Acting · Tehran, Iran · Born July 12, 1979
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.
TVThe Mighty Nein
2025
as Dead Eye / Bartender (voice)
TVThe Chosen Adventures
2025
as Kato the Augur (voice)
TVRock, Paper, Scissors
2024
as Pharaoh Atraxes / Camel 2 (voice)
TVCity on Fire
2023
as Det. Ali Parsa
TVMarvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
as Ahmed (voice)
TVKung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
2022
as Alfie / Knight (voice)
MovieJustice Society: World War II
2021
as Hawkman (voice)
TVDisney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
2020
as Self
TVFast & Furious Spy Racers
2019
as Sandocal
TVThe Mandalorian
2019
as Dr. Penn Pershing
TVThe Boys
2019
as Sameer Shah
TVLove, Death & Robots
2019
as Wes (voice)
TVFBI
2018
as Faheem Ellahie
TVDuckTales
2017
as D'jinn (voice)
TVAmerican Gods
2017
as Salim
MovieWindow Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
2017
as Ramin (voice)
MovieDamien: Behind the Scenes
2016
as Self
TVDamien
2016
as Amani Golkar
MovieThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
as Homes
TVWe Bare Bears
2015
as Additional Voices (voice)
TVFear the Walking Dead
2015
as Howard
TVBetter Call Saul
2015
as Detective Abbasi
TVState of Affairs
2014
as Rayst Kamal
TVMadam Secretary
2014
as Deputy Minister Amin Hamadani
TVLegends
2014
as Bashir Al-Kanazer
MovieBoys of Abu Ghraib
2014
as Ghazi Hammoud
MovieArgo
2012
as Reza Borhani
TVRevolution
2012
as Captain Riley
MovieHide
2011
as Neil
TVHomeland
2011
as Raqim Faisel
TVShameless
2011
as Sameer
TVHawaii Five-0
2010
as Naser Salaam
MovieSpace Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back
2010
as Dr. Jagu / Reporter #2 (voice)
MovieBrothers
2009
as Yusuf
TVFlashForward
2009
as Ed Fiore
TVNCIS: Los Angeles
2009
as Ari Sayed
TVThe Good Wife
2009
as Samir
TVArcher
2009
as (voice)
Diplomacy
2009
as American Interpreter
TVCastle
2009
as Rasheed Waqas
MovieOcean of Pearls
2008
as Amrit Singh
TVMy Own Worst Enemy
2008
as Tony Nazari
TVStar Wars: The Clone Wars
2008
as Cadet Amis (voice)
TVThe Mentalist
2008
as Markham Shankar
TVFringe
2008
MovieSpace Chimps
2008
as Dr. Jagu (voice)
MovieThe Last Lullaby
2008
as Van
TVEli Stone
2008
as Amir Khan
MovieThe Mysteries of Pittsburgh
2008
as Mohammed
TVTerminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
2008
as Sumner
MovieRunning with Scissors
2006
as Restaurant Manager
TVThe Unit
2006
as The Boss
TVSleeper Cell
2005
as Salim
TVOver There
2005
as Pfc. Tariq Nassiri
TVGhost Whisperer
2005
as Justin Yates
TVBones
2005
as Hal Shirazi
TVGrey's Anatomy
2005
as Aasif
TVNCIS
2003
as Saleem Ulman
TV24
2001
as Jibraan Al-Zarian
TVCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Chandru 'Dru' Kambhatla
TVFamily Guy
1999
as Mahmoud (voice)
