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Shaun Toub
1.1 Popularity
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
Credits
Ghosts of War
as Mr. Helwig
2020
6.3
Tehran
as Faraz Kamali
2020
7.5
Snowpiercer
as Terence
2020
7.4
Little America
as Faraz
2020
6.7
Forgive Me
as Davood
2019
0.0
The Chosen
2019
8.7
War Dogs
as Marlboro
2016
6.9
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
as Evan Shipman
2015
5.4
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
2015
7.5
Stretch
as Nasseem
2014
6.2
Iron Man 3
as Ho Yinsen
2013
6.9
Scandal
as Ambassador Marashi
2012
7.2
Grimm
as Conrad Bonaparte
2011
8.3
Setup
as Roth
2011
4.9
Homeland
as Majid Javadi
2011
7.6
The Last Airbender
as Uncle Iroh
2010
4.6
Castle
as Philip Boyd
2009
8.0
Iron Man
as Yinsen
2008
7.7
Charlie Wilson's War
as Hassan (uncredited)
2007
6.5
The Kite Runner
as Rahim Kahn
2007
7.3
Chuck
as Dr. Mohammed Zamir
2007
7.7
The Nativity Story
as Joachim
2006
6.9
Smith
2006
7.2
The Path to 9/11
as Emad Salem
2006
7.1
The Unit
2006
7.3
Crash
as Farhad
2005
7.2
Lost
as Sami
2004
7.9
Land of Plenty
as Hassan
2004
6.1
NCIS
as Khalid Mohammed Bakr
2003
7.6
Live from Baghdad
as Sadoun Al-Jenabi
2002
6.7
She Spies
as Joshua Bick
2002
7.6
Maryam
as Dr. Darius Armin
2002
8.0
The Agency
as Colonel Tambour - Al Tayeh's Deputy
2001
6.5
Special Unit 2
as Herkamer
2001
7.4
The Division
as Yuri
2001
7.1
The District
as Boris
2000
6.8
Son of the Beach
2000
6.5
Malcolm in the Middle
as Janic
2000
8.5
D.R.E.A.M. Team
as Prince Ali Saleed
1999
5.1
CI5: The New Professionals
1999
6.5
Stigmata
as Doctor
1999
6.3
The Sopranos
as Arouk Abboubi
1999
8.6
Charmed
as Triad Member
1998
8.2
Steel Sharks
as Capt. Reza Lashgar
1997
5.2
Soldier of Fortune, Inc.
as Hamzed Ali Amin
1997
6.1
The Visitor
1997
6.0
Just Shoot Me!
as Ernesto
1997
6.6
Suddenly
1996
4.0
Early Edition
as Hassan Rejim
1996
7.3
Nash Bridges
as Cecil Riskin
1996
6.7
Executive Decision
as Terrorist
1996
6.3
Pacific Blue
as Mahmood
1996
5.3
Broken Arrow
as Max
1996
6.1
JAG
as Prison Commandant
1995
7.3
Can't Hurry Love
as Mattress Salesman
1995
6.0
Can't Hurry Love
as Ahmed
1995
6.0
Bad Boys
as Store Clerk
1995
6.8
Sliders
as Kheri-Heb
1995
7.6
Cybill
as Scary Man
1995
5.8
ER
as Butler
1994
7.8
Ellen
as Foreign Man
1994
6.1
Cafe Americain
as Colonel Faisal
1993
6.3
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as Asabi
1993
6.9
Living Single
as The Cabby
1993
8.3
Hot Shots! Part Deux
as Sleeping Guard
1993
6.5
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Lance Charles
1993
6.9
Bodies of Evidence
1992
7.5
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989
6.0
Seinfeld
as Pinter Ranawat
1989
8.3
Out of Time
as Speechmaker
1988
5.5
Married... with Children
as Shaun Toub
1987
7.7
Matlock
as Rahmad Hussein
1986
7.1
Hunter
as DePaul
1984
7.1
Columbo
as Amir
1971
8.1