Omid Abtahi

Acting

Omid Abtahi

Born July 12, 1979Tehran, Iran60 credits

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

Filmography

The Mighty Nein
2025The Mighty Nein
as Dead Eye / Bartender (voice)TV
The Chosen Adventures
2025The Chosen Adventures
as Kato the Augur (voice)TV
Rock, Paper, Scissors
2023Rock, Paper, Scissors
as Pharaoh Atraxes / Camel 2 (voice)TV
City on Fire
2023City on Fire
as Det. Ali ParsaTV
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
2022Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
as Alfie / Knight (voice)TV
Justice Society: World War II
2021Justice Society: World War II
as Hawkman (voice)Movie
The Mandalorian
2019The Mandalorian
as Dr. Penn PershingTV
The Boys
2019The Boys
as Sameer ShahTV
Love, Death & Robots
2019Love, Death & Robots
as Wes (voice)TV
FBI
2018FBI
as Faheem EllahieTV
DuckTales
2017DuckTales
as D'jinn (voice)TV
Damien
2016Damien
as Amani GolkarTV
We Bare Bears
2015We Bare Bears
as Additional Voices (voice)TV
Better Call Saul
2015Better Call Saul
as Detective AbbasiTV
State of Affairs
2014State of Affairs
as Rayst KamalTV
Madam Secretary
2014Madam Secretary
as Deputy Minister Amin HamadaniTV
Legends
2014Legends
as Bashir Al-KanazerTV
Boys of Abu Ghraib
2014Boys of Abu Ghraib
as Ghazi HammoudMovie
Argo
2012Argo
as Reza BorhaniMovie
Revolution
2012Revolution
as Captain RileyTV
Hide
2011Hide
as NeilMovie
Homeland
2011Homeland
as Raqim FaiselTV
Shameless
2011Shameless
as SameerTV
Hawaii Five-0
2010Hawaii Five-0
as Naser SalaamTV
Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back
2010Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back
as Dr. Jagu / Reporter #2 (voice)Movie
Brothers
2009Brothers
as YusufMovie
FlashForward
2009FlashForward
as Ed FioreTV
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009NCIS: Los Angeles
as Ari SayedTV
Archer
2009Archer
as (voice)TV
D
2009Diplomacy
as American InterpreterMovie
Castle
2009Castle
as Rasheed WaqasTV
Ocean of Pearls
2008Ocean of Pearls
as Amrit SinghMovie
My Own Worst Enemy
2008My Own Worst Enemy
as Tony NazariTV
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008Star Wars: The Clone Wars
as Cadet Amis (voice)TV
The Mentalist
2008The Mentalist
as Markham ShankarTV
Space Chimps
2008Space Chimps
as Dr. Jagu (voice)Movie
Eli Stone
2008Eli Stone
as Amir KhanTV
Running with Scissors
2006Running with Scissors
as Restaurant ManagerMovie
Over There
2005Over There
as Pfc. Tariq NassiriTV
Ghost Whisperer
2005Ghost Whisperer
as Justin YatesTV
Bones
2005Bones
as Hal ShiraziTV
NCIS
2003NCIS
as Saleem UlmanTV
24
200124
as Jibraan Al-ZarianTV
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Chandru 'Dru' KambhatlaTV
Family Guy
1999Family Guy
as Mahmoud (voice)TV