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Navid Negahban


Navid Negahban

Place of birth:

Mashhad, Iran:

Biography:

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


Credits

Hotel Tehran (2026)
as Qasim
Am Abgrund (2024)
as Tofik Gasimov
Sitting in Bars with Cake (2023)
as Isaac
Kandahar (2023)
as Mohammad 'Mo' Doud
In the Garden of Tulips (2023)
as
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham (2023)
as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
Tehranto (2022)
as Narrator (voice)
Dark Corners (2021)
as Karim
The First Goodbye (2021)
as
London Arabia (2019)
as Mo
In Full Bloom (2019)
as The Shepherd (voice)
Aladdin (2019)
as Sultan
Saat des Terrors (2018)
as Kashif Baqri
12 Strong (2018)
as General Dostum
Osprey (2017)
as Adam Zakaria
Damascus Cover (2017)
as Sarraj
Carving a Life (2017)
as Dr. Kasem
American Assassin (2017)
as Minister Behurz
Price for Freedom (2017)
as Victor Daniels
Sand Castle (2017)
as Kadeer
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming (2017)
as Mehran (voice)
Brain on Fire (2017)
as Dr. Najjar
Becoming the Enemy (2017)
as Victor Daniels
Sniper: Ghost Shooter (2016)
as Mothershed
Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero (2016)
as Mohammad Mohammad-Mohammadi
באבא ג'ון (2015)
as Itzhak
Day One (2015)
as Dr. Nasir
American Sniper (2014)
as Sheikh Al-Obeidi
Words and Pictures (2014)
as Rashid
The Moment (2013)
as Malik Jamil
The Power of Few (2013)
as Sahel
Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011)
as Dr. Robert Stadler
Heal (2010)
as Abdul
Brothers (2009)
as Murad
Dead Air (2009)
as Abir
Liberation (2009)
as Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
Diplomacy (2009)
as Iranian Foreign Minister
The Stoning of Soraya M. (2009)
as Ali
Powder Blue (2009)
as Doctor Brooks
The Ambassador's Wife (2009)
as Ambassador
Stellina Blue (2009)
as Amir Keshavarz
Djinn (2008)
as Djinn
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
as Refugee Camp Translator
Broken (2007)
as Keith
Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses (2007)
as Sheik Ahmad
Richard III (2007)
as Sir James Tyrrel
The Fallen Ones (2005)
as Ammon
Pretty Persuasion (2005)
as Mr. Azzouni
Saving Jessica Lynch (2003)
as Fedayeen Colonel
War Stories (2003)
as Al Qaeda Rebel at Bridge
Boundaries (2000)
as Trombonist
London Arabia (2019)
Producer
Osprey (2017)
Co-Producer
The Apple Tree ()
Director