
Omid Abtahi
Department: Acting
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.
Known For

Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back
2010

Argo
2012

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015

Boys of Abu Ghraib
2014

Brothers
2009

Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
2017

Diplomacy
2009

Running with Scissors
2006

Space Chimps
2008

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
2008

Hide
2011

Ocean of Pearls
2008

The Last Lullaby
2008

Justice Society: World War II
2021

Damien: Behind the Scenes
2016

Ghost Whisperer
2005

Fringe
2008

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000

DuckTales
2017

Over There
2005

We Bare Bears
2015

Fear the Walking Dead
2015

The Mandalorian
2019

Legends
2014

Revolution
2012

Fringe
2008

Castle
2009

State of Affairs
2014

FlashForward
2009

Family Guy
1999

Hawaii Five-0
2010

Damien
2016

Sleeper Cell
2005

The Mentalist
2008

NCIS: Los Angeles
2009

American Gods
2017

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
2022

Better Call Saul
2015

City on Fire
2023

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
2022

Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008

Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
2008

Grey's Anatomy
2005

My Own Worst Enemy
2008

Love, Death & Robots
2019

NCIS
2003

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023

Fast & Furious Spy Racers
2019

Archer
2009

Bones
2005

Family Guy
1999

Homeland
2011

The Boys
2019

Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
2020

The Good Wife
2009

Shameless
2011

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023

FBI
2018

Madam Secretary
2014

Eli Stone
2008

24
2001

24
2001

Rock, Paper, Scissors
2023

The Chosen Adventures
2025

The Chosen Adventures
2025

The Mighty Nein
2025