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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 12, 1979
Place of Birth
Tehran, Iran
Also Known As
- امید ابطحی
Omid Abtahi
1.3 Popularity
Biography
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
7.7
Dead Eye / Bartender (voice)
The Mighty Nein
2025
7.7
Kato the Augur (voice)
The Chosen Adventures
2025
7.7
Vendor (voice)
The Chosen Adventures
2025
7.4
Pharaoh Atraxes / Camel 2 (voice)
Rock, Paper, Scissors
2023
6.6
Det. Ali Parsa
City on Fire
2023
7.7
Ahmed (voice)
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
7.7
Additional Voices (voice)
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
7.5
Alfie / Knight (voice)
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
2022
7.5
Alfie (voice)
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
2022
7.4
Hawkman (voice)
Justice Society: World War II
2021
Credits
The Mighty Nein
as Dead Eye / Bartender (voice)
2025
7.7
The Chosen Adventures
as Kato the Augur (voice)
2025
7.7
The Chosen Adventures
as Vendor (voice)
2025
7.7
Rock, Paper, Scissors
as Pharaoh Atraxes / Camel 2 (voice)
2023
7.4
City on Fire
as Det. Ali Parsa
2023
6.6
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as Ahmed (voice)
2023
7.7
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as Additional Voices (voice)
2023
7.7
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
as Alfie / Knight (voice)
2022
7.5
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
as Alfie (voice)
2022
7.5
Justice Society: World War II
as Hawkman (voice)
2021
7.4
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
as Self
2020
7.4
Fast & Furious Spy Racers
as Sandocal
2019
7.0
The Mandalorian
as Dr. Penn Pershing
2019
8.4
The Boys
as Sameer Shah
2019
8.4
Love, Death & Robots
as Wes (voice)
2019
8.2
FBI
as Faheem Ellahie
2018
7.9
DuckTales
as D'jinn (voice)
2017
7.8
American Gods
as Salim
2017
7.1
Window Horses
as Ramin (voice)
2017
6.7
Damien: Behind the Scenes
as Self
2016
0.0
Damien
as Amani Golkar
2016
6.2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as Homes
2015
6.9
We Bare Bears
as Additional Voices (voice)
2015
7.7
Fear the Walking Dead
as Howard
2015
7.6
Better Call Saul
as Detective Abbasi
2015
8.7
State of Affairs
as Rayst Kamal
2014
5.6
Madam Secretary
as Deputy Minister Amin Hamadani
2014
7.0
Legends
as Bashir Al-Kanazer
2014
6.4
Boys of Abu Ghraib
as Ghazi Hammoud
2014
5.4
Argo
as Reza Borhani
2012
7.3
Revolution
as Captain Riley
2012
6.4
Hide
as Neil
2011
5.4
Homeland
as Raqim Faisel
2011
7.6
Shameless
as Sameer
2011
8.2
Hawaii Five-0
as Naser Salaam
2010
7.8
Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back
as Dr. Jagu / Reporter #2 (voice)
2010
4.4
Brothers
as Yusuf
2009
7.3
FlashForward
as Ed Fiore
2009
7.0
The Good Wife
as Samir
2009
7.6
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Ari Sayed
2009
7.5
Archer
as (voice)
2009
8.0
🎬
Diplomacy
as American Interpreter
2009
0.0
Castle
as Rasheed Waqas
2009
8.0
Ocean of Pearls
as Amrit Singh
2008
4.9
My Own Worst Enemy
as Tony Nazari
2008
6.5
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
as Cadet Amis (voice)
2008
8.5
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
as Amis / Mandalorian Super Commando (voice)
2008
8.5
The Mentalist
as Markham Shankar
2008
8.4
Fringe
2008
8.1
Fringe
as Simon Philips
2008
8.1
Space Chimps
as Dr. Jagu (voice)
2008
4.9
The Last Lullaby
as Van
2008
6.7
Eli Stone
as Amir Khan
2008
6.8
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
as Mohammed
2008
4.1
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
as Sumner
2008
7.5
Running with Scissors
as Restaurant Manager
2006
5.7
Sleeper Cell
as Salim
2005
7.4
Over There
as Pfc. Tariq Nassiri
2005
6.5
Ghost Whisperer
as Justin Yates
2005
8.1
Bones
as Hal Shirazi
2005
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
as Aasif
2005
8.2
NCIS
as Saleem Ulman
2003
7.6
24
as Jibraan Al-Zarian
2001
7.8
24
as Safa
2001
7.8
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Chandru 'Dru' Kambhatla
2000
7.6
Family Guy
as Mahmoud (voice)
1999
7.4
Family Guy
as Faisal (voice)
1999
7.4