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