Navid Negahban
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 2, 1968
- Birthplace
- Mashhad, Iran
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
- The Apple Tree
The Apple Tree TBA
Director
- Clear Cut, Simple
Clear Cut, Simple TBA
as Ismail Tahair
The Marshal TBA
as Lenny Gibbs
The Fix 2026
as Qasim
Am Abgrund 2024
as Tofik Gasimov
Sitting in Bars with Cake 2023
as Isaac
Kandahar 2023
as Mohammad 'Mo' Doud
In the Garden of Tulips 2023
Actor
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham 2023
as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
Tehranto 2022
as Narrator (voice)
Dark Corners 2021
as Karim
The First Goodbye 2021
Actor
London Arabia 2019
as Mo, Producer
In Full Bloom 2019
as The Shepherd (voice)
Aladdin 2019
as Sultan
Saat des Terrors 2018
as Kashif Baqri
12 Strong 2018
as General Dostum
Osprey 2017
as Adam Zakaria, Co-Producer
Damascus Cover 2017
as Sarraj
Carving a Life 2017
as Dr. Kasem
American Assassin 2017
as Minister Behurz
Price for Freedom 2017
as Victor Daniels
Sand Castle 2017
as Kadeer
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming 2017
as Mehran (voice)
Brain on Fire 2017
as Dr. Najjar
Becoming the Enemy 2017
as Victor Daniels
Sniper: Ghost Shooter 2016
as Mothershed
Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero 2016
as Mohammad Mohammad-Mohammadi
Baba Joon 2015
as Itzhak
Day One 2015
as Dr. Nasir
American Sniper 2014
as Sheikh Al-Obeidi
Words and Pictures 2014
as Rashid
The Moment 2013
as Malik Jamil
The Power of Few 2013
as Sahel
Atlas Shrugged: Part I 2011
as Dr. Robert Stadler
Heal 2010
as Abdul
Brothers 2009
as Murad
Dead Air 2009
as Abir
Liberation 2009
as Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
- Diplomacy
Diplomacy 2009
as Iranian Foreign Minister
The Stoning of Soraya M. 2009
as Ali
Powder Blue 2009
as Doctor Brooks
The Ambassador's Wife 2009
as Ambassador
Stellina Blue 2009
as Amir Keshavarz
Djinn 2008
as Djinn
Charlie Wilson's War 2007
as Refugee Camp Translator
Broken 2007
as Keith
Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses 2007
as Sheik Ahmad
Richard III 2007
as Sir James Tyrrel
The Fallen Ones 2005
as Ammon
Pretty Persuasion 2005
as Mr. Azzouni
Saving Jessica Lynch 2003
as Fedayeen Colonel
War Stories 2003
as Al Qaeda Rebel at Bridge
Boundaries 2000
as Trombonist
Credits from TMDB.