Actor / Director Profile

Navid Negahban was born in Mashhad, Iran. Navid fell in love with acting at the tender age of eight, while provoking laughter from a large audience by portraying an old man on stage. He later traveled through Germany for eight years, honing his theatrical skills prior to arriving in the US. Navid has been building a strong career in the US, playing a broad range of intriguing characters in film and TV.Navid has a powerful leading role in the stunning dramatic feature The Stoning of Soraya M. (2008), and significant supporting roles in Brothers (2009/I) with Tobey Maguire, directed by Jim Sheridan, and Powder Blue (2009) with Jessica Biel and Forest Whitaker. Latest film credits also include Broken (2006/I) with Heather Graham and Jeremy Sisto, and Charlie Wilson's War (2007) opposite Tom Hanks, directed by Mike Nichols.