Navid Negahban
Navid Negahban was born and raised in Mashhad, Iran. His passion for acting led him to Germany, where he spent eight years honing his theatrical skills prior to arriving in the US. Navid has been building a strong resume ever since, playing a broad range of intriguing characters for film, theatre, and television. Navid has a powerful leading role in the stunning dramatic feature The Stoning of Soraya M., and significant supporting roles in Brothers with Tobey Maguire, directed by Jim Sheridan, Powder Blue with Jessica Biel and Forest Whitaker, and Charlie Wilson's War opposite Tom Hanks, directed by Mike Nichols. On TV, Navid had a recurring role on the eighth and final season of 24, and guest appearances include Lost, CSI: Miami, Law & Order, Covert Affairs, and NCIS: Los Angeles. Navid recently (2011) appeared as Dr. Robert Stadler in Atlas Shrugged Part 1. He also shot The Power of Few in New Orleans with Christopher Walken and Christian Slater. Navid is currently (2011/2012) playing the chilling Abu Nazir on Showtime's Homeland, with Damian Lewis and Claire Danes. Credit: J. Bass
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · WondLa as Loroc (voice)
- 2024 · Am Abgrund as Tofik Gasimov
- 2023 · Sitting in Bars with Cake as Isaac
- 2023 · Kandahar as Mohammad 'Mo' Doud
- 2023 · Ghosts of Beirut as Ali Reza Asgari (2007)
- 2023 · In the Garden of Tulips as
- 2023 · Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
- 2022 · The Serpent Queen as Claude de Lorraine
- 2022 · Pantheon as Farhad (voice)
- 2022 · The Old Man as Faraz Hamzad
- 2022 · The Cleaning Lady as Hayak Barsamian
- 2021 · Dark Corners as Karim
- 2021 · The First Goodbye as
- 2020 · Tehran as Masoud Tabrizi
- 2019 · London Arabia as Mo
- 2019 · In Full Bloom as The Shepherd (voice)
- 2019 · Aladdin as Sultan
- 2018 · Saat des Terrors as Kashif Baqri
- 2018 · God Friended Me as Hasan
- 2018 · God Friended Me as Hassan
- 2018 · 12 Strong as General Dostum
- 2017 · Osprey as Adam Zakaria
- 2017 · Damascus Cover as Sarraj
- 2017 · Carving a Life as Dr. Kasem
- 2017 · American Assassin as Minister Behurz
- 2017 · Price for Freedom as Victor Daniels
- 2017 · Castlevania as Sala (voice)
- 2017 · Sand Castle as Kadeer
- 2017 · Window Horses as Mehran
- 2017 · Brain on Fire as Dr. Najjar
- 2017 · Legion as Amahl Farouk / Shadow King
- 2017 · Becoming the Enemy as Victor Daniels
- 2016 · Sniper: Ghost Shooter as Mothershed
- 2016 · Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero as Mohammad Mohammad-Mohammadi
- 2015 · Baba Joon as Itzhak
- 2015 · Day One as Dr. Nasir
- 2015 · The Team as Said Gharbour
- 2014 · American Sniper as Sheikh Al-Obeidi
- 2014 · Scorpion as Agent Khara
- 2014 · Words and Pictures as Rashid
- 2013 · The Moment as Malik Jamil
- 2013 · The Power of Few as Sahel
- 2013 · Cash for Gold as Ehsan
- 2012 · Arrow as Al Ow-Al
- 2012 · Veep as Abbas
- 2011 · Homeland as Abu Nazir
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Ali Hasan
- 2011 · Atlas Shrugged: Part I as Dr. Robert Stadler
- 2010 · Heal as Abdul
- 2009 · Brothers as Murad
- 2009 · Dead Air as Abir
- 2009 · Liberation as Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
- 2009 · Diplomacy as Iranian Foreign Minister
- 2009 · The Stoning of Soraya M. as Ali
- 2009 · Powder Blue as Doctor Brooks
- 2009 · Stellina Blue as Amir Keshavarz
- 2008 · The Mentalist as Hassan Zarif
- 2008 · Fringe as Dr. Malik Yusef
- 2008 · Djinn as Djinn
- 2007 · Charlie Wilson's War as Refugee Camp Translator
- 2007 · Broken as Keith
- 2007 · Moonlight as Amir Fayed
- 2007 · Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses as Sheik Ahmad
- 2007 · Richard III as Sir James Tyrrel
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Hassan Nadir
- 2005 · The Closer as Dr. al-Thani
- 2005 · The Fallen Ones as Ammon
- 2005 · Pretty Persuasion as Mr. Azzouni
- 2004 · Lost as Omar
- 2003 · Threat Matrix as Fred
- 2002 · Without a Trace as Nazar Rahim
- 2002 · The Shield as Zayed Al-Thani
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Morsi
- 2000 · Boundaries as Trombonist
- 1999 · The West Wing as Maz
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Sam Farhidi
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Rankesh Chanoor
- 1995 · JAG as Jamal Bin Fahad Al-Hadi
- 1990 · Law & Order as Imam Ibrahim
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Harun