Omid Abtahi

Abtahi was born in Tehran, Iran. At the age of five, he moved to Paris with his family, before later relocating to the United States, to Irvine, Orange County, California, when he was 10. Abtahi graduated from University High School, Irvine, in 1997, and attended California State University, Fullerton. He began studying advertising, then picked-up a second major in theater; he graduated in 2002.Prior to appearing on television, Abtahi performed with several theater companies, starring in a stage production of Arthur Schnitzler's Fräulein Else at the Berkeley Repertory, McCarter Theatre and Long Wharf Theatre; Adoration of the Old Woman at the Sundance Theatre Lab; and Your Everyday Typical Romantic Comedy at the Kennedy Center. After arriving in Los Angeles, Abtahi was a series regular on FX's Over There and Showtime's Sleeper Cell. He has also guest-starred on the television series JAG, Judging Amy and 24. He played Justin Yates in Ghost Whisperer. Abtahi made his New York stage debut in Urge for Going by Mona Mansour. He is also the voice of Farid in Call of Duty: Black Ops II, and of Sergeant John Lugo in Spec Ops: The Line. He also voices Victor "Gator" Diallo in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare.