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.
74 acting credits
Acting · 74
NCIS
2003
Castle
2009
The Sopranos
1999
Columbo
1971
Lost
2004
Homeland
2011
Seinfeld
1989
Grimm
2011
Charmed
1998
JAG
1995
ER
1994
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
Married... with Children
1987
Scandal
2012
The Chosen
2019
Chuck
2007
Hunter
1984
Matlock
1986
Snowpiercer
2020
Nash Bridges
1996
Early Edition
1996
Sliders
1995
The Unit
2006
Pacific Blue
1996
The Division
2001
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
Iron Man
2008
The District
2000
Iron Man 3
2013
Ellen
1994
Just Shoot Me!
1997
Cybill
1995
Tehran
2020
She Spies
2002
Living Single
1993
The Agency
2001
Son of the Beach
2000
Special Unit 2
2001
War Dogs
2016
The Last Airbender
2010
Bad Boys
1995
Little America
2020
The Visitor
1997
Crash
2005
Soldier of Fortune, Inc.
1997
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989
Hot Shots! Part Deux
1993
Broken Arrow
1996
Smith
2006
Bodies of Evidence
1992
Can't Hurry Love
1995
Stigmata
1999
Executive Decision
1996
Cafe Americain
1993
CI5: The New Professionals
1999
The Kite Runner
2007
Unity
2015
Charlie Wilson's War
2007
The Path to 9/11
2006
Ghosts of War
2020
Live from Baghdad
2002
Stretch
2014
The Nativity Story
2006
Setup
2011
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
2015
Suddenly
1996
Land of Plenty
2004
Steel Sharks
1997
D.R.E.A.M. Team
1999
Out of Time
1988
I Am 'Iron Man'
2008
Maryam
2002
Forgive Me
2019