Navid Negahban

Known for ActingMashhad, Iran

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.comRead more

Movies & web series

Boundaries

Carving a Life

The Mentalist

Castlevania

Criminal Minds

Scorpion

Pantheon

The West Wing

In the Garden of Tulips

The Shield

Fringe

Person of Interest

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Lost

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Night Agent

The Closer

God Friended Me

Tehran

24

The Stoning of Soraya M.

WondLa

CSI: Miami

Homeland

Legion

NCIS

Veep

The Cleaning Lady

The Serpent Queen

NCIS: Los Angeles

American Sniper

The Old Man

Brothers

The Unit

Moonlight

Aladdin

Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses

Without a Trace

JAG

Law & Order

Sitting in Bars with Cake

Brain on Fire

Heal

Las Vegas

Kandahar

Dark Blue

Arrow

Baba Joon