Navid Negahban
Navid Negahban | |
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نوید نگهبان | |
![]() Negahban at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con | |
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Nationality | Iranian |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2000–present |
Navid Negahban (Persian: نوید نگهبان; born June 2, 1968) is an Iranian-American actor. He has appeared on 24, Homeland, Mistresses and currently plays the supervillain Amahl Farouk / Shadow King on the second season of FX's Legion.
Early life
Negahban was born in Mashhad, Iran. He took a liking to theater when he was 8 years old while provoking laughter from a large audience by portraying an old man on stage.[1] He left Iran when he was 20 for Turkey and then Germany, where he spent eight-and-a-half years.[2] In Germany, he worked for a theater company, and then in 1993 he moved to the United States.[3] He is fluent in English, Persian,[1] Dari and German.[3] He also began learning French for his role on Legion.
Career
He has appeared in The Shield, The West Wing, Lost, and CSI: Miami.[4] He has collaborated twice with Iranian-American actress Necar Zadegan, once in 24, where her on-screen husband ordered his interrogation and the torturing of his family, and also in CSI: Miami, where, as his wife, she killed him.[5]
Negahban also had two collaborations with another Iranian-American actress Mozhan Marnò in the TV series The Unit[6] and the movie The Stoning of Soraya M., where he plays the husband of Soraya (Marnò). In 2008, Negahban voiced the Dr. Challus Mercer in the survival horror game Dead Space.[4] Negahban also appeared as the main antagonist in the critically acclaimed TV series Homeland.[1] In 2011 he won the Best Actor Award for the 2009 Iranian short film, Liberation at the Noor Iranian Film Festival, and in 2012, he returned to serve as an official festival judge.
In February 2015, The Hollywood Reporter and Variety confirmed that Negahban had begun shooting the spy thriller, Damascus Cover, based on the novel by Howard Kaplan, alongside Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Olivia Thirlby and John Hurt. Negahban played the role of Syrian General Sarraj.
Film, television, videogames credits
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2005 | The Fallen Ones | Ammon | |
2006 | Broken | Keith | |
2007 | Waking Dreams | Toly | |
Charlie Wilson's War | Refugee Camp Translator | ||
2008 | Richard III | Sir James Tyrrel | |
Djinn | Djinn | ||
The Stoning of Soraya M. | Ali | ||
2009 | Powder Blue | Dr. Brooks | |
Stellina Blue | Amir Keshavarz | ||
Dead Air | Abir | ||
Brothers | Murad | ||
2011 | Atlas Shrugged: Part I | Dr. Robert Stadler | |
2013 | The Power of Few | Sahel | |
The Moment | Malik Jamil | ||
Words and Pictures | Headmaster Rashid | ||
2014 | American Sniper | Sheikh Al-Obodi | |
2015 | Baba Joon | Itzhak | |
2016 | Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero | Mohammad Mohammad-Mohammadi | |
Brain on Fire | Dr. Souhel Najjar | ||
Window Horses | Mehran (voice) | ||
Sniper: Ghost Shooter | Robert Mothershed | ||
2017 | Sand Castle | Kadir | |
American Assassin | Behurz | ||
Damascus Cover | Sarraj | ||
2018 | 12 Strong | General Abdul Rashid Dostum | |
2019 | Aladdin | The Sultan | Post-production |
Television | |||
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
2000 | The Invisible Man | Oman Tariq | |
2002 | The Shield | Zayed Al-Thani | |
2003 | The Agency | Arab Driver / Palestinian Officer | |
JAG | Jamal Bin Fahad Al-Hadi | ||
2004 | Threat Matrix | Fred | |
The West Wing | Maz | ||
Lost | Omar | Episode: "Solitary" | |
2005 | Over There | Iraqi Father | |
24 | Abdullah | ||
2006 | Las Vegas | Farouk Naeem | |
The Unit | Faheed | ||
Without a Trace | Nazar Rahim | ||
The Path to 9/11 | Khalili | 2 episodes | |
Criminal Minds | Hassan Nadir | ||
Alias | Foreman | ||
Law & Order | Imam Ibrahim | ||
The Closer | Dr. al-Thani | 2 episodes | |
Sleeper Cell | The Colonel | ||
2007 | Shark | Amir Khan | |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dr. Rankesh Chanoor | ||
NCIS | Jalil Shaloub | ||
Moonlight | Amir Fayed | ||
2009 | Fringe | Dr. Malik Yusef | |
2010 | CSI: Miami | Rahim Farooq | |
24 | Jamot | ||
Dark Blue | Ahmad Satar | ||
NCIS: Los Angeles | Aziz Anshiri | ||
The Whole Truth | Paul Bagdazarian | ||
2011 | Covert Affairs | ||
2011–2013 | Homeland | Abu Nazir | 15 episodes |
2013 | CSI: NY | Zane Kalim | |
The Game | Zane Kalim | ||
Arrow | Al-Owal | ||
2014 | The Mentalist | Hassan Zarif | |
Person of Interest | Ali Hasan | ||
Tatort | Harun | ||
2015 | Scorpion | Agent Khara | |
Veep | Abbas | ||
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Sam Farhidi | ||
The Messengers | Afghan Prime Minister | 4 episodes | |
2016 | The Catch | Qasim Halabi | 2 episodes |
Mistresses | Jonathan Amadi | 6 episodes | |
2017 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Morsi | Episode: "Never Wait for Seconds!" |
2018 | Legion | Amahl Farouk / Shadow King | (season 2) |
Video games | |||
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
2008 | Dead Space | Dr. Challus Mercer | |
2010 | Dark Void | Watcher | |
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands | Opening Poem Reader, Sandman' Additional Voices | ||
Medal of Honor | Pashto Fighter 5 | ||
2011 | Assassin's Creed: Revelations | Additional Voices | |
2012 | Ghost Recon: Future Soldier | Farsi Thug | |
Spec Ops: The Line | Refugees | ||
Call of Duty: Black Ops II | Additional Voices | ||
2016 | 1979 Revolution: Black Friday | Asadollah Lajevardi | Co-producer |
References
- ^ a b c "Showtime Mini-Biography". Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
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suggested) (help) - ^ Ross, Matt. "In Depth: Navid Negahban". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ a b Laracy, Noah. "Navid Negahban: A Back Stage Exclusive". Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ a b "IMDb: Navid Negahban". Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ "IMDb: Dishonor (2010) "Did You Know?"". Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ "IMDb: "The Unit" (Security) 2006". Retrieved 10 December 2012.
External links
- 1968 births
- Living people
- American male film actors
- American people of Iranian descent
- American male television actors
- Iranian male film actors
- Iranian male television actors
- People from Mashhad
- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American male actors
- Iranian emigrants to Turkey
- Iranian emigrants to the United States
- Iranian emigrants to Germany