Navid was born in Teheran, Iran. Due to the Iran-Iraq war the four-year old Navid had to escape with his family from his native country. They lived for some time in the USA but since 1985 Navid has been in Germany at home.Navid has grown up trilingual (English, German, Persian). He was 8 years old when he stepped foot on a stage for the 1st time. He has played famous literature characters in different theater plays e.g. the part of "Lady Macbeth" in William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" & "Romeo" in "Romeo and Juliet". Navid has also worked on several TV & film-productions during and over this time.During 2003 Navid earned a nomination in the category "Best Actor in a Leading Role" for his performance in "Fremder Freund" (a.k.a. "The Friend"), for the "Förderpreis Deutscher Film". "Fremder Freund" (directed by Elmar Fischer) has won several prizes at International Film Festivals.More award wining movies Navid played leading roles in: "For a Moment Freedom" (directed by Arash T. Riahi) counts over 25 prizes at several international film festivals and was the Austrian entry for the Oscars in 2010. "Salami Aleikum" (directed by Ali Samadi Ahadi) won the main award and the audience award at the film festival in Emden Nordeney. "Match Factor" (directed by Mahin Zia) has won during the Berlin Film Festival 2008. "Fremde Haut" (directed by Angelina Maccarrone) & "Anam" (directed by Buket Alakus) are also winners of international film festivals.Navid is also a director who has directed over 20 music videos and one short film called "Empty" starring Mina Tander. On Valentines Day 2014 he released the music video "Behesht" (meaning: Paradise) for the legendary Persian singer Googoosh.In March 2014 Navid changed his stage name from Navid Akhavan to Navid Navid.