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