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.
Known for
Lost
Sami
NCIS
Khalid Mohammed Bakr
Homeland
Majid Javadi
The Sopranos
Arouk Abboubi
Seinfeld
Pinter Ranawat
Columbo
Amir
Castle
Philip Boyd
Charmed
Triad Member
Grimm
Conrad Bonaparte
The Chosen
Malcolm in the Middle
Janic
JAG
Prison Commandant
Married... with Children
Shaun Toub
Scandal
Ambassador Marashi
ER
Butler
Chuck
Dr. Mohammed Zamir
Iron Man
Yinsen
Snowpiercer
Terence
Iron Man 3
Ho Yinsen
The District
Boris
Walker, Texas Ranger
Lance Charles
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Asabi
Matlock
Rahmad Hussein
Sliders
Kheri-Heb
Tehran
Faraz Kamali
The Unit
Nash Bridges
Cecil Riskin
The Division
Yuri
Hunter
DePaul
Pacific Blue
Mahmood
Early Edition
Hassan Rejim
Ellen
Foreign Man
The Last Airbender
Uncle Iroh
Just Shoot Me!
Ernesto
Cybill
Scary Man
Unity
Narrator (voice)
Bad Boys
Store Clerk
Living Single
The Cabby
She Spies
Joshua Bick
War Dogs
Marlboro
Stigmata
Doctor
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Sleeping Guard
Son of the Beach
Steel Sharks
Capt. Reza Lashgar
The Nativity Story
Joachim
The Agency
Colonel Tambour - Al Tayeh's Deputy
Bodies of Evidence
Crash
Farhad
The Kite Runner
Rahim Kahn
Setup
Roth
Stretch
Nasseem
D.R.E.A.M. Team
Prince Ali Saleed
Little America
Faraz
Broken Arrow
Max
Executive Decision
Terrorist
Special Unit 2
Herkamer
Suddenly
The Visitor
Out of Time
Speechmaker
Charlie Wilson's War
Hassan (uncredited)
Mancuso, F.B.I.
Soldier of Fortune, Inc.
Hamzed Ali Amin
Can't Hurry Love
Mattress Salesman
Can't Hurry Love
Ahmed
Smith
Forgive Me
Davood
CI5: The New Professionals
Ghosts of War
Mr. Helwig
The Path to 9/11
Emad Salem
Cafe Americain
Colonel Faisal
Live from Baghdad
Sadoun Al-Jenabi
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
Evan Shipman
Maryam
Dr. Darius Armin
Land of Plenty
Hassan