Navid Negahban was born and raised in Mashhad, Iran. His passion for acting led him to Germany, where he spent eight years honing his theatrical skills prior to arriving in the US. Navid has been building a strong resume ever since, playing a broad range of intriguing characters for film, theatre, and television. Navid has a powerful leading role in the stunning dramatic feature The Stoning of Soraya M., and significant supporting roles in Brothers with Tobey Maguire, directed by Jim Sheridan, Powder Blue with Jessica Biel and Forest Whitaker, and Charlie Wilson's War opposite Tom Hanks, directed by Mike Nichols. On TV, Navid had a recurring role on the eighth and final season of 24, and guest appearances include Lost, CSI: Miami, Law & Order, Covert Affairs, and NCIS: Los Angeles. Navid recently (2011) appeared as Dr. Robert Stadler in Atlas Shrugged Part 1. He also shot The Power of Few in New Orleans with Christopher Walken and Christian Slater. Navid is currently (2011/2012) playing the chilling Abu Nazir on Showtime's Homeland, with Damian Lewis and Claire Danes. Credit: J. Bass
Movie | Sitting in Bars with Cake | Isaac | 2023-09-07 |
Movie | Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham | Ra's al Ghul (voice) | 2023-03-10 |
Movie | Kandahar | Mohammad 'Mo' Doud | 2023-05-25 |
Series | Tehran | Masoud Tabrizi | 2020-06-22 |
Movie | In Full Bloom | The Shepherd (voice) | 2019-06-19 |
Movie | Aladdin | Sultan | 2019-05-22 |
Movie | London Arabia | Mo | 2019-08-07 |
Movie | Saat des Terrors | Kashif Baqri | 2018-11-21 |
Movie | 12 Strong | General Dostum | 2018-01-18 |
Movie | Sand Castle | Kadeer | 2017-04-21 |
Movie | Brain on Fire | Dr. Najjar | 2017-02-22 |
Movie | Price for Freedom | Victor Daniels | 2017-07-07 |
Series | Legion | Amahl Farouk / Shadow King | 2017-02-08 |
Movie | Carving a Life | Dr. Kasem | 2017-10-13 |
Series | Castlevania | Sala (voice) | 2017-07-07 |
Movie | Damascus Cover | Sarraj | 2017-10-23 |
Movie | American Assassin | Minister Behurz | 2017-09-14 |
Movie | Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero | Mohammad Mohammad-Mohammadi | 2016-03-13 |
Movie | Sniper: Ghost Shooter | Mothershed | 2016-08-02 |
Movie | Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming | Mehran | 2016-06-13 |
Movie | Day One | Dr. Nasir | 2015-02-27 |
Series | The Team | Said Gharbour | 2015-02-22 |
Movie | Baba Joon | Itzhak | 2015-09-10 |
Movie | Words and Pictures | Rashid | 2014-05-22 |
Series | Scorpion | Agent Khara | 2014-09-22 |
Movie | American Sniper | Sheikh Al-Obeidi | 2014-12-25 |
Movie | Cash for Gold | Ehsan | 2013-01-01 |
Movie | The Power of Few | Sahel | 2013-02-15 |
Movie | The Moment | Malik Jamil | 2013-04-21 |
Movie | Atlas Shrugged: Part I | Dr. Robert Stadler | 2011-04-14 |
Series | Homeland | Abu Nazir | 2011-10-02 |
Movie | Powder Blue | Doctor Brooks | 2009-05-08 |
Movie | Stellina Blue | Amir Keshavarz | 2009-01-01 |
Movie | The Stoning of Soraya M. | Ali | 2009-06-26 |
Movie | Liberation | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | 2009-07-26 |
Movie | Dead Air | Abir | 2009-10-27 |
Movie | Brothers | Murad | 2009-12-02 |
Movie | Djinn | Djinn | 2008-03-06 |
Series | The Mentalist | Hassan Zarif | 2008-09-23 |
Movie | Broken | Keith | 2007-10-05 |
Movie | Charlie Wilson's War | Refugee Camp Translator | 2007-12-19 |
Movie | Pretty Persuasion | Mr. Azzouni | 2005-01-22 |
Movie | The Fallen Ones | Ammon | 2005-05-14 |
Series | Criminal Minds | Hassan Nadir | 2005-09-22 |
Series | Scene of the Crime | Harun | 1970-11-29 |