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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
Movie | Cash for Gold | Ehsan | 2025 |
Movie | Kandahar | Mohammad 'Mo' Doud | 2023-05-25 |
Movie | Sitting in Bars with Cake | Isaac | 2023-09-07 |
Movie | Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham | Ra's al Ghul (voice) | 2023-03-10 |
Movie | In the Garden of Tulips | 2023-04-14 | |
Movie | Dark Corners | Karim | 2021-02-05 |
Movie | Cry Me A River | Karim | 2021-02-05 |
Series | Tehran | Masoud Tabrizi | 2020-06-22 |
Movie | London Arabia | Mo | 2019-08-07 |
Movie | In Full Bloom | The Shepherd (voice) | 2019-06-19 |
Movie | Aladdin | Sultan | 2019-05-22 |
Movie | Saat des Terrors | Kashif Baqri | 2018-11-21 |
Series | God Friended Me | Hassan | 2018-09-30 |
Movie | 12 Strong | General Dostum | 2018-01-18 |
Series | Legion | Amahl Farouk / Shadow King | 2017-02-08 |
Movie | Brain on Fire | Dr. Najjar | 2017-02-22 |
Movie | Sand Castle | Kadeer | 2017-04-21 |
Movie | Price for Freedom | Victor Daniels | 2017-07-07 |
Movie | American Assassin | Minister Behurz | 2017-09-14 |
Movie | Carving a Life | Dr. Kasem | 2017-10-13 |
Movie | Damascus Cover | Sarraj | 2017-10-23 |
Series | Castlevania | Sala (voice) | 2017-07-07 |
Movie | Sniper: Ghost Shooter | Mothershed | 2016-08-02 |
Movie | Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming | Mehran | 2016-06-13 |
Movie | Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero | Mohammad Mohammad-Mohammadi | 2016-03-13 |
Movie | Baba Joon | Itzhak | 2015-09-10 |
Movie | באבא ג'ון | Itzhak | 2015-09-10 |
Movie | Day One | Dr. Nasir | 2015-02-27 |
Series | The Team | Said Gharbour | 2015-02-22 |
Series | Scorpion | Agent Khara | 2014-09-22 |
Movie | Words and Pictures | Rashid | 2014-05-22 |
Movie | American Sniper | Sheikh Al-Obeidi | 2014-12-25 |
Movie | The Power of Few | Sahel | 2013-02-15 |
Movie | The Moment | Malik Jamil | 2013-04-21 |
Series | Arrow | Al Ow-Al | 2012-10-10 |
Series | Homeland | Abu Nazir | 2011-10-02 |
Movie | Atlas Shrugged: Part I | Dr. Robert Stadler | 2011-04-14 |
Movie | Brothers | Murad | 2009-12-02 |
Movie | Dead Air | Abir | 2009-10-27 |
Movie | Liberation | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | 2009-07-26 |
Movie | Diplomacy | Iranian Foreign Minister | 2009-07-10 |
Movie | The Stoning of Soraya M. | Ali | 2009-06-26 |
Movie | Powder Blue | Doctor Brooks | 2009-05-08 |
Movie | Stellina Blue | Amir Keshavarz | 2009-01-01 |
Movie | Djinn | Djinn | 2008-03-06 |
Series | The Mentalist | Hassan Zarif | 2008-09-23 |
Movie | Charlie Wilson's War | Refugee Camp Translator | 2007-12-19 |
Movie | Broken | Keith | 2007-10-05 |
Series | Moonlight | Amir Fayed | 2007-09-28 |
Movie | Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses | Sheik Ahmad | 2007-08-09 |
Series | Criminal Minds | Hassan Nadir | 2005-09-22 |
Movie | The Fallen Ones | Ammon | 2005-05-14 |
Movie | Pretty Persuasion | Mr. Azzouni | 2005-01-22 |
Series | Without a Trace | Nazar Rahim | 2002-09-26 |
Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Sam Farhidi | 1999-09-20 |
Series | Scene of the Crime | Harun | 1970-11-29 |