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