Navid Negahban
Navid Negahban is an IranianAmerican 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 RheinlandPfalz 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 Showtimes Homeland 20112013 Amahl Farouk Shadow King in FXs Legion 20172019 The Sultan in Disneys liveaction Aladdin 2019 General Abdul Rashid Dostum in 12 Strong 2018 Sheikh AlObodi in American Sniper 2014 Faraz Hamzad in FXs The Old Man 20222024 and Abbas Mansuri in Netflixs 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 httpsnavidnegahbancom
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