Navid Negahban
Place of Birth
Mashhad, Iran
Biography
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 S...
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
Filmography (40)
Hotel Tehran
2026
Am Abgrund
2024
Sitting in Bars with Cake
2023
Kandahar
2023
In the Garden of Tulips
2023
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham
2023
Tehranto
2022
Dark Corners
2021
The First Goodbye
2021
London Arabia
2019
In Full Bloom
2019
Aladdin
2019
Saat des Terrors
2018
12 Strong
2018
Osprey
2017
Damascus Cover
2017
Carving a Life
2017
American Assassin
2017
Price for Freedom
2017
Sand Castle
2017
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
2017
Brain on Fire
2017
Becoming the Enemy
2017
Sniper: Ghost Shooter
2016
Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero
2016
Baba Joon
2015
Day One
2015
American Sniper
2014
Words and Pictures
2014
The Moment
2013
The Power of Few
2013
Atlas Shrugged: Part I
2011
Heal
2010
Brothers
2009
Dead Air
2009
Liberation
2009
Diplomacy
2009
The Stoning of Soraya M.
2009
Powder Blue
2009
The Ambassador's Wife
2009