Age: 58
male
Navid Negahban was born and raised in Mashhad, Iran. His passion for acting led him to Germany, where he spent eight years honing his theatrical skills prior to arriving in the US. Navid has been building a strong resume ever since, playing a broad range of intriguing characters for film, theatre, and television. Navid has a powerful leading role in the stunning dramatic feature The Stoning of Soraya M., and significant supporting roles in Brothers with Tobey Maguire, directed by Jim Sheridan, Powder Blue with Jessica Biel and Forest Whitaker, and Charlie Wilson's War opposite Tom Hanks, directed by Mike Nichols. On TV, Navid had a recurring role on the eighth and final season of 24, and guest appearances include Lost, CSI: Miami, Law & Order, Covert Affairs, and NCIS: Los Angeles. Navid recently (2011) appeared as Dr. Robert Stadler in Atlas Shrugged Part 1. He also shot The Power of Few in New Orleans with Christopher Walken and Christian Slater. Navid is currently (2011/2012) playing the chilling Abu Nazir on Showtime's Homeland, with Damian Lewis and Claire Danes. Credit: J. Bass
Navid Negahban
Yaghoub Jahanbakhsh
for Yaghoub Jahanbakhsh in Sphinx
Suggested by nikobatman
Iran, nowadays, a still violent and anti-progressive political regime has risen to power, making life difficult for citizens, even in Tehran. However, it is in the Iranian capital that things seem to be starting to change. Some of the worst members of the regime, responsible for horrible crimes, are being targeted by a very fast creature, which no one has been able to see clearly, except a young teacher. She recognizes the creature, resembling a young blonde woman, with golden skin, eagle wings, also being part lion, antropomorphic and measuring two meters and seventy tall : the mythical mistress of enigmas, the Sphinx ! This one, very intelligent, fast, precise and happy to have recently been freed from Hell, intends to give everyone a lesson as she had the secret many millennia ago on her native land : for her family, the crime doesn't pay and freedom is a sacred right owed to everyone !
