Navid Negahban

Navid Negahban is one of those character actors who quietly elevates everything he touches. Born in Mashhad, Iran, he reinvented himself in Hollywood and now plays everything from villains to kings, the antagonist in Homeland, the Sultan in the live-action Aladdin, a general in 12 Strong, the menacing Faraz Hamzad in The Old Man. What impresses me is how he carries his Iranian heritage while refusing to be boxed into stereotype, winning genuinely varied roles through sheer persistence. A great supporting actor raises the whole production's stakes, and Negahban does it with that calm presence and those deep, watchful eyes. Every time he appears on screen, I lean in.

Name (English)

Navid Negahban

Name (Japanese)

ナヴィド・ネガーバン

Reading

なゔぃど・ねがーばん

Born

June 2, 1968 (age 58)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Monkey

Origin

Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran

Occupation

film producer / television actor / film actor / actor

• Official sitehttps://navidnegahban.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/navidnegahban/
• Xhttps://x.com/navidnegahban
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navid%20Negahban
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8D%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q723366

Tags

• Razavi Khorasan Province
• film producer
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-17

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