Birthday:
Jul 12, 1979
Place of Birth: Tehran, Iran
Place of Birth: Tehran, Iran
Omid Abtahi
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
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back | Dr. Jagu / Reporter #2 (voice) | 2010 |
| Argo | Reza Borhani | 2012 |
| The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | Homes | 2015 |
| Boys of Abu Ghraib | Ghazi Hammoud | 2014 |
| Brothers | Yusuf | 2009 |
| Window Horses | Ramin | 2017 |
| Diplomacy | American Interpreter | 2009 |
| Space Chimps | Dr. Jagu (voice) | 2008 |
| Running with Scissors | Restaurant Manager | 2006 |
| Hide | Neil | 2011 |
| The Mysteries of Pittsburgh | Mohammed | 2008 |
| Ocean of Pearls | Amrit Singh | 2008 |
| The Last Lullaby | Van | 2008 |
| Justice Society: World War II | Hawkman (voice) | 2021 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Ghost Whisperer | Justin Yates | 2005 |
| Fringe | 2008 | |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Chandru 'Dru' Kambhatla | 2000 |
| DuckTales | D'jinn (voice) | 2017 |
| Over There | Pfc. Tariq Nassiri | 2005 |
| We Bare Bears | Additional Voices (voice) | 2015 |
| Fear the Walking Dead | Howard | 2015 |
| The Mandalorian | Dr. Penn Pershing | 2019 |
| Legends | Bashir Al-Kanazer | 2014 |
| Revolution | Captain Riley | 2012 |
| Fringe | Simon Philips | 2008 |
| Castle | Rasheed Waqas | 2009 |
| State of Affairs | Rayst Kamal | 2014 |
| FlashForward | Ed Fiore | 2009 |
| Family Guy | Mahmoud (voice) | 1999 |
| Hawaii Five-0 | Naser Salaam | 2010 |
| Damien | Amani Golkar | 2016 |
| Sleeper Cell | Salim | 2005 |
| The Mentalist | Markham Shankar | 2008 |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | Ari Sayed | 2009 |
| American Gods | Salim | 2017 |
| Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight | Alfie / Knight (voice) | 2022 |
| Better Call Saul | Detective Abbasi | 2015 |
| City on Fire | Det. Ali Parsa | 2023 |
| Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight | Alfie (voice) | 2022 |
| Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Cadet Amis (voice) | 2008 |
| Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Amis / Mandalorian Super Commando (voice) | 2008 |
| Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Sumner | 2008 |
| Grey's Anatomy | Aasif | 2005 |
| My Own Worst Enemy | Tony Nazari | 2008 |
| Love, Death & Robots | Wes (voice) | 2019 |
| NCIS | Saleem Ulman | 2003 |
| Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Ahmed (voice) | 2023 |
| Fast & Furious Spy Racers | Sandocal | 2019 |
| Archer | (voice) | 2009 |
| Bones | Hal Shirazi | 2005 |
| Family Guy | Faisal (voice) | 1999 |
| Homeland | Raqim Faisel | 2011 |
| The Boys | Sameer Shah | 2019 |
| Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian | Self | 2020 |
| The Good Wife | Samir | 2009 |
| Shameless | Sameer | 2011 |
| Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Additional Voices (voice) | 2023 |
