Navid Negahban
Acting
- Naissance:
- 1968-06-02
- Lieu de naissance:
- Mashhad, Iran
Biographie
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
Connu pour
Filmographie
The Fix
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
WondLa
Am Abgrund
Nos soirées gâteau-bar
Kandahar
Ghosts of Beirut
In the Garden of Tulips
The Night Agent
Batman: La Malédiction Qui s'abattit sur Gotham
Tehranto
The Serpent Queen
Pantheon
The Old Man
La nettoyeuse
Dark Corners
The First Goodbye
Téhéran
London Arabia
Two Warriors : Le Combat du Siècle
Aladdin
Saat des Terrors
God Friended Me
Horse Soldiers
Osprey
Damascus Cover
Carving a Life
American Assassin
Price for Freedom
Castlevania
Sand Castle
Window Horses
Brain on Fire
Legion
Becoming the Enemy
Sniper: Ghost Shooter
Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero
באבא ג'ון
Day One
The Team
American Sniper
Scorpion
Lessons in Love
The Moment
The Power of Few
Arrow
Veep
Homeland
Person of Interest
Atlas Shrugged: Part I
Heal
Brothers
Dead Air
NCIS : Los Angeles
Liberation
Dark Blue : unité infiltrée
Diplomacy
La Lapidation de Soraya M.
Points de rupture
The Ambassador's Wife
Stellina Blue
Mentalist
Fringe
Djinn
La Guerre selon Charlie Wilson
Broken (Alan White)
Moonlight
Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses
Richard III
Shark
The Unit : Commando d'élite
Over There
Esprits criminels
The Closer : L.A. Enquêtes Prioritaires
La Vengeance de la momie
Pretty Persuasion
Lost : Les Disparus
Saving Jessica Lynch
NCIS : Enquêtes Spéciales
Las Vegas
Agence Matrix
War Stories
FBI : Portés Disparus
Les Experts : Miami
The Shield
24 heures chrono
Alias
Espions d'état
Larry et son nombril
Boundaries
À la Maison Blanche
New York Unité Spéciale
JAG
New York Police Judiciaire
Sur les lieux du crime
The Marshal
Clear Cut, Simple