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