Omid Abtahi | |
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Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2005–present |
Omid Abtahi is an American actor of Iranian origin.
Before moving to the United States, Abtahi and his family lived in Europe and the Middle East.
He grew up in Orange County, California, and graduated from University High School in Irvine.
Before acting on television, Abtahi performed on stage in many theatrical productions including Fraulein Else at the Berkeley Repertory, McCarter Theatre and Longwarf Theatre; Adoration of the Old Woman at the Sundance Theatre Lab and Your Everyday Typical Romantic Comedy at the Kennedy Centre. He has also guest starred on the television series JAG, Judging Amy and 24. He played Justin Yates in Ghost Whisperer.
Abtahi also filmed the movie Running with Scissors, which he co-starred along with Annette Bening and Gwyneth Paltrow. The film was released in 2006.
Since arriving in Los Angeles, Omid has been a series regular on FX's Over There and Showtime's Sleeper Cell.
While preparing for the role of Pvt. Tariq Nassiri on the television series Over There, Abtahi learnt how to speak Arabic and studied Middle Eastern culture.
Omid made his New York stage debut in Urge for Going by Mona Mansour.
Year | film | role | other notes |
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2005 | JAG | Wahid | episode "Heart of Darkness" |
24 | Safa | Episode "Day 4: 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m." | |
Judging Amy | Reza Ajami | Episode "The New Normal" | |
Over There | Tariq Nassiri | television series | |
2006 | Running with Scissors | Restaurant manager | |
Sleeper Cell | Salim | television series | |
2008 | The Mysteries of Pittsburgh | Mohammed | |
Ocean of Pearls | Amrit Singh | ||
Space Chimps | Dr. Jagu | voice | |
2009 | 24 | Jibraan Al-Zarian | Episode "Day 7: 3:00 a.m.-4:00 a.m." |
Episode "Day 7: 4:00 a.m.-5:00 a.m." | |||
Episode "Day 7: 5:00 a.m.-6:00 a.m. " | |||
Brothers | Yusuf | ||
NCIS | Saleem | Episode "Aliyah" | |
Episode "Truth or consequences" | |||
2010 | The Event | William | Episode "Protect Them from the Truth" |
2010 | The Mentalist | Markham Shankar | Series 3 Episode 7 "Red Hot" |
2011 | Fringe | Simon Phillips | Episode "Concentrate and Ask Again" |
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Name | Abtahi, Omid | ||
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Short description | American actor | ||
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