Omid Abtahi

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Omid Abtahi

Acting 47 July 12, 1979

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…

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The Boys

The Boys

8.4 2019 TV Show
Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

8.2 2005 TV Show
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

6.9 2015 Movie
The Mandalorian

The Mandalorian

8.4 2019 TV Show
Argo

Argo

7.3 2012 Movie
Family Guy

Family Guy

7.4 1999 TV Show
The Mentalist

The Mentalist

8.4 2008 TV Show
Better Call Saul

Better Call Saul

8.7 2015 TV Show
Bones

Bones

8.2 2005 TV Show
Fear the Walking Dead

Fear the Walking Dead

7.6 2015 TV Show
NCIS

NCIS

7.6 2003 TV Show
Shameless

Shameless

8.2 2011 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    The Mighty Nein

    TV show Dead Eye / Bartender (voice)

  2. 2025
    The Chosen Adventures

    TV show Kato the Augur (voice)

  3. 2024
    Rock, Paper, Scissors

    TV show Pharaoh Atraxes / Camel 2 (voice)

  4. 2024
    Tracker

    TV show Harith Holmes

  5. 2023
    City on Fire

    TV show Det. Ali Parsa

  6. 2023
    Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

    TV show Ahmed (voice)

  7. 2022
    Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight

    TV show Alfie / Knight (voice)

  8. 2021
    Justice Society: World War II

    Movie Hawkman (voice)

  9. 2020
    Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian

    TV show Self

  10. 2019
    Fast & Furious Spy Racers

    TV show Sandocal

  11. 2019
    The Mandalorian

    TV show Dr. Penn Pershing

  12. 2019
    The Boys

    TV show Sameer Shah

  13. 2019
    Love, Death & Robots

    TV show Wes (voice)

  14. 2018
    FBI

    TV show Faheem Ellahie

  15. 2017
    DuckTales

    TV show D'jinn (voice)

  16. 2017
    American Gods

    TV show Salim

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  1. 2017
    Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming

    Movie Ramin (voice)

  2. 2016
    Damien: Behind the Scenes

    Movie Self

  3. 2016
    Damien

    TV show Amani Golkar

  4. 2015
    The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

    Movie Homes

  5. 2015
    We Bare Bears

    TV show Additional Voices (voice)

  6. 2015
    Fear the Walking Dead

    TV show Howard

  7. 2015
    Better Call Saul

    TV show Detective Abbasi

  8. 2014
    State of Affairs

    TV show Rayst Kamal

  9. 2014
    Madam Secretary

    TV show Deputy Minister Amin Hamadani

  10. 2014
    Legends

    TV show Bashir Al-Kanazer

  11. 2014
    Boys of Abu Ghraib

    Movie Ghazi Hammoud

  12. 2012
    Argo

    Movie Reza Borhani

  13. 2012
    Revolution

    TV show Captain Riley

  14. 2011
    Hide

    Movie Neil

  15. 2011
    Homeland

    TV show Raqim Faisel

  16. 2011
    Shameless

    TV show Sameer

  17. 2010
    Hawaii Five-0

    TV show Naser Salaam

  18. 2010
    Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back

    Movie Dr. Jagu / Reporter #2 (voice)

  19. 2009
    Brothers

    Movie Yusuf

  20. 2009
    FlashForward

    TV show Ed Fiore

  21. 2009
    NCIS: Los Angeles

    TV show Ari Sayed

  22. 2009
    The Good Wife

    TV show Samir

  23. 2009
    Archer

    TV show (voice)

  24. 2009
    Diplomacy

    Movie American Interpreter