Navid Negahban
Highest Rated: 92% Window Horses (2016)
Lowest Rated: 11% The Moment (2013)
Birthday: Jun 2, 1968
Birthplace: Mashhad, Iran
Navid Negahban said he doesn't mind playing villains, as long as they are not two-dimensional. Fortunately, Negahban has the requisite intensity and depth to make a meal out of even the most bare-bones parts. He easily held his own in scenes with Tobey Maguire in the harrowing 2009 film "Brothers," a tale of war's lingering, invisible psychological scars, in which Negahban played an Afghan fighter committed to expelling the Americans. He has been praised for his portrayal of Ali, an Islamic fundamentalist, in the film "The Stoning of Soraya M.," a disturbing drama set in his home country. Perhaps one of Negahban's most memorable roles was that of Omar in the sci-fi series "Lost," despite the fact that it was a one-off performance. As the commanding officer of Iraqi soldier Sayid (a series regular played by Naveen Andrews, seen with Omar in one of the show's trademark flashbacks), Negahban stole his scenes with a captivating depiction of authority established at the barrel of a gun. In 2011, Neghaban enjoyed one of the best roles of his career, playing Abu Nazir--an Islamic terrorist ostensibly modeled on Osama Bin Laden--in Showtime's hit thriller series "Homeland."
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Filmography
Movies
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75% |
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Sitting in Bars with Cake | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
45% |
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Kandahar | Mohammad "Mo" Doud (Character) | $4.2M | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kandahar: Official Trailer | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mission Kandahar | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tehranto |
Narrator, Executive Producer |
- | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cry Me a River | Karim (Character) | - | 2021 |
57% |
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Aladdin | Sultan (Character) | $355.6M | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tráiler de 12 valientes | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
14% |
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Damascus Cover | Sarraj (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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Carving a Life | Dr. Kasem (Character) | - | 2017 |
35% |
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American Assassin | Minister Behurz (Character) | $36.2M | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Becoming the Enemy | Unknown (Character) | - | 2017 |
13% |
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Brain on Fire | Dr. Najjar (Character) | - | 2016 |
92% |
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Window Horses | Mehran (Voice) | $2.1K | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Price for Freedom | Victor Daniels (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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Day One | Dr. Nasir (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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Baba Joon |
Itzhak (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2015 |
72% |
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American Sniper | Sheikh Al-Obodi (Character) | $350.1M | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Valiant | Mac (Character) | - | 2014 |
11% |
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The Moment | Malik Jamil (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Liberation | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Stellina Blue | Amir Keshavarz (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Dead Air | Abir (Character) | - | 2009 |
25% |
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Powder Blue | Doctor Brooks (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diplomacy | Iranian Foreign Minister (Character) | - | 2009 |
58% |
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The Stoning of Soraya M. | Ali (Character) | $655.6K | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Djinn | Unknown (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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The Fallen Ones | Ammon (Character) | - | 2005 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | 48% | The Cleaning Lady | Hayak Barsamian (Guest Star) | 2022 |
88% | 87% | Tehran | Masoud Tabrizi (Character) | 2020 2022 |
94% | 89% | Castlevania | Sala (Voice) | 2020-2021 |
91% | 86% | Legion | Amahl Farouk (Character) | 2018-2019 |
59% | 87% | God Friended Me | Hasan (Guest Star) | 2018-2019 |
92% | 91% | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Morsi (Guest Star) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 62% | Mistresses | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
74% | 71% | The Catch | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Sam Farhidi (Guest Star) | 2007 2015 |
93% | 90% | Veep | Abbas (Guest Star) | 2015 |
61% | 79% | Scorpion | Agent Khara (Guest Star) | 2015 |
92% | 78% | Person of Interest | Ali Hasan (Guest Star) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 89% | The Mentalist | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
86% | 63% | Arrow | Al Ow-Al (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Game | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 82% | CSI: New York | Zane Kalim (Guest Star) | 2013 |
85% | 86% | Homeland |
Abu Nazir (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2011-2012 |
57% | No Score Yet | The Whole Truth | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 63% | NCIS: Los Angeles | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
38% | No Score Yet | Dark Blue | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
87% | 87% | 24 | Jamot (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 65% | CSI: Miami | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
90% | 80% | Fringe | Dr. Malik Yusef (Guest Star) | 2009 |
22% | 83% | Moonlight | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 83% | NCIS | Jalil Shaloub (Guest Star) | 2007 |
52% | 50% | Shark | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
76% | 88% | Sleeper Cell | The Colonel (Guest Star) | 2006 |
83% | 84% | The Closer | Dr. al-Thani (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Criminal Minds | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Without a Trace | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
85% | 75% | The Unit | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
86% | 90% | Lost | Omar (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | L.A. Dragnet | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | JAG | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Agency | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |