Omid Abtahi

Omid Abtahi appeared in the Walking Dead universe as Howard in Fear the Walking Dead (2021-2022, 8 episodes).

Born July 12, 1979, in Tehran, Iran, Omid moved to Paris at age five and to Irvine, California, at ten, and graduated from California State University, Fullerton, with degrees in advertising and theater. He performed with Berkeley Repertory and McCarter Theatre before becoming a series regular on FX’s Over There and Showtime’s Sleeper Cell in 2005. He is best known as Dr. Penn Pershing on The Mandalorian and Salim on American Gods, and also played Justin Yates on Ghost Whisperer.