Omid Abtahi

Known for: Acting

Born: 1979-07-12 (age 47)

From: Tehran, Iran

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.

Filmography (61)

TV★ 8.1
The Mighty Nein
2025
as Dead Eye / Bartender (voice)
TV★ 7.4
The Chosen Adventures
2025
as Kato the Augur (voice)
TV★ 6.3
Rock, Paper, Scissors
2024
as Pharaoh Atraxes / Camel 2 (voice)
TV★ 6.4
City on Fire
2023
as Det. Ali Parsa
TV★ 7.5
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
as Ahmed (voice)
TV★ 7.5
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
2022
as Alfie / Knight (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.4
Justice Society: World War II
2021
as Hawkman (voice)
TV★ 7.4
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
2020
as Self
TV★ 7.0
Fast & Furious Spy Racers
2019
as Sandocal
TV★ 8.4
The Mandalorian
2019
as Dr. Penn Pershing
TV★ 8.4
The Boys
2019
as Sameer Shah
TV★ 8.2
Love, Death & Robots
2019
as Wes (voice)
TV★ 7.9
FBI
2018
as Faheem Ellahie
TV★ 7.8
DuckTales
2017
as D'jinn (voice)
TV★ 7.1
American Gods
2017
as Salim
MOVIE★ 6.7
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
2017
as Ramin (voice)
MOVIE
Damien: Behind the Scenes
2016
as Self
TV★ 6.2
Damien
2016
as Amani Golkar
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
as Homes
TV★ 7.7
We Bare Bears
2015
as Additional Voices (voice)
TV★ 7.6
Fear the Walking Dead
2015
as Howard
TV★ 8.7
Better Call Saul
2015
as Detective Abbasi
TV★ 5.7
State of Affairs
2014
as Rayst Kamal
TV★ 7.0
Madam Secretary
2014
as Deputy Minister Amin Hamadani
TV★ 6.4
Legends
2014
as Bashir Al-Kanazer
MOVIE★ 5.5
Boys of Abu Ghraib
2014
as Ghazi Hammoud
MOVIE★ 7.3
Argo
2012
as Reza Borhani
TV★ 6.4
Revolution
2012
as Captain Riley
MOVIE★ 5.4
Hide
2011
as Neil
TV★ 7.6
Homeland
2011
as Raqim Faisel
TV★ 8.2
Shameless
2011
as Sameer
TV★ 7.7
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Naser Salaam
MOVIE★ 4.4
Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back
2010
as Dr. Jagu / Reporter #2 (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.3
Brothers
2009
as Yusuf
TV★ 7.0
FlashForward
2009
as Ed Fiore
TV★ 7.5
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
as Ari Sayed
TV★ 7.6
The Good Wife
2009
as Samir
TV★ 7.9
Archer
2009
as (voice)
MOVIE
Diplomacy
2009
as American Interpreter
TV★ 8.0
Castle
2009
as Rasheed Waqas
MOVIE★ 4.9
Ocean of Pearls
2008
as Amrit Singh
TV★ 6.5
My Own Worst Enemy
2008
as Tony Nazari
TV★ 8.5
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008
as Cadet Amis (voice)
TV★ 8.4
The Mentalist
2008
as Markham Shankar
TV★ 8.1
Fringe
2008
MOVIE★ 5.0
Space Chimps
2008
as Dr. Jagu (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Last Lullaby
2008
as Van
TV★ 6.7
Eli Stone
2008
as Amir Khan
MOVIE★ 4.2
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
2008
as Mohammed
TV★ 7.5
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
2008
as Sumner
MOVIE★ 5.8
Running with Scissors
2006
as Restaurant Manager
TV★ 7.3
The Unit
2006
as The Boss
TV★ 7.4
Sleeper Cell
2005
as Salim
TV★ 6.7
Over There
2005
as Pfc. Tariq Nassiri
TV★ 8.1
Ghost Whisperer
2005
as Justin Yates
TV★ 8.2
Bones
2005
as Hal Shirazi
TV★ 8.2
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Aasif
TV★ 7.6
NCIS
2003
as Saleem Ulman
TV★ 7.8
24
2001
as Jibraan Al-Zarian
TV★ 7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Chandru 'Dru' Kambhatla
TV★ 7.4
Family Guy
1999
as Mahmoud (voice)