Omid Abtahi (Persian: امید ابطØی‎, born 12 July 1979) is an
Iranian-American actor. He is best known for his roles as Salim in
Starz Original American Gods, Doctor Pershing in The Mandalorian on
Disney+, and Homes in the final installment of The Hunger Games film
series, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay â€" Part 2.Abtahi was born in
Tehran, Iran. At the age of 5 he moved to Paris with his family and
later they moved to the United States, finally moving to Irvine,
Orange County, California when he was 10.Abtahi graduated from
University High School in Irvine and attended California State
University, Fullerton. He began studying advertising, then picked up a
second major in theater and graduated in 2002.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.
Iranian-American actor. He is best known for his roles as Salim in
Starz Original American Gods, Doctor Pershing in The Mandalorian on
Disney+, and Homes in the final installment of The Hunger Games film
series, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay â€" Part 2.Abtahi was born in
Tehran, Iran. At the age of 5 he moved to Paris with his family and
later they moved to the United States, finally moving to Irvine,
Orange County, California when he was 10.Abtahi graduated from
University High School in Irvine and attended California State
University, Fullerton. He began studying advertising, then picked up a
second major in theater and graduated in 2002.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.
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