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Navid Negahban (Persian: نوید نگهبان; born June 2, 1968) is an Iranian-American actor. He has appeared on 24, Homeland, Mistresses and as Amahl Farouk / Shadow King in the second and third seasons of FX's Legion. He has also starred as The Sultan in the live-action remake of Aladdin.
Actor: Aladdin. Born in Mashhad, Iran, Navid Negahban's passion for acting led him to Germany where he spent eight years before embarking on Hollywood. Dubbed as "the man of a thousand faces," he garnered critical acclaim for his role "Abu Nazir" on the Emmy® Award-winning series Homeland.
Jan 19, 2018 · We interview 12 Strong star Navid Negahban about the film's portrayal of Middle Eastern people and what to expect from Guy Ritchie's Aladdin.
Actor: Aladdin. Born in Mashhad, Iran, Navid Negahban's passion for acting led him to Germany where he spent eight years before embarking on Hollywood. Dubbed as "the man of a thousand faces," he garnered critical acclaim for his role "Abu Nazir" on the Emmy® Award-winning series Homeland.
Navid has a powerful leading role in the stunning dramatic feature The Stoning of Soraya M., and significant supporting roles in Brothers with Tobey Maguire, directed by Jim Sheridan, Powder Blue with Jessica Biel and Forest Whitaker, and Charlie Wilson's War opposite Tom Hanks, directed by Mike Nichols.
May 31, 2019 · Navid Negahban's journey to playing the Sultan in Aladdin wasn't an easy one. In 1993, Negahban came to the US knowing hardly any English beyond "Hi, how are you?" and "My name is Navid."
Iranian-born Navid Negahban, who starred as Abu Nazir in hit drama ‘Homeland’ — as well as the Sultan in the live-action ‘Aladdin’ — shares the amazing story of how acting brought him ...
May 1, 2020 · “Very dashing, with an old-fashioned matinee-idol air to him…the closest thing we have to the late Omar Sharif,” GQ magazine on actor Navid Negahban. Known as “the man of a thousand faces,” Negahban was born in Mashhad, Iran.
Sep 17, 2012 · After watching the first season of “Homeland,” it can be surreal to speak to Navid Negahban over the phone.
Biographies: An Iranian actor, born in Mashhad, Iran. He's fluent in English, German and Farsi. In 2011, he won the Best Actor Award for the 2009 Iranian short film Liberation at the Noor...Read more Iranian Film Festival, and in 2012, he returned to serve as the festival's official judge. He received a historic BAFTA nomination for his performance as "Haji Agha" in the video game 1979 Revolution: Black Friday.
