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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
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- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 1.8
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5.1
Dead Air
2009-10-27
0
Becoming the Enemy
2017-01-01
7.7
The Stoning of Soraya M.
2009-06-26
3.9
The Fallen Ones
2005-05-14
6.2
Powder Blue
2009-05-08
6.8
Kandahar
2023-05-25
5.5
Atlas Shrugged: Part I
2011-04-14
2
Richard III
2007-06-13
6.4
Sniper: Ghost Shooter
2016-08-02
7
Heal
2010-03-26
4.5
The Moment
2013-04-21
7.2
Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses
2007-08-09
7.4
Brothers
2009-12-02
5.6
Broken
2007-10-05
7.5
American Sniper
2014-12-25
7
Sitting in Bars with Cake
2023-09-07
6.4
Words and Pictures
2014-05-22
2
Osprey
2017-11-06
0
The First Goodbye
2021-02-01
5.6
Day One
2015-02-27
5.7
Am Abgrund
2024-03-01
6.7
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham
2023-03-10
5.6
Damascus Cover
2017-10-23
0
In the Garden of Tulips
2023-04-14
6.8
Baba Joon
2015-09-10
5
Stellina Blue
2009-01-01
5.3
Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero
2016-03-13
10
Boundaries
2000-07-26
6.6
Sand Castle
2017-04-21
6.7
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
2017-03-10
0
Diplomacy
2009-07-10
6.4
12 Strong
2018-01-18
6.5
American Assassin
2017-07-14
7.1
Brain on Fire
2017-02-22
0
Liberation
2009-07-26
4.4
Saat des Terrors
2018-11-21
7.1
Aladdin
2019-05-22
5.9
Pretty Persuasion
2005-01-22
6.6
Charlie Wilson's War
2007-12-19
6.8
In Full Bloom
2019-06-19
3.8
Dark Corners
2021-02-05
9
Carving a Life
2017-10-13
3.5
Djinn
2008-03-06
2
Price for Freedom
2017-07-07
5.3
The Power of Few
2013-02-15
0
London Arabia
2019-08-07
6
Tehranto
2022-11-25
4.6
Saving Jessica Lynch
2003-11-08
5.2
War Stories
2003-01-29
0
The Ambassador's Wife
2009-02-01
0
Hotel Tehran
2026-10-16
7.6
Homeland
2011-10-02
7.4
Law & Order
1990-09-13
8.4
The Mentalist
2008-09-23
6.2
Scene of the Crime
1970-11-29
8.2
Scorpion
2014-09-22
8.3
Criminal Minds
2005-09-22
6.8
Ghosts of Beirut
2023-05-21
8
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000-10-15
7.5
The Cleaning Lady
2022-01-03
8.1
Person of Interest
2011-09-22
7.3
Moonlight
2007-09-28
8.1
Pantheon
2022-09-01
8
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999-09-20
8.2
The Shield
2002-03-12
7.3
The Old Man
2022-06-16
6.5
The Team
2015-02-22
7.8
God Friended Me
2018-09-30
7.3
JAG
1995-09-23
7.8
God Friended Me
2018-09-30
7.5
Veep
2012-04-22
7.4
The Serpent Queen
2022-09-11
7.6
Legion
2017-02-08
8
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999-09-20
8.3
The West Wing
1999-09-22
8.3
Castlevania
2017-07-07
8.2
Fringe
2008-09-09
7.3
Without a Trace
2002-09-26
6.9
Arrow
2012-10-10
7.5
WondLa
2024-06-27
7.5
Tehran
2020-06-22
7.9
The Closer
2005-06-13
8
Lost
2004-09-22
6.2
Threat Matrix
2003-09-18
7.6
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009-09-22
7.8
The Night Agent
2023-03-23
6.8
Alias
2001-09-30
7.1
Las Vegas
2003-09-22
7.8
24
2001-11-06
7.8
24
2001-11-06
6.6
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
2025-10-14
6.7
Over There
2005-11-13
6.8
Shark
2006-09-21
7.7
CSI: Miami
2002-09-23
6.7
The Agency
2001-09-27
6.7
The Agency
2001-09-27
6.9
Dark Blue
2009-07-15
7.6
NCIS
2003-09-23