Omid Abtahi
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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Acting History
2025
The Mighty Nein as Dead Eye / Bartender (voice)
2025The Chosen Adventures as Kato the Augur (voice)
2025The Chosen Adventures as Vendor (voice)
2023Rock, Paper, Scissors as Pharaoh Atraxes / Camel 2 (voice)
2023City on Fire as Det. Ali Parsa
2023Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur as Ahmed (voice)
2023Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur as Additional Voices (voice)
2022Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight as Alfie / Knight (voice)
2022Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight as Alfie (voice)
2021Justice Society: World War II as Hawkman (voice)
2020Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian as Self
2019Fast & Furious Spy Racers as Sandocal
2019The Mandalorian as Dr. Penn Pershing
2019The Boys as Sameer Shah
2019Love, Death & Robots as Wes (voice)
2018FBI as Faheem Ellahie
2017DuckTales as D'jinn (voice)
2017American Gods as Salim
2017Window Horses as Ramin (voice)
2016Damien: Behind the Scenes as Self
2016Damien as Amani Golkar
2015The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 as Homes
2015We Bare Bears as Additional Voices (voice)
2015Fear the Walking Dead as Howard
2015Better Call Saul as Detective Abbasi
2014State of Affairs as Rayst Kamal
2014Madam Secretary as Deputy Minister Amin Hamadani
2014Legends as Bashir Al-Kanazer
2014Boys of Abu Ghraib as Ghazi Hammoud
2012Argo as Reza Borhani
2012Revolution as Captain Riley
2011Hide as Neil
2011Homeland as Raqim Faisel
2011Shameless as Sameer
2010Hawaii Five-0 as Naser Salaam
2010Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back as Dr. Jagu / Reporter #2 (voice)
2009Brothers as Yusuf
2009FlashForward as Ed Fiore
2009NCIS: Los Angeles as Ari Sayed
2009The Good Wife as Samir
2009Archer as (voice)
2009Diplomacy as American Interpreter
2009Castle as Rasheed Waqas
2008Ocean of Pearls as Amrit Singh
2008My Own Worst Enemy as Tony Nazari
2008Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Cadet Amis (voice)
2008Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Amis / Mandalorian Super Commando (voice)
2008The Mentalist as Markham Shankar
2008Fringe
2008Fringe as Simon Philips
2008Space Chimps as Dr. Jagu (voice)
2008The Last Lullaby as Van
2008Eli Stone as Amir Khan
2008The Mysteries of Pittsburgh as Mohammed
2008Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles as Sumner
2006Running with Scissors as Restaurant Manager
2005Sleeper Cell as Salim
2005Over There as Pfc. Tariq Nassiri
2005Ghost Whisperer as Justin Yates
2005Bones as Hal Shirazi
2005Grey's Anatomy as Aasif
2003NCIS as Saleem Ulman
200124 as Jibraan Al-Zarian
200124 as Safa
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Chandru 'Dru' Kambhatla
1999Family Guy as Mahmoud (voice)
1999Family Guy as Faisal (voice)