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Shaun Toub
Actor
Born February 15, 1958 (64 years)
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
| 2020 | Ghosts of War · as Mr. Helwig |
| 2020 | Snowpiercer (TV Series) · as Terence |
| 2020 | Little America (TV Series) · as Faraz |
| 2020 | Tehran (TV Series) · as Faraz Kamali |
| 2017 | Wisdom of the Crowd (TV Series) · as Hobbs |
| 2017 | The Brave (TV Series) · as Arthur |
| 2016 | War Dogs · as Marlboro |
| 2015 | Papa Hemingway in Cuba · as Evan Shipman |
| 2015 | Blood & Oil (2015) (TV Series) · as Fahda Al Saliba-Nader' |
| 2014 | Stretch · as Nasseem |
| 2013 | Iron Man 3 · as Ho Yinsen |
| 2013 | The Blacklist (TV Series) · as Commander Kushan |
| 2012 | Last Resort (TV Series) · as Admiral Safir Ahsan |
| 2012 | Scandal (2012) (TV Series) · as Ambassador Marashi |
| 2011 | Luck (TV Series) · as Dr. Khan |
| 2011 | Homeland (TV Series) · as Majid Javadi |
| 2011 | Grimm (TV Series) · as Conrad Bonaparte |
| 2011 | Setup · as Roth |
| 2010 | The Last Airbender · as Uncle Iroh |
| 2010 | |
| 2009 | Castle (2009) (TV Series) · as Philip Boyd |
| 2008 | Iron Man · as Yinsen |
| 2007 | Charlie Wilson's War · as Hassan (uncredited) |
| 2007 | Chuck (TV Series) · as Dr. Mohammed Zamir |
| 2007 | The Kite Runner · as Rahim Kahn |
| 2006 | The Path to 9/11 (TV Series) · as Emad Salem |
| 2006 | Smith (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2006 | The Unit (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2005 | The Nativity Story · as Joachim |
| 2004 | Crash · as Farhad |
| 2004 | Lost (TV Series) · as Sami |
| 2004 | Land of Plenty · as Hassan |
| 2003 | NCIS (TV Series) · as Khalid Mohammed Bakr |
| 2003 | Underground · as Dark Skinned Man |
| 2002 | Live from Baghdad · as Sadoun Al-Jenabi |
| 2002 | She Spies (TV Series) · as Joshua Bick |
| 2001 | The Agency (TV Series) · as Colonel Tambour - Al Tayeh's Deputy |
| 2001 | The Division (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2001 | Special Unit 2 (TV Series) · as Herkamer |
| 2000 | The District (TV Series) · as Boris |
| 2000 | Son of the Beach (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2000 | Malcolm in the Middle (TV Series) · as Janic |
| 1999 | Stigmata · as Doctor |
| 1999 | D.R.E.A.M. Team · as Prince Ali Saleed |
| 1999 | Good vs Evil (TV Series) · as Dr. Clean |
| 1999 | The Sopranos (TV Series) · as Arouk Abboubi |
| 1998 | CI5: The New Professionals (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1998 | Charmed (TV Series) · as Triad Member |
| 1997 | Steel Sharks · as Capt. Reza Lashgar |
| 1997 | Out to Sea · as Bettor in Front |
| 1997 | Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing · as El Sayyid Nosair |
| 1997 | Special Ops Force (TV Series) · as Hamzed Ali Amin |
| 1997 | Just Shoot Me! (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1996 | Executive Decision · as Terrorist |
| 1996 | Broken Arrow · as Max |
| 1996 | Pacific Blue (TV Series) · as Mahmood |
| 1996 | Nash Bridges (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1996 | Early Edition (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1995 | Bad Boys · as Store Clerk |
| 1995 | JAG (TV Series) · as Prison Commandant |
| 1995 | Can't Hurry Love (TV Series) · as Atmed |
| 1995 | Sliders (TV Series) · as Kheri-Heb |
| 1995 | Cybill (TV Series) · as Scary Man |
| 1994 | Ellen (TV Series) · as Foreign Man |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Butler |
| 1993 | Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story · as actor |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1993 | Living Single (TV Series) · as The Cabby |
| 1993 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (TV Series) · as Asabi |
| 1993 | Hot Shots! Part Deux · as Sleeping Guard |
| 1992 | Bodies of Evidence (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1991 | Before the Storm · as Jeep Soldier |
| 1990 | Gabriel's Fire (TV Series) · as Attendant |
| 1989 | Seinfeld (TV Series) · as Pinter Ranawat |
| 1989 | Dark Holiday · as Prison Soldier |
| 1988 | Out of Time · as Speechmaker |
| 1988 | In the Heat of the Night (TV Series) · as Cabby |
| 1987 | Married... with Children (TV Series) · as Akbar |
| 1987 | The Bold and the Beautiful (TV Series) · as Moustafa |
| 1986 | Matlock (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1984 | Hunter (TV Series) · as DePaul |
| 1984 | Santa Barbara (TV Series) · as Raffles Manager |
| 1971 | Columbo (TV Series) · as Amir |