1. Navid Negahban has starred as the Sultan in the live-action remake of Aladdin.
10 Facts About Navid Negahban
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Navid Negahban took a liking to the theater when he was eight years old, while provoking laughter from a large audience by portraying an old man on stage.
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Navid Negahban left Iran in 1985 when he was 17 for Turkey and then Germany, where he spent eight years.
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Navid Negahban began learning French for his role on Legion.
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Navid Negahban has appeared in The Shield, The West Wing, Lost, and CSI: Miami.
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Navid Negahban has collaborated twice with Iranian-American actress Necar Zadegan, once in 24, where her on-screen husband ordered his interrogation and the torturing of his family, and in CSI: Miami, where, as his wife, she killed him.
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In 2008, Navid Negahban voiced and provided his likeness to the character Dr Challus Mercer in the survival horror game Dead Space.
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Navid Negahban appeared as terrorist mastermind Abu Nazir in the critically acclaimed TV series Homeland.
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In February 2015, The Hollywood Reporter and Variety confirmed that Navid Negahban had begun shooting the spy thriller, Damascus Cover, based on the novel by Howard Kaplan, alongside Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Olivia Thirlby, and John Hurt.
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Navid Negahban appeared as General Abdul Rashid Dostum in the 2018 war drama, 12 Strong, and starred as the Sultan in the 2019 live-action adaptation of Aladdin.