Omid Abtahi
July 12, 1979 (45 years old) in Tehran, Iran
Omid Abtahi (Persian: امید ابطحی; born July 12, 1979) is an Iranian-born American actor. He is best known for his roles as Salim in Starz Original American Gods, Penn Pershing in The Mandalorian on Disney+, Saleem Ulman in NCIS on Paramount+, and Homes in the fourth installment of The Hunger Games film series, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2. He is also known for his performances as Justin Yates in Ghost Whisperer on CBS and Detective Jerry Molbeck in the American TV adaptation of Those Who Kill on A&E.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · City on Fire as Det. Ali Parsa
- 2023 · Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur as Ahmed (voice)
- 2022 · Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight as Alfie / Knight (voice)
- 2022 · Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight as Alfie (voice)
- 2021 · Justice Society: World War II as Hawkman (voice)
- 2020 · Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian as Self
- 2019 · Fast & Furious Spy Racers as Sandocal
- 2019 · The Mandalorian as Dr. Penn Pershing
- 2019 · The Boys as Sameer Shah
- 2019 · Love, Death & Robots as Wes (voice)
- 2017 · DuckTales as D'jinn (voice)
- 2017 · American Gods as Salim
- 2017 · Window Horses as Ramin
- 2016 · Damien as Amani Golkar
- 2015 · The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 as Homes
- 2015 · We Bare Bears as Additional Voices (voice)
- 2015 · Fear the Walking Dead as Howard
- 2015 · Better Call Saul as Detective Abbasi
- 2014 · State of Affairs as Rayst Kamal
- 2014 · Legends as Bashir Al-Kanazer
- 2014 · Boys of Abu Ghraib as Ghazi Hammoud
- 2012 · Argo as Reza Borhani
- 2012 · Revolution as Captain Riley
- 2011 · Hide as Neil
- 2011 · Homeland as Raqim Faisel
- 2011 · Shameless as Sameer
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Naser Salaam
- 2010 · Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back as Dr. Jagu / Reporter #2 (voice)
- 2009 · Brothers as Yusuf
- 2009 · FlashForward as Ed Fiore
- 2009 · NCIS: Los Angeles as Ari Sayed
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Samir
- 2009 · Archer as (voice)
- 2009 · Diplomacy as American Interpreter
- 2009 · Castle as Rasheed Waqas
- 2008 · Ocean of Pearls as Amrit Singh
- 2008 · My Own Worst Enemy as Tony Nazari
- 2008 · Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Cadet Amis (voice)
- 2008 · Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Amis / Mandalorian Super Commando (voice)
- 2008 · The Mentalist as Markham Shankar
- 2008 · Fringe as
- 2008 · Fringe as Simon Philips
- 2008 · Space Chimps as Dr. Jagu (voice)
- 2008 · The Last Lullaby as Van
- 2008 · The Mysteries of Pittsburgh as Mohammed
- 2008 · Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles as Sumner
- 2006 · Running with Scissors as Restaurant Manager
- 2005 · Sleeper Cell as Salim
- 2005 · Over There as Pfc. Tariq Nassiri
- 2005 · Ghost Whisperer as Justin Yates
- 2005 · Bones as Hal Shirazi
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Aasif
- 2003 · NCIS as Saleem Ulman
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Chandru 'Dru' Kambhatla
- 1999 · Family Guy as Mahmoud (voice)
- 1999 · Family Guy as Faisal (voice)