- Navid Negahban
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Navid Negahban Born June 2, 1968
Mashhad, IranOccupation 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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Life and career
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.
Film and television credits
Film credits Year Title Role 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 References
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Categories:- 1968 births
- American film actors
- American people of Iranian descent
- American television actors
- Iranian film actors
- Iranian television actors
- Living people
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