Omid Abtahi
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.
TV Shows(45)
The Mighty Nein
Dead Eye / Bartender (voice)
2025
The Chosen Adventures
Kato the Augur (voice)
2025
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Pharaoh Atraxes / Camel 2 (voice)
2023
City on Fire
Det. Ali Parsa
2023
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Ahmed (voice)
2023
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
Alfie / Knight (voice)
2022
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Self
2020
Fast & Furious Spy Racers
Sandocal
2019
The Mandalorian
Dr. Penn Pershing
2019
The Boys
Sameer Shah
2019
Love, Death & Robots
Wes (voice)
2019
FBI
Faheem Ellahie
2018
DuckTales
D'jinn (voice)
2017
American Gods
Salim
2017
Damien
Amani Golkar
2016
We Bare Bears
Additional Voices (voice)
2015
Fear the Walking Dead
Howard
2015
Better Call Saul
Detective Abbasi
2015
State of Affairs
Rayst Kamal
2014
Madam Secretary
Deputy Minister Amin Hamadani
2014
Legends
Bashir Al-Kanazer
2014
Revolution
Captain Riley
2012
Homeland
Raqim Faisel
2011
Shameless
Sameer
2011
Hawaii Five-0
Naser Salaam
2010
FlashForward
Ed Fiore
2009
NCIS: Los Angeles
Ari Sayed
2009
The Good Wife
Samir
2009
Archer
(voice)
2009
Castle
Rasheed Waqas
2009
My Own Worst Enemy
Tony Nazari
2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Cadet Amis (voice)
2008
The Mentalist
Markham Shankar
2008
Fringe
2008
Eli Stone
Amir Khan
2008
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Sumner
2008
Sleeper Cell
Salim
2005
Over There
Pfc. Tariq Nassiri
2005
Ghost Whisperer
Justin Yates
2005
Bones
Hal Shirazi
2005
Grey's Anatomy
Aasif
2005
NCIS
Saleem Ulman
2003
24
Jibraan Al-Zarian
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Chandru 'Dru' Kambhatla
2000
Family Guy
Mahmoud (voice)
1999
Movies(15)
Justice Society: World War II
Hawkman (voice)
2021
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
Ramin (voice)
2017
Damien: Behind the Scenes
Self
2016
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Homes
2015
Boys of Abu Ghraib
Ghazi Hammoud
2014
Argo
Reza Borhani
2012
Hide
Neil
2011
Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back
Dr. Jagu / Reporter #2 (voice)
2010
Brothers
Yusuf
2009
Diplomacy
American Interpreter
2009
Ocean of Pearls
Amrit Singh
2008
Space Chimps
Dr. Jagu (voice)
2008
The Last Lullaby
Van
2008
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Mohammed
2008
Running with Scissors
Restaurant Manager
2006