Shaun Toub
- Acting
- April 6, 1963 · Tehran, Iran
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, Producer
- 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
- 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
- Out to Sea · Bettor in Front
- Just Shoot Me! · Ernesto
- Suddenly
- Early Edition · Hassan Rejim
- Nash Bridges · Cecil Riskin
- Executive Decision · Terrorist
- Pacific Blue · Mahmood
- Broken Arrow · Max
- JAG · Prison Commandant
- Can't Hurry Love · Mattress Salesman, Ahmed
- Bad Boys · Store Clerk
- Sliders · Kheri-Heb
- Cybill · Scary Man
- ER · Butler
- Ellen · Foreign Man
- Cafe Americain · Colonel Faisal
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman · Asabi
- Living Single · The Cabby
- Hot Shots! Part Deux · Sleeping Guard
- Walker, Texas Ranger · Lance Charles
- Bodies of Evidence
- Mancuso, F.B.I.
- Seinfeld · Pinter Ranawat
- Out of Time · Speechmaker
- Married... with Children · Akbar Johnson
- Matlock · Rahmad Hussein
- Hunter · DePaul
- Columbo · Amir