Navid Negahban | |
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Born | June 2, 1968 Mashhad, Iran |
Occupation | Actor |
Navid Negahban (born June 2, 1968 in Mashhad, Iran), is an Iranian American actor. He often plays terrorists in movies and television series, but sometimes plays evil magicians in some TV movies. He plays both Arabs and Iranians. He played a politician in season 8 of 24 and also played terrorist in one episode of season 4.
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Negahban 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. He went to Germany and has been acting in Germany and the United States. He is fluent in English, Persian and German. He has appeared in The Shield, The West Wing, Lost, and CSI: Miami, ironically, in which he was killed by his wife, played by his opponent on Day 8, Necar Zadegan. Negahban has been building a strong career in the US, playing a broad range of intriguing characters in film and TV. Negahban worked with Mozhan Marnò in the TV series The Unit and the movie The Stoning of Soraya M. He played a powerful man in the movie The Stoning of Soraya M. Negahban currently appears as the main villain in the TV series Homeland.
Year | Title | Role | ||
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2005 | The Fallen Ones | Ammon | ||
2006 | The Path to 9/11 | Khalili | ||
2006 | Broken | Keith | ||
2007 | Waking Dreams | Toly | ||
2007 | Charlie Wilson's War | Refugee Camp Translator | ||
2008 | Richard III | Sir James Tyrrel | ||
2008 | Djinn | Djinn | ||
2008 | The Stoning of Soraya M. | Ali | ||
2009 | Powder Blue | Dr. Brooks | ||
2009 | Stellina Blue | Amir Keshavarz | ||
2009 | Dead Air | Abir | ||
2009 | Brothers | Murad | ||
2011 | Atlas Shrugged: Part I | Dr. Robert Stadler | ||
Television | ||||
Year | Title | Role | ||
2000 | The Invisible Man | |||
2002 | The Shield | |||
2003 | The Agency | |||
2003 | JAG | |||
2004 | Threat Matrix | |||
2004 | The West Wing | |||
2004 | Lost | |||
2005 | Over There | |||
2006 | Las Vegas | |||
2006 | The Unit | |||
2006 | Without a Trace | |||
2006 | Criminal Minds | |||
2006 | Alias | |||
2006 | Law & Order | |||
2006 | The Closer | |||
2006 | Sleeper Cell | |||
2007 | Shark | |||
2007 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | |||
2007 | NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service | |||
2007 | Moonlight | |||
2009 | Fringe | |||
2010 | CSI: Miami | |||
2005-2010 | 24 | |||
2010 | Dark Blue | |||
2010 | NCIS: Los Angeles | |||
2010 | The Whole Truth |