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Navid Negahban
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Born: June 2, 1968
Masshad, Iran
 
Role: Zayed Al-Thani
 
IMDb profile

Navid Negahban (born June 2, 1968; age 55) played Zayed Al-Thani during Season 2 of The Shield.

Biography[]

Navid was born in Iran and is also a producer, stuntman, and designer. He speaks fluent English and Persian, and is conversational in German.

He has appeared in JAG, The Shield, The West Wing, Lost, and Las Vegas. He also appeared in an episode of CSI: Miami, in which his wife is played by Necar Zadegan. From 2011 to 2013, Negahban appeared in the show Homeland.

The Shield credits[]

Selected filmography[]

  • Kandahar (2023)
  • Tehranto (2022)
  • Dark Corners (2021)
  • Aladdin (2019)
  • Sand Castle (2017)
  • Carving a Life (2016)
  • American Sniper (2014)
  • Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011)
  • Brothers (2009)
  • Broken (2006)
  • Soulgain (2004)
  • Woman on Fire (2002)

Television appearances

  • The Cleaning Lady (2022)
  • Castlevania (2020)
  • Legion (2018-2019)
  • Mistresses (2016)
  • Veep (2015)
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2007, 2015)
  • Person of Interest (2014)
  • Homeland (2011-2013)
  • Covert Affairs (2011)
  • 24 (2005, 2010)
  • Fringe (2009)
  • Alias (2006)
  • Lost (2004)
  • The Agency (2003)
  • The Shield (2003)

External links[]

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