Omid Abtahi

Omid Abtahi
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2005–present

Omid Abtahi is an American actor of Iranian origin.

Biography

Before moving to the United States, Abtahi and his family lived in Europe and the Middle East.

He grew up in Orange County, California, and graduated from University High School in Irvine.

Before acting on television, Abtahi performed on stage in many theatrical productions including Fraulein Else at the Berkeley Repertory, McCarter Theatre and Longwarf Theatre; Adoration of the Old Woman at the Sundance Theatre Lab and Your Everyday Typical Romantic Comedy at the Kennedy Centre. He has also guest starred on the television series JAG, Judging Amy and 24. He played Justin Yates in Ghost Whisperer.

Abtahi also filmed the movie Running with Scissors, which he co-starred along with Annette Bening and Gwyneth Paltrow. The film was released in 2006.

Since arriving in Los Angeles, Omid has been a series regular on FX's Over There and Showtime's Sleeper Cell.

While preparing for the role of Pvt. Tariq Nassiri on the television series Over There, Abtahi learnt how to speak Arabic and studied Middle Eastern culture.

Omid made his New York stage debut in Urge for Going by Mona Mansour.

Filmography

External links

• Omid Abtahi at the Internet Movie Database

Year	film	role	other notes
2005	JAG	Wahid	episode "Heart of Darkness"
	24	Safa	Episode "Day 4: 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m."
	Judging Amy	Reza Ajami	Episode "The New Normal"
	Over There	Tariq Nassiri	television series
2006	Running with Scissors	Restaurant manager
	Sleeper Cell	Salim	television series
2008	The Mysteries of Pittsburgh	Mohammed
	Ocean of Pearls	Amrit Singh
	Space Chimps	Dr. Jagu	voice
2009	24	Jibraan Al-Zarian	Episode "Day 7: 3:00 a.m.-4:00 a.m."
			Episode "Day 7: 4:00 a.m.-5:00 a.m."
			Episode "Day 7: 5:00 a.m.-6:00 a.m. "
	Brothers	Yusuf
	NCIS	Saleem	Episode "Aliyah"
			Episode "Truth or consequences"
2010	The Event	William	Episode "Protect Them from the Truth"
2010	The Mentalist	Markham Shankar	Series 3 Episode 7 "Red Hot"
2011	Fringe	Simon Phillips	Episode "Concentrate and Ask Again"
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