Actor profile

Omid Abtahi

12th July 1979 Tehran, Iran 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.

14 Movies 54 TV Shows 69 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Justice Society: World War II poster

Justice Society: World War II 27th April 2021 as Hawkman (voice)

Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming poster

Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming 10th March 2017 as Ramin (voice)

Damien: Behind the Scenes poster

Damien: Behind the Scenes 11th March 2016 as Self

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 poster

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 18th November 2015 as Homes

Boys of Abu Ghraib poster

Boys of Abu Ghraib 15th March 2014 as Ghazi Hammoud

Argo poster

Argo 11th October 2012 as Reza Borhani

Hide poster

Hide 6th December 2011 as Neil

Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back poster

Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back 26th May 2010 as Dr. Jagu / Reporter #2 (voice)

Brothers poster

Brothers 2nd December 2009 as Yusuf

Ocean of Pearls poster

Ocean of Pearls 14th December 2008 as Amrit Singh

Space Chimps poster

Space Chimps 25th June 2008 as Dr. Jagu (voice)

The Last Lullaby poster

The Last Lullaby 28th March 2008 as Van

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh poster

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh 20th January 2008 as Mohammed

Running with Scissors poster

Running with Scissors 27th October 2006 as Restaurant Manager

The Mighty Nein poster

The Mighty Nein 19th November 2025 as Dead Eye / Bartender (voice)

The Chosen Adventures poster

The Chosen Adventures 17th October 2025 as Kato the Augur (voice)

The Chosen Adventures poster

The Chosen Adventures 17th October 2025 as Vendor (voice)

Rock, Paper, Scissors poster

Rock, Paper, Scissors 12th February 2024 as Pharaoh Atraxes / Camel 2 (voice)

Tracker 11th February 2024 as Harith Holmes

City on Fire poster

City on Fire 11th May 2023 as Det. Ali Parsa

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur poster

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur 10th February 2023 as Ahmed (voice)

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur poster

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur 10th February 2023 as Additional Voices (voice)

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight poster

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight 14th July 2022 as Alfie / Knight (voice)

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight poster

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight 14th July 2022 as Alfie (voice)

Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian poster

Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian 4th May 2020 as Self

Fast & Furious Spy Racers poster

Fast & Furious Spy Racers 26th December 2019 as Sandocal

The Mandalorian poster

The Mandalorian 12th November 2019 as Dr. Penn Pershing

The Boys poster

The Boys 25th July 2019 as Sameer Shah

Love, Death & Robots poster

Love, Death & Robots 15th March 2019 as Wes (voice)

FBI poster

FBI 25th September 2018 as Faheem Ellahie

DuckTales poster

DuckTales 12th August 2017 as D'jinn (voice)

American Gods poster

American Gods 30th April 2017 as Salim

Damien poster

Damien 7th March 2016 as Amani Golkar

We Bare Bears poster

We Bare Bears 24th August 2015 as Additional Voices (voice)

Fear the Walking Dead poster

Fear the Walking Dead 23rd August 2015 as Howard

Better Call Saul poster

Better Call Saul 8th February 2015 as Detective Abbasi

State of Affairs poster

State of Affairs 17th November 2014 as Rayst Kamal

Madam Secretary poster

Madam Secretary 21st September 2014 as Deputy Minister Amin Hamadani

Legends poster

Legends 13th August 2014 as Bashir Al-Kanazer

Revolution poster

Revolution 17th September 2012 as Captain Riley

Homeland poster

Homeland 2nd October 2011 as Raqim Faisel

Shameless poster

Shameless 9th January 2011 as Sameer

Hawaii Five-0 poster

Hawaii Five-0 20th September 2010 as Naser Salaam

FlashForward poster

FlashForward 24th September 2009 as Ed Fiore

NCIS: Los Angeles poster

NCIS: Los Angeles 22nd September 2009 as Ari Sayed

The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife 22nd September 2009 as Samir

Archer poster

Archer 17th September 2009 as (voice)

Castle poster

Castle 9th March 2009 as Rasheed Waqas

My Own Worst Enemy poster

My Own Worst Enemy 13th October 2008 as Tony Nazari

Star Wars: The Clone Wars poster

Star Wars: The Clone Wars 3rd October 2008 as Cadet Amis (voice)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars poster

Star Wars: The Clone Wars 3rd October 2008 as Amis / Mandalorian Super Commando (voice)

The Mentalist poster

The Mentalist 23rd September 2008 as Markham Shankar

Fringe poster

Fringe 9th September 2008

Fringe poster

Fringe 9th September 2008 as Simon Philips

Eli Stone poster

Eli Stone 31st January 2008 as Amir Khan

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles poster

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles 13th January 2008 as Sumner

The Unit poster

The Unit 7th March 2006 as The Boss

Sleeper Cell poster

Sleeper Cell 4th December 2005 as Salim

Over There poster

Over There 13th November 2005 as Pfc. Tariq Nassiri

Ghost Whisperer poster

Ghost Whisperer 23rd September 2005 as Justin Yates

Bones poster

Bones 13th September 2005 as Hal Shirazi

Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy 27th March 2005 as Aasif

NCIS poster

NCIS 23rd September 2003 as Saleem Ulman

24 poster

24 6th November 2001 as Jibraan Al-Zarian

24 poster

24 6th November 2001 as Safa

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 6th October 2000 as Chandru 'Dru' Kambhatla

Family Guy poster

Family Guy 31st January 1999 as Mahmoud (voice)

Family Guy poster

Family Guy 31st January 1999 as Faisal (voice)