Omid Abtahi

Actor Jul 12 (age 46) Tehran, Iran 1999–2025 (26 year career)

7.2 avg rating

Biography

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 Wh…

Known For

Film

Argo

Reza Borhani

Film

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

Homes

Film

Brothers

Yusuf

Film

Justice Society: World War II

Hawkman (voice)

Film

Sleeper Cell

Salim

Film

Running with Scissors

Restaurant Manager

Film

Damien

Amani Golkar

Film

Space Chimps

Dr. Jagu (voice)

Filmography

Acting (60)

Movies (15)

Justice Society: World War II

2021

as Hawkman (voice)

7.4

Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming

2017

as Ramin (voice)

6.7

Damien: Behind the Scenes

2016

as Self

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

as Homes

Boys of Abu Ghraib

as Ghazi Hammoud

Argo

as Reza Borhani

Hide

as Neil

Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back

2010

as Dr. Jagu / Reporter #2 (voice)

Brothers

as Yusuf

Diplomacy

as American Interpreter

Space Chimps

2008

as Dr. Jagu (voice)

4.9

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

as Mohammed

Ocean of Pearls

as Amrit Singh

The Last Lullaby

as Van

Running with Scissors

2006

as Restaurant Manager

5.8

Television (45)

The Mighty Nein

2025

as Dead Eye / Bartender (voice)

8.0

The Chosen Adventures

2025

as Vendor (voice)

7.7

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

2023

as Ahmed (voice)

7.7

Rock, Paper, Scissors

2023

as Pharaoh Atraxes / Camel 2 (voice)

7.4

City on Fire

2023

as Det. Ali Parsa

6.6

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight

2022

as Alfie (voice)

7.5

Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian

as Self

The Boys

as Sameer Shah

The Mandalorian

as Dr. Penn Pershing

Love, Death & Robots

as Wes (voice)

Fast & Furious Spy Racers

as Sandocal

FBI

as Faheem Ellahie

DuckTales

as D'jinn (voice)

American Gods

as Salim

Damien

as Amani Golkar

Better Call Saul

as Detective Abbasi

We Bare Bears

as Additional Voices (voice)

7.7

Fear the Walking Dead

2015

as Howard

7.6

Madam Secretary

2014

as Deputy Minister Amin Hamadani

Legends

as Bashir Al-Kanazer

State of Affairs

as Rayst Kamal

Revolution

as Captain Riley

Shameless

as Sameer

Homeland

as Raqim Faisel

Hawaii Five-0

as Naser Salaam

Castle

as Rasheed Waqas

The Good Wife

as Samir

NCIS: Los Angeles

as Ari Sayed

Archer

as (voice)

FlashForward

as Ed Fiore

The Mentalist

as Markham Shankar

Fringe

as Simon Philips

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

2008

as Cadet Amis (voice)

8.5

Eli Stone

2008

as Amir Khan

6.7

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

as Sumner

My Own Worst Enemy

as Tony Nazari

Bones

as Hal Shirazi

Grey's Anatomy

as Aasif

Ghost Whisperer

as Justin Yates

Over There

as Pfc. Tariq Nassiri

Sleeper Cell

as Salim

NCIS

as Saleem Ulman

as Safa

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

as Chandru 'Dru' Kambhatla

7.6

Family Guy

1999

as Faisal (voice)

7.4