Navid Negahban

Navid Negahban is an Iranian-American actor, born in Mashhad, Iran. He is widely recognized for his roles as Abu Nazir in the TV series "Homeland" and as the Sultan in Disney's live-action "Aladdin". Negahban won the Best Actor Award at the 2011 Noor Iranian Film Festival for the short film "Liberation" and received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for his performance in "Homeland".