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