Acting
Omid Abtahi
Born 1979-07-12
Tehran, Iran
Department: 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.
Known For
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The Boys
2019
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
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Grey's Anatomy
2005
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The Mandalorian
2019
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Argo
2012
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The Mentalist
2008
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Family Guy
1999
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Better Call Saul
2015
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Bones
2005
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Fear the Walking Dead
2015
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (69 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Mighty Nein | Dead Eye / Bartender (voice) | TV Series | 2025 |
 | The Chosen Adventures | Kato the Augur (voice) | TV Series | 2025 |
| The Chosen Adventures | Vendor (voice) | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Rock, Paper, Scissors | Pharaoh Atraxes / Camel 2 (voice) | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Tracker | Harith Holmes | TV Series | 2024 |
 | City on Fire | Det. Ali Parsa | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Ahmed (voice) | TV Series | 2023 |
| Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Additional Voices (voice) | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight | Alfie / Knight (voice) | TV Series | 2022 |
| Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight | Alfie (voice) | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Justice Society: World War II | Hawkman (voice) | Movie | 2021 |
 | Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian | Self | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Fast & Furious Spy Racers | Sandocal | TV Series | 2019 |
 | The Mandalorian | Dr. Penn Pershing | TV Series | 2019 |
 | The Boys | Sameer Shah | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Love, Death & Robots | Wes (voice) | TV Series | 2019 |
 | FBI | Faheem Ellahie | TV Series | 2018 |
 | DuckTales | D'jinn (voice) | TV Series | 2017 |
 | American Gods | Salim | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming | Ramin (voice) | Movie | 2017 |
 | Damien: Behind the Scenes | Self | Movie | 2016 |
 | Damien | Amani Golkar | TV Series | 2016 |
 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | Homes | Movie | 2015 |
 | We Bare Bears | Additional Voices (voice) | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Fear the Walking Dead | Howard | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Better Call Saul | Detective Abbasi | TV Series | 2015 |
 | State of Affairs | Rayst Kamal | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Madam Secretary | Deputy Minister Amin Hamadani | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Legends | Bashir Al-Kanazer | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Boys of Abu Ghraib | Ghazi Hammoud | Movie | 2014 |
 | Argo | Reza Borhani | Movie | 2012 |
 | Revolution | Captain Riley | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Hide | Neil | Movie | 2011 |
 | Homeland | Raqim Faisel | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Shameless | Sameer | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Hawaii Five-0 | Naser Salaam | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back | Dr. Jagu / Reporter #2 (voice) | Movie | 2010 |
 | Brothers | Yusuf | Movie | 2009 |
 | FlashForward | Ed Fiore | TV Series | 2009 |
 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Ari Sayed | TV Series | 2009 |
 | The Good Wife | Samir | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Archer | (voice) | TV Series | 2009 |
| Diplomacy | American Interpreter | Movie | 2009 | |
 | Castle | Rasheed Waqas | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Ocean of Pearls | Amrit Singh | Movie | 2008 |
 | My Own Worst Enemy | Tony Nazari | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Cadet Amis (voice) | TV Series | 2008 |
| Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Amis / Mandalorian Super Commando (voice) | TV Series | 2008 |
 | The Mentalist | Markham Shankar | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Fringe | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2008 |
| Fringe | Simon Philips | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Space Chimps | Dr. Jagu (voice) | Movie | 2008 |
 | The Last Lullaby | Van | Movie | 2008 |
 | Eli Stone | Amir Khan | TV Series | 2008 |
 | The Mysteries of Pittsburgh | Mohammed | Movie | 2008 |
 | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Sumner | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Running with Scissors | Restaurant Manager | Movie | 2006 |
 | The Unit | The Boss | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Sleeper Cell | Salim | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Over There | Pfc. Tariq Nassiri | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Ghost Whisperer | Justin Yates | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Bones | Hal Shirazi | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Grey's Anatomy | Aasif | TV Series | 2005 |
 | NCIS | Saleem Ulman | TV Series | 2003 |
 | 24 | Jibraan Al-Zarian | TV Series | 2001 |
| 24 | Safa | TV Series | 2001 |
 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Chandru 'Dru' Kambhatla | TV Series | 2000 |
 | Family Guy | Mahmoud (voice) | TV Series | 1999 |
| Family Guy | Faisal (voice) | TV Series | 1999 |