Actors - Omid Abtahi

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Omid Abtahi is an American actor of Iranian descent. He is best known for his role on the 2005 FX network television series Over There.

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

Before acting on television Abtahi performed on stage in many theatrical productions including Fraulein Else at the Berkeley Repetory, 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. Abtahi has recently filmed the movies Running with Scissors, which he co-stars along with Annette Bening and Gwyneth Paltrow. The film is due out in 2006.

Abtahi is best known for his role as Pvt. Tariq Nassiri on the action / drama / war television series Over There. On the show he plays an Arab-American from Detroit. His extensive knowledge of Arabic and the Middle East has saved his squad multiple times in disastrous situations. To play the role of Nassiri, Abtahi had to learn how to speak Arabic and studied Middle Eastern culture.

Filmography

Running with Scissors (2006)
Over There (2005)
Judging Amy (2005)
24 (2005)
JAG (2005)

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