Episode #196 with Omid Abtahi

Dan is joined by actor, Omid Abtahi who you've seen in TV shows including The Mandalorian, 24, Better Call Saul, Shameless, American Gods, Fear the Walking Dead, and The Boys to name a few. We chat about working in genre television, conventions, working on The Mandalorian, meeting Jon Favreau, keeping secrets, the pressure of carrying an episode of The Mandalorian, having a love of soccer, finding acting therapeutic, bleak world circumstances leading for career opportunity, external validation, having a steady flow of work, finding a home as an actor, everything being temporary, having a sound foundation of doing your best work, allowing for failure, always pushing yourself, working in casting, being curious about people, appearing on 24 twice, not knowing what you want, and a whole lot more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.