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
City on Fire
Det. Ali Parsa · (8 episodes)
2023
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Ahmed (voice) · (6 episodes)
2023
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Additional Voices (voice) · (1 episode)
2023
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
Alfie / Knight (voice) · (1 episode)
2022
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
Alfie (voice) · (12 episodes)
2022
Justice Society: World War II
Hawkman (voice)
2021
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Self · (1 episode)
2020
Fast & Furious Spy Racers
Sandocal · (4 episodes)
2019
The Mandalorian
Dr. Penn Pershing · (5 episodes)
2019
The Boys
Sameer Shah · (3 episodes)
2019
Love, Death & Robots
Wes (voice) · (1 episode)
2019
FBI
Faheem Ellahie · (1 episode)
2018
DuckTales
D'jinn (voice) · (2 episodes)
2017
American Gods
Salim · (7 episodes)
2017
Window Horses
Ramin
2017
Damien
Amani Golkar · (10 episodes)
2016
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Homes
2015
We Bare Bears
Additional Voices (voice) · (1 episode)
2015
Fear the Walking Dead
Howard · (8 episodes)
2015
Better Call Saul
Detective Abbasi · (3 episodes)
2015
State of Affairs
Rayst Kamal · (1 episode)
2014
Madam Secretary
Deputy Minister Amin Hamadani · (1 episode)
2014
Legends
Bashir Al-Kanazer · (2 episodes)
2014
Boys of Abu Ghraib
Ghazi Hammoud
2014
Argo
Reza Borhani
2012
Revolution
Captain Riley · (2 episodes)
2012
Hide
Neil
2011
Homeland
Raqim Faisel · (3 episodes)
2011
Shameless
Sameer · (1 episode)
2011
Hawaii Five-0
Naser Salaam · (1 episode)
2010
Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back
Dr. Jagu / Reporter #2 (voice)
2010
Brothers
Yusuf
2009
FlashForward
Ed Fiore · (2 episodes)
2009
NCIS: Los Angeles
Ari Sayed · (2 episodes)
2009
The Good Wife
Samir · (1 episode)
2009
Archer
(voice) · (1 episode)
2009
Diplomacy
American Interpreter
2009
Castle
Rasheed Waqas · (1 episode)
2009
Ocean of Pearls
Amrit Singh
2008
My Own Worst Enemy
Tony Nazari · (9 episodes)
2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Cadet Amis (voice) · (1 episode)
2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Amis / Mandalorian Super Commando (voice) · (1 episode)
2008
The Mentalist
Markham Shankar · (1 episode)
2008
Fringe
(0 episode)
2008
Fringe
Simon Philips · (1 episode)
2008
Space Chimps
Dr. Jagu (voice)
2008
The Last Lullaby
Van
2008
Eli Stone
Amir Khan · (1 episode)
2008
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Mohammed
2008
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Sumner · (1 episode)
2008
Running with Scissors
Restaurant Manager
2006
Sleeper Cell
Salim · (8 episodes)
2005
Over There
Pfc. Tariq Nassiri · (13 episodes)
2005
Ghost Whisperer
Justin Yates · (3 episodes)
2005
Bones
Hal Shirazi · (1 episode)
2005
Grey's Anatomy
Aasif · (1 episode)
2005
NCIS
Saleem Ulman · (1 episode)
2003
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Chandru 'Dru' Kambhatla · (1 episode)
2000
Family Guy
Mahmoud (voice) · (1 episode)
1999
Family Guy
Faisal (voice) · (1 episode)
1999