Omid Abtahi
Acting
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 Who Kill on A&E.
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Movies (15)
Justice Society: World War II2021Hawkman (voice)
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming2017Ramin (voice)
Damien: Behind the Scenes2016Self
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 22015Homes
Boys of Abu Ghraib2014Ghazi Hammoud
Argo2012Reza Borhani
Hide2011Neil
Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back2010Dr. Jagu / Reporter #2 (voice)
Brothers2009Yusuf- Diplomacy2009American Interpreter
Ocean of Pearls2008Amrit Singh
Space Chimps2008Dr. Jagu (voice)
The Last Lullaby2008Van
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh2008Mohammed
Running with Scissors2006Restaurant Manager
Shows (47)
The Mighty Nein2025Dead Eye / Bartender (voice)
The Chosen Adventures2025Kato the Augur (voice)
Rock, Paper, Scissors2024Pharaoh Atraxes / Camel 2 (voice)
Tracker2024Harith Holmes
City on Fire2023Det. Ali Parsa
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur2023Ahmed (voice)
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight2022Alfie / Knight (voice)
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian2020Self
Fast & Furious Spy Racers2019Sandocal
The Mandalorian2019Dr. Penn Pershing
The Boys2019Sameer Shah
Love, Death & Robots2019Wes (voice)
FBI2018Faheem Ellahie
DuckTales2017D'jinn (voice)
American Gods2017Salim
Damien2016Amani Golkar
We Bare Bears2015Additional Voices (voice)
Fear the Walking Dead2015Howard
Better Call Saul2015Detective Abbasi
State of Affairs2014Rayst Kamal
Madam Secretary2014Deputy Minister Amin Hamadani
Legends2014Bashir Al-Kanazer
Revolution2012Captain Riley
Homeland2011Raqim Faisel
Shameless2011Sameer
Hawaii Five-02010Naser Salaam
FlashForward2009Ed Fiore
The Good Wife2009Samir
NCIS: Los Angeles2009Ari Sayed
Archer2009(voice)