Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 06, 1963
Place of Birth
Tehran, Iran
Credits
74 titles
Shaun Toub
Biography
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
Filmography
Ghosts of War
Mr. Helwig
Tehran
Faraz Kamali
Snowpiercer
Terence
Little America
Faraz
Forgive Me
Davood
The Chosen
War Dogs
Marlboro
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
Evan Shipman
Unity
Narrator (voice)
Stretch
Nasseem
Iron Man 3
Ho Yinsen
Scandal
Ambassador Marashi
Grimm
Conrad Bonaparte
Setup
Roth
Homeland
Majid Javadi
The Last Airbender
Uncle Iroh
Castle
Philip Boyd
I Am 'Iron Man'
Self
Iron Man
Yinsen
Charlie Wilson's War
Hassan (uncredited)
The Kite Runner
Rahim Kahn
Chuck
Dr. Mohammed Zamir
The Nativity Story
Joachim
Smith
The Path to 9/11
Emad Salem
The Unit
Misha Belikov
Crash
Farhad
Lost
Sami
Land of Plenty
Hassan
NCIS
Khalid Mohammed Bakr
Live from Baghdad
Sadoun Al-Jenabi
She Spies
Joshua Bick
Maryam
Dr. Darius Armin
The Agency
Colonel Tambour - Al Tayeh's Deputy
Special Unit 2
Herkamer
The Division
Yuri
The District
Boris
Son of the Beach
Malcolm in the Middle
Janic
D.R.E.A.M. Team
Prince Ali Saleed
CI5: The New Professionals
Stigmata
Doctor
The Sopranos
Arouk Abboubi
Charmed
Triad Member
Steel Sharks
Capt. Reza Lashgar
Soldier of Fortune, Inc.
Hamzed Ali Amin
The Visitor
Just Shoot Me!
Ernesto
Suddenly
Early Edition
Hassan Rejim