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.
Known For
All Movies (15)
- Justice Society: World War II2021 · as Hawkman (voice)
- Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming2017 · as Ramin (voice)
- Damien: Behind the Scenes2016 · as Self
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 22015 · as Homes
- Boys of Abu Ghraib2014 · as Ghazi Hammoud
- Argo2012 · as Reza Borhani
- Hide2011 · as Neil
- Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back2010 · as Dr. Jagu / Reporter #2 (voice)
- Brothers2009 · as Yusuf
- Diplomacy2009 · as American Interpreter
- Ocean of Pearls2008 · as Amrit Singh
- Space Chimps2008 · as Dr. Jagu (voice)
- The Last Lullaby2008 · as Van
- The Mysteries of Pittsburgh2008 · as Mohammed
- Running with Scissors2006 · as Restaurant Manager
All TV Shows (53)
- The Mighty Nein2025 · as Dead Eye / Bartender (voice)
- The Chosen Adventures2025 · as Kato the Augur (voice)
- The Chosen Adventures2025 · as Vendor (voice)
- Rock, Paper, Scissors2024 · as Pharaoh Atraxes / Camel 2 (voice)
- City on Fire2023 · as Det. Ali Parsa
- Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur2023 · as Ahmed (voice)
- Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur2023 · as Additional Voices (voice)
- Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight2022 · as Alfie / Knight (voice)
- Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight2022 · as Alfie (voice)
- Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian2020 · as Self
- Fast & Furious Spy Racers2019 · as Sandocal
- The Mandalorian2019 · as Dr. Penn Pershing
- The Boys2019 · as Sameer Shah
- Love, Death & Robots2019 · as Wes (voice)
- FBI2018 · as Faheem Ellahie
- DuckTales2017 · as D'jinn (voice)
- American Gods2017 · as Salim
- Damien2016 · as Amani Golkar
- We Bare Bears2015 · as Additional Voices (voice)
- Fear the Walking Dead2015 · as Howard
- Better Call Saul2015 · as Detective Abbasi
- State of Affairs2014 · as Rayst Kamal
- Madam Secretary2014 · as Deputy Minister Amin Hamadani
- Legends2014 · as Bashir Al-Kanazer
- Revolution2012 · as Captain Riley
- Homeland2011 · as Raqim Faisel
- Shameless2011 · as Sameer
- Hawaii Five-02010 · as Naser Salaam
- FlashForward2009 · as Ed Fiore
- NCIS: Los Angeles2009 · as Ari Sayed
- The Good Wife2009 · as Samir
- Archer2009 · as (voice)
- Castle2009 · as Rasheed Waqas
- My Own Worst Enemy2008 · as Tony Nazari
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars2008 · as Cadet Amis (voice)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars2008 · as Amis / Mandalorian Super Commando (voice)
- The Mentalist2008 · as Markham Shankar
- Fringe2008
- Fringe2008 · as Simon Philips
- Eli Stone2008 · as Amir Khan
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles2008 · as Sumner
- The Unit2006 · as The Boss
- Sleeper Cell2005 · as Salim
- Over There2005 · as Pfc. Tariq Nassiri
- Ghost Whisperer2005 · as Justin Yates
- Bones2005 · as Hal Shirazi
- Grey's Anatomy2005 · as Aasif
- NCIS2003 · as Saleem Ulman
- 242001 · as Jibraan Al-Zarian
- 242001 · as Safa
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Chandru 'Dru' Kambhatla
- Family Guy1999 · as Mahmoud (voice)
- Family Guy1999 · as Faisal (voice)






