sarraj in the film.
In 2018, he played General Abdul Rashid Dostum in the war movie 12 Strong. A year later, in 2019, he starred as the Sultan in the live-action movie Aladdin. More recently, in 2022, he appeared in the TV show The Cleaning Lady. He played Hayak Barsamian, who was an Armenian Mob Boss.
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 | |
| The Stoning of Soraya M. | Ali | ||
| 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 exeuctive 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 | 17 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 | |
| 2023 | Pantheon | Dr. Farhad Karimi | 3 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 | Arash Kadivar | |
| 2022 | Gotham Knights | Ra's al Ghul |
