Shaun Toub
Known for Acting · 74 credits
- Born
- 1963-04-06 (age 63)
- Place of birth
- 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
TV Shows (47)
NCIS
2003
as Khalid Mohammed Bakr
The Sopranos
1999
as Arouk Abboubi
Lost
2004
as Sami
Homeland
2011
as Majid Javadi
Castle
2009
as Philip Boyd
Married... with Children
1987
as Akbar Johnson
Seinfeld
1989
as Pinter Ranawat
Grimm
2011
as Conrad Bonaparte
The Chosen
2019
Columbo
1971
as Amir
Charmed
1998
as Triad Member
JAG
1995
as Prison Commandant
ER
1994
as Butler
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
as Janic
Scandal
2012
as Ambassador Marashi
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
as Asabi
Matlock
1986
as Rahmad Hussein
Hunter
1984
as DePaul
Chuck
2007
as Dr. Mohammed Zamir
The Division
2001
as Yuri
The Unit
2006
as Misha Belikov
Sliders
1995
as Kheri-Heb
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Lance Charles
Snowpiercer
2020
as Terence
Nash Bridges
1996
as Cecil Riskin
Living Single
1993
as The Cabby
Pacific Blue
1996
as Mahmood
Ellen
1994
as Foreign Man
Just Shoot Me!
1997
as Ernesto
The District
2000
as Boris
Early Edition
1996
as Hassan Rejim
Cybill
1995
as Scary Man
The Agency
2001
as Colonel Tambour - Al Tayeh's Deputy
Tehran
2020
as Faraz Kamali
She Spies
2002
as Joshua Bick
Son of the Beach
2000
Special Unit 2
2001
as Herkamer
Little America
2020
as Faraz
Cafe Americain
1993
as Colonel Faisal
The Visitor
1997
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989
Can't Hurry Love
1995
as Mattress Salesman / Ahmed
Soldier of Fortune, Inc.
1997
as Hamzed Ali Amin
Bodies of Evidence
1992
Smith
2006
CI5: The New Professionals
1999
The Path to 9/11
2006
as Emad Salem
Movies (27)
Iron Man
2008
as Yinsen
Iron Man 3
2013
as Ho Yinsen
The Last Airbender
2010
as Uncle Iroh
War Dogs
2016
as Marlboro
Bad Boys
1995
as Store Clerk
Hot Shots! Part Deux
1993
as Sleeping Guard
Crash
2005
as Farhad
Executive Decision
1996
as Terrorist
Broken Arrow
1996
as Max
The Kite Runner
2007
as Rahim Kahn
Charlie Wilson's War
2007
as Hassan (uncredited)
Ghosts of War
2020
as Mr. Helwig
Stigmata
1999
as Doctor
The Nativity Story
2006
as Joachim
Stretch
2014
as Nasseem
Maryam
2002
as Dr. Darius Armin
Setup
2011
as Roth
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
2015
as Evan Shipman
Suddenly
1996
Live from Baghdad
2002
as Sadoun Al-Jenabi
Unity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
D.R.E.A.M. Team
1999
as Prince Ali Saleed
I Am 'Iron Man'
2008
as Self
Land of Plenty
2004
as Hassan
Steel Sharks
1997
as Capt. Reza Lashgar
Out of Time
1988
as Speechmaker
Forgive Me
2019
as Davood
About 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 yea… With 74 credits spanning from 1971 to 2020, Shaun Toub has appeared in 27 films and 47 TV shows.
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Most Popular Shaun Toub Movies
- Iron Man (2008) — as Yinsen
- Iron Man 3 (2013) — as Ho Yinsen
- The Last Airbender (2010) — as Uncle Iroh
- War Dogs (2016) — as Marlboro
- Bad Boys (1995) — as Store Clerk
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