Navid Negahban

Acting · Directing

Народився 2 червня 1968, Mashhad, 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.com

Фільмографія

• 2026Вирішення проблеми — Qasim
• Splinter Cell: Перед лицем смерті — Reza "Gunther" Karimi (voice)
• 2024Am Abgrund — Tofik Gasimov
• ДивЛа — Loroc (voice)
• Ghosts of Beirut — Ali Reza Asgari (2007)
• 2023In the Garden of Tulips
• 2023Sitting in Bars with Cake — Isaac
• 2023Бетмен: Погибель, що прийшла у Ґотем — Ra's al Ghul (voice)
• 2023Місія Кандагар — Mohammad 'Mo' Doud
• Нічний агент — Abbas Mansuri
• 2022Tehranto — Narrator (voice)
• Королева Змій — Claude de Lorraine
• Пантеон — Farhad (voice)
• Прибиральниця — Hayak Barsamian
• Старий — Faraz Hamzad
• 2021Dark Corners — Karim
• 2021The First Goodbye
• Тегеран — Masoud Tabrizi
• 2019In Full Bloom — The Shepherd (voice)
• 2019London Arabia — Mo, Producer
• 2019Аладдін — Sultan
• God Friended Me — Hasan, Hassan
• 2018Saat des Terrors — Kashif Baqri
• 2018Кавалерія — General Dostum
• 2017Becoming the Enemy — Victor Daniels
• 2017Carving a Life — Dr. Kasem
• 2017Damascus Cover — Sarraj
• 2017Osprey — Adam Zakaria, Co-Producer
• 2017Price for Freedom — Victor Daniels
• 2017Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming — Mehran (voice)
• 2017Американський вбивця — Minister Behurz
• Кастлванія — Sala (voice)
• Легіон — Amahl Farouk / Shadow King
• 2017Пісочний замок — Kadeer
• 2017Розум у вогні — Dr. Najjar
• 2016Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero — Mohammad Mohammad-Mohammadi
• 2016Снайпер: Воїн-привид — Mothershed
• 2015Baba Joon — Itzhak
• 2015Day One — Dr. Nasir
• The Team — Said Gharbour
• 2014Words and Pictures — Rashid
• 2014Американський снайпер — Sheikh Al-Obeidi
• Скорпіон — Agent Khara
• 2013The Moment — Malik Jamil
• 2013The Power of Few — Sahel
• Віцепрезидент — Abbas
• Стріла — Al Ow-Al
• 2011Atlas Shrugged: Part I — Dr. Robert Stadler
• Батьківщина — Abu Nazir
• Підозрюваний — Ali Hasan
• 2010Heal — Abdul
• Dark Blue — Ahmad Satar
• 2009Dead Air — Abir
• 2009Diplomacy — Iranian Foreign Minister
• 2009Liberation — Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
• 2009Stellina Blue — Amir Keshavarz
• 2009The Ambassador's Wife — Ambassador
• 2009The Stoning of Soraya M. — Ali
• 2009Блідо-синє — Doctor Brooks
• 2009Брати — Murad
• Морська поліція: Лос-Анджелес — Aziz Anshiri
• 2008Djinn — Djinn
• Межа — Dr. Malik Yusef
• Менталіст — Hassan Zarif
• 2007Broken — Keith
• 2007Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses — Sheik Ahmad
• 2007Richard III — Sir James Tyrrel
• 2007Війна Чарлі Вілсона — Refugee Camp Translator
• Місячне сяйво — Amir Fayed
• Shark — Amir Khan
• Загін — Faheed
• Over There — Iraqi Father
• 2005Pretty Persuasion — Mr. Azzouni
• The Closer — Dr. al-Thani
• 2005The Fallen Ones — Ammon
• Мислити як злочинець — Hassan Nadir
• Загублені — Omar
• 2003Saving Jessica Lynch — Fedayeen Colonel
• Threat Matrix — Fred
• 2003War Stories — Al Qaeda Rebel at Bridge
• Лас-Вегас — Farouk Naeem
• Морська поліція: Спецвідділ — Jalil Shaloub
• CSI: Маямі — Rahim Farooq
• Without a Trace — Nazar Rahim
• Щит — Zayed Al-Thani
• 24 — Abdullah, Jamot
• The Agency — Palestinian Officer, Arab Driver
• Шпигунка — Foreman
• 2000Boundaries — Trombonist
• Вгамуй свій ентузіазм — Morsi
• Закон і порядок: Спеціальний корпус — Sam Farhidi, Rankesh Chanoor
• Західне крило — Maz
• JAG — Jamal Bin Fahad Al-Hadi
• Закон і порядок — Imam Ibrahim
• Scene of the Crime — Harun
• The Apple Tree — Director
• The Marshal — Lenny Gibbs