Omid Abtahi
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back
as Dr. Jagu / Reporter #2 (voice)
2010
Argo
as Reza Borhani
2012
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as Homes
2015
Boys of Abu Ghraib
as Ghazi Hammoud
2014
Brothers
as Yusuf
2009
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
as Ramin (voice)
2017
Diplomacy
as American Interpreter
2009
Space Chimps
as Dr. Jagu (voice)
2008
Running with Scissors
as Restaurant Manager
2006
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
as Mohammed
2008
Ocean of Pearls
as Amrit Singh
2008
The Last Lullaby
as Van
2008
Hide
as Neil
2011
Justice Society: World War II
as Hawkman (voice)
2021
Damien: Behind the Scenes
as Self
2016
TV Appearances
Ghost Whisperer
as Justin Yates
2005
Fringe
2008
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Chandru 'Dru' Kambhatla
2000
DuckTales
as D'jinn (voice)
2017
Over There
as Pfc. Tariq Nassiri
2005
We Bare Bears
as Additional Voices (voice)
2015
Fear the Walking Dead
as Howard
2015
The Mandalorian
as Dr. Penn Pershing
2019
Legends
as Bashir Al-Kanazer
2014
Revolution
as Captain Riley
2012
Fringe
as Simon Philips
2008
Castle
as Rasheed Waqas
2009