Navid Negahban - Celebrated Iranian-Born Actor. Star Of "Homeland", "Damascus Cover", "The Old Man"! Listen To His Harrowing Journey From Iran To The U.S.!
Episode Notes
Navid Negahban is a celebrated Iranian-born actor. As he likes to say, he’s played ‘The Big Bad Wolf’ in several productions including “Homeland” where he was terrorist mastermind Abu Nazir, “Damascus Cover” where he played the evil Syrian General Surraj, and “The Cleaning Lady” where he played an Armenian mob boss. But on the lighter side Navid also starred as the Sultan in the live action remake of “Aladdin”. And he’s currently performing in “The Old Man” along with Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow. However, his acting successes only occurred following his harrowing journey out of Iran, through several countries, until he finally arrived in the United States. In this episode we first discuss Navid’s journey before he became a star in the U.S. and then some of his epic roles.
My featured song is “Out Of Tahini” from Play by my band, Project Grand Slam. Spotify link.
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Navid and I discuss the following:
Playing a romantic lead
Started off playing musicals and comedy in Germany
Iran is the 4th largest market for the FYD Podcast - why?
Left Iran in 1985
Traveled through Turkey to Bulgaria to Germany; requested asylum
Returned only once to Iran, in 2004 for 5 days
Everything was different there
The next generation after his has been brainwashed
He worked as a runway model
Transition to the U.S.
Kicked out of college
Got job as a mime trombonist
“Homeland
Finished 24
Script originally had only 2 lines for Abu Nazir
He developed the character
Scene with Damian Lewis in pilot
“The Old Man”
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“IT’S ALIVE!” is Robert’s new Project Grand Slam album. Featuring 13 of the band’s Greatest Hits performed “live” at SteelStacks in Pennsylvania and The Nisville Jazz Festival in Serbia.
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Audio production:
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Kymera Films
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