Omid Abtahi
Acting
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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tvThe Mighty Nein
2025
Dead Eye / Bartender (voice)
tvThe Chosen Adventures
2025
Kato the Augur (voice) / Vendor (voice)
tvRock, Paper, Scissors
2024
Pharaoh Atraxes / Camel 2 (voice)
tvCity on Fire
2023
Det. Ali Parsa
tvMarvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
Ahmed (voice) / Additional Voices (voice)
tvKung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
2022
Alfie / Knight (voice) / Alfie (voice)
movieJustice Society: World War II
2021
Hawkman (voice)
tvFast & Furious Spy Racers
2019
Sandocal
tvThe Mandalorian
2019
Dr. Penn Pershing
tvThe Boys
2019
Sameer Shah
tvLove, Death & Robots
2019
Wes (voice)
tvFBI
2018
Faheem Ellahie
tvDuckTales
2017
D'jinn (voice)
tvAmerican Gods
2017
Salim
tvDamien
2016
Amani Golkar
tvWe Bare Bears
2015
Additional Voices (voice)
tvBetter Call Saul
2015
Detective Abbasi
tvState of Affairs
2014
Rayst Kamal
tvMadam Secretary
2014
Deputy Minister Amin Hamadani
tvLegends
2014
Bashir Al-Kanazer
movieBoys of Abu Ghraib
2014
Ghazi Hammoud
movieArgo
2012
Reza Borhani
tvRevolution
2012
Captain Riley
movieHide
2011
Neil
tvHomeland
2011
Raqim Faisel
tvShameless
2011
Sameer
tvHawaii Five-0
2010
Naser Salaam
movieSpace Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back
2010
Dr. Jagu / Reporter #2 (voice)
movieBrothers
2009
Yusuf
tvFlashForward
2009
Ed Fiore
tvNCIS: Los Angeles
2009
Ari Sayed
tvThe Good Wife
2009
Samir
tvArcher
2009
(voice)
Diplomacy
2009
American Interpreter
tvCastle
2009
Rasheed Waqas
movieOcean of Pearls
2008
Amrit Singh
tvMy Own Worst Enemy
2008
Tony Nazari
tvStar Wars: The Clone Wars
2008
Cadet Amis (voice) / Amis / Mandalorian Super Commando (voice)
tvThe Mentalist
2008
Markham Shankar
tvFringe
2008
Simon Philips
movieSpace Chimps
2008
Dr. Jagu (voice)
tvEli Stone
2008
Amir Khan
movieRunning with Scissors
2006
Restaurant Manager
tvThe Unit
2006
The Boss
tvSleeper Cell
2005
Salim
tvOver There
2005
Pfc. Tariq Nassiri
tvGhost Whisperer
2005
Justin Yates
tvBones
2005
Hal Shirazi
tvGrey's Anatomy
2005
Aasif
tvNCIS
2003
Saleem Ulman
tv24
2001
Jibraan Al-Zarian / Safa
tvCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Chandru 'Dru' Kambhatla
tvFamily Guy
1999
Mahmoud (voice) / Faisal (voice)