Shaun Toub
Shaun Toub is an Iranian-American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Farhad in the 2004 movie Crash, as Rahim Khan in the movie The Kite Runner, and as Yinsen in the film adaptation of the Iron Man comic book series.
Toub, who is of Persian Jewish background, was born in Tehran, Iran and raised in Manchester, England (his family left Iran before the 1979 revolution). At the age of fourteen, he moved to Switzerland and after a two year stay, he crossed the Atlantic to Nashua, New Hampshire to finish his last year of high school. His high school yearbook notes: "The funniest guy in school and the most likely to succeed in the entertainment world." After two years of college in Massachusetts, Shaun transferred to USC.
Shaun is active in the Iranian Jewish community. Through various charity events and public speaking engagements, he inspires the community to embrace the arts, as the arts enhance everyday life. He has been a recipient of the Sephard award at the Los Angeles Sephardic Film Festival. Toub currently resides in Los Angeles.
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Movies (27)
Fantasmas de Guerra
2020 · Mr. Helwig
Forgive Me
2019 · Davood, Producer
War Dogs
2016 · Marlboro
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
2015 · Evan Shipman
Unity
2015 · Narrator (voice)
Stretch
2014 · Nasseem
Iron Man 3
2013 · Ho Yinsen
Setup
2011 · Roth
The Last Airbender
2010 · Uncle Iroh
Iron Man
2008 · Yinsen
Charlie Wilson's War
2007 · Hassan (uncredited)
The Kite Runner
2007 · Rahim Kahn
The Nativity Story
2006 · Joachim
Crash
2005 · Farhad
Land of Plenty
2004 · Hassan
Live from Baghdad
2002 · Sadoun Al-Jenabi
Maryam
2002 · Dr. Darius Armin
D.R.E.A.M. Team
1999 · Prince Ali Saleed
Stigmata
1999 · Doctor
Steel Sharks
1997 · Capt. Reza Lashgar
Out to Sea
1997 · Bettor in Front
Suddenly
1996
Executive Decision
1996 · Terrorist
Broken Arrow
1996 · Max
Bad Boys
1995 · Store Clerk
Hot Shots! Part Deux
1993 · Sleeping Guard
Out of Time
1988 · Speechmaker
TV shows (47)
Tehran
2020 · Faraz Kamali
Snowpiercer
2020 · Terence
Little America
2020 · Faraz
Los elegidos
2019
Scandal
2012 · Ambassador Marashi
Grimm
2011 · Conrad Bonaparte
Homeland
2011 · Majid Javadi
Castle
2009 · Philip Boyd
Chuck
2007 · Dr. Mohammed Zamir
Smith
2006
The Path to 9/11
2006 · Emad Salem
The Unit
2006 · Misha Belikov
Lost
2004 · Sami
NCIS
2003 · Khalid Mohammed Bakr
She Spies
2002 · Joshua Bick
The Agency
2001 · Colonel Tambour - Al Tayeh's Deputy
Special Unit 2
2001 · Herkamer
The Division
2001 · Yuri
The District
2000 · Boris
Son of the Beach
2000
Malcolm in the Middle
2000 · Janic
CI5: The New Professionals
1999
The Sopranos
1999 · Arouk Abboubi
Charmed
1998 · Triad Member
Soldier of Fortune, Inc.
1997 · Hamzed Ali Amin
The Visitor
1997
Just Shoot Me!
1997 · Ernesto
Early Edition
1996 · Hassan Rejim
Nash Bridges
1996 · Cecil Riskin
Pacific Blue
1996 · Mahmood
JAG
1995 · Prison Commandant
Can't Hurry Love
1995 · Mattress Salesman, Ahmed
Sliders
1995 · Kheri-Heb
Cybill
1995 · Scary Man
ER
1994 · Butler
Ellen
1994 · Foreign Man
Cafe Americain
1993 · Colonel Faisal
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993 · Asabi
Living Single
1993 · The Cabby
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · Lance Charles
Bodies of Evidence
1992
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989
Seinfeld
1989 · Pinter Ranawat
Married... with Children
1987 · Akbar Johnson
Matlock
1986 · Rahmad Hussein
Hunter
1984 · DePaul
Columbo
1971 · Amir