Omid Abtahi
Acting1979Tehran, 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.
Known For
Acting History
2025
Rock, Paper, Scissors
TVas Pharaoh Atraxes / Camel 2 (voice)• 1 eps
The Mighty Nein
TVas Dead Eye / Bartender (voice)• 1 eps
The Chosen Adventures
TVas Kato the Augur (voice) / Vendor (voice)
FBI
TVas Faheem Ellahie• 1 eps
2024
The Boys
TVas Sameer Shah• 3 eps
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
TVas Ahmed (voice) / Additional Voices (voice)• 1 eps
2023
City on Fire
TVas Det. Ali Parsa• 8 eps
2022
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
TVas Alfie (voice) / Alfie / Knight (voice)• 12 eps
2021
Justice Society: World War II
as Hawkman (voice)
Fear the Walking Dead
TVas Howard• 8 eps
2020
Fast & Furious Spy Racers
TVas Sandocal• 4 eps
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
TVas Self• 1 eps
2019
DuckTales
TVas D'jinn (voice)• 2 eps
Love, Death & Robots
TVas Wes (voice)• 1 eps
The Mandalorian
TVas Dr. Penn Pershing• 5 eps
2018
We Bare Bears
TVas Additional Voices (voice)• 1 eps
2017
Window Horses
as Ramin (voice)
Madam Secretary
TVas Deputy Minister Amin Hamadani• 1 eps
Hawaii Five-0
TVas Naser Salaam• 1 eps
Shameless
TVas Sameer• 1 eps
American Gods
TVas Salim• 7 eps
2016
Damien: Behind the Scenes
as Self
Damien
TVas Amani Golkar• 10 eps
2015
Better Call Saul
TVas Detective Abbasi• 3 eps
2014
Boys of Abu Ghraib
as Ghazi Hammoud
Legends
TVas Bashir Al-Kanazer• 2 eps
State of Affairs
TVas Rayst Kamal• 1 eps
2013
NCIS: Los Angeles
TVas Ari Sayed• 2 eps
Revolution
TVas Captain Riley• 2 eps
Archer
TVas (voice)• 1 eps
Castle
TVas Rasheed Waqas• 1 eps
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
TVas Amis / Mandalorian Super Commando (voice) / Cadet Amis (voice)• 1 eps
2012
Argo
as Reza Borhani
Family Guy
TVas Mahmoud (voice) / Faisal (voice)• 1 eps
The Good Wife
TVas Samir• 1 eps
2010
Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back
as Dr. Jagu / Reporter #2 (voice)
Grey's Anatomy
TVas Aasif• 1 eps
The Mentalist
TVas Markham Shankar• 1 eps
2009
Brothers
as Yusuf
Diplomacy
as American Interpreter
Bones
TVas Hal Shirazi• 1 eps
FlashForward
TVas Ed Fiore• 2 eps
NCIS
TVas Saleem Ulman• 2 eps
2008
Space Chimps
as Dr. Jagu (voice)
The Last Lullaby
as Van
Ocean of Pearls
as Amrit Singh
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
as Mohammed
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
TVas Sumner• 1 eps
Eli Stone
TVas Amir Khan• 1 eps
My Own Worst Enemy
TVas Tony Nazari
2007
Ghost Whisperer
TVas Justin Yates• 3 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TVas Chandru 'Dru' Kambhatla• 1 eps
2006
Running with Scissors
as Restaurant Manager
Sleeper Cell
TVas Salim• 8 eps
2005
24
TVas Safa• 1 eps
Over There
TVas Pfc. Tariq Nassiri