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