Navid Negahban

Navid Negahban (born June 2, 1968) is an Iranian-American actor and voice actor. He has appeared on 24, Homeland, Mistresses and as Amahl Farouk/Shadow King in the second and third seasons of FX's Legion. He has also starred as the Sultan in the live-action remake of Aladdin. 
He voiced Sala and the Shopkeeper in the Netflix Castlevania animated series.
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==Career==
Negahban has appeared in The Shield, The West Wing, Lost, and CSI: Miami. He has collaborated twice with Iranian-American actress Necar Zadegan, once in 24 and also in CSI: Miami. He also had two collaborations with another Iranian-American actress, Mozhan Marnò, in the TV series The Unit and the film The Stoning of Soraya M., where he plays the husband of Soraya (Marnò).
In 2008, Negahban voiced and provided his likeness to the character Dr. Challus Mercer in the survival horror game Dead Space. He also appeared as terrorist mastermind Abu Nazir in the critically acclaimed TV series Homeland. In 2011, he won the Best Actor Award for the 2009 Iranian short film, Liberation at the Noor Iranian Film Festival, and in 2012, he returned to serve as an official festival judge.
In February 2015, The Hollywood Reporter and Variety confirmed that 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; Negahban played the role of Syrian General Sarraj. Negahban appeared as General Abdul Rashid Dostum in the 2018 war drama, 12 Strong, and also starred as the Sultan in the 2019 live-action adaptation of Aladdin.
==Gallery==
Sala - 01.jpg|link=Sala|Negahban voiced Sala...
Collector - 05.png|link=Shopkeeper|...and the Shopkeeper in the Castlevania animated series.
Navid negahban sala.png|Navid Negahban as Sala.(Netflix announcement)
Adetokumboh M'Cormack and Navid Negahban.png|Navid Negahban and Adetokumboh M'Cormack in the recording booth for Season 3 of Castlevania.
==External links==
*IMDb
Category:Voice Actors (animated series)