Navid Negahban

Navid Negahban is an Iranian-American actor who portrayed The Sultan in the 2019 live-action remake of Aladdin.

Early life
Negahban was born in Mashhad, Iran and took a liking to theater when he was eight years old, while provoking laughter from a large audience by portraying an old man on stage. He left Iran when he was 20 for Turkey and then moved to Germany, where he spent eight-and-a-half years. In Germany, he worked for a theater company, and then moved to the United States in 1993.