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Omid Abtahi
Omid Abtahi

Omid Abtahi

ActingBorn July 12, 1979 (age 46)Tehran, Iran

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.

Filmography

2025
The Mighty Nein

as Dead Eye / Bartender (voice)

TV
2025
The Chosen Adventures

as Kato the Augur (voice)

TV
2025
The Chosen Adventures

as Vendor (voice)

TV
2024
Rock, Paper, Scissors

as Pharaoh Atraxes / Camel 2 (voice)

TV
2023
City on Fire

as Det. Ali Parsa

TV
2023
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

as Additional Voices (voice)

TV
2022
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight

as Alfie / Knight (voice)

TV
2022TV
2021Movie
2019TV
2019
The Mandalorian

as Dr. Penn Pershing

TV
2019
The Boys

as Sameer Shah

TV
2019
Love, Death & Robots

as Wes (voice)

TV
2018
FBI

as Faheem Ellahie

TV
2017
DuckTales

as D'jinn (voice)

TV
2017TV
2016
Damien

as Amani Golkar

TV
2015
We Bare Bears

as Additional Voices (voice)

TV
2015TV
2015
Better Call Saul

as Detective Abbasi

TV
2014
State of Affairs

as Rayst Kamal

TV
2014
Madam Secretary

as Deputy Minister Amin Hamadani

TV
2014
Legends

as Bashir Al-Kanazer

TV
2014
Boys of Abu Ghraib

as Ghazi Hammoud

Movie
2012
Argo

as Reza Borhani

Movie
2012
Revolution

as Captain Riley

TV
2011
Hide

as Neil

Movie
2011
Homeland

as Raqim Faisel

TV
2011
Shameless

as Sameer

TV
2010
Hawaii Five-0

as Naser Salaam

TV
2010
Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back

as Dr. Jagu / Reporter #2 (voice)

Movie
2009
Brothers

as Yusuf

Movie
2009
FlashForward

as Ed Fiore

TV
2009
NCIS: Los Angeles

as Ari Sayed

TV
2009TV
2009
Archer

as (voice)

TV
2009
Diplomacy

as American Interpreter

Movie
2009
Castle

as Rasheed Waqas

TV
2008
Ocean of Pearls

as Amrit Singh

Movie
2008
My Own Worst Enemy

as Tony Nazari

TV
2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars

as Cadet Amis (voice)

TV
2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars

as Amis / Mandalorian Super Commando (voice)

TV
2008
The Mentalist

as Markham Shankar

TV
2008TV
2008
Fringe

as Simon Philips

TV
2008
Space Chimps

as Dr. Jagu (voice)

Movie
2008Movie
2008
Eli Stone

as Amir Khan

TV
2008Movie
2006
Running with Scissors

as Restaurant Manager

Movie
2006
The Unit

as The Boss

TV
2005
Sleeper Cell

as Salim

TV
2005
Over There

as Pfc. Tariq Nassiri

TV
2005
Ghost Whisperer

as Justin Yates

TV
2005
Bones

as Hal Shirazi

TV
2005TV
2003
NCIS

as Saleem Ulman

TV
2001
24

as Jibraan Al-Zarian

TV
2001
24

as Safa

TV
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Chandru 'Dru' Kambhatla

TV
1999
Family Guy

as Mahmoud (voice)

TV
1999
Family Guy

as Faisal (voice)

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJuly 12, 1979
Place of BirthTehran, Iran
Popularity1.3