Navid Negahban

Navid Negahban was born and raised in Mashhad Iran His passion for acting led him to Germany where he spent eight years honing his theatrical skills prior to arriving in the US Navid has been building a strong resume ever since playing a broad range of intriguing characters for film theatre and television 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 Wilsons War opposite Tom Hanks directed by Mike Nichols On TV Navid had a recurring role on the eighth and final season of 24 and guest appearances include Lost CSI Miami Law Order Covert Affairs and NCIS Los Angeles Navid recently 2011 appeared as Dr Robert Stadler in Atlas Shrugged Part 1 He also shot The Power of Few in New Orleans with Christopher Walken and Christian Slater Navid is currently 20112012 playing the chilling Abu Nazir on Showtimes Homeland with Damian Lewis and Claire Danes Credit  J Bass