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.
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Ghosts of War
as Mr. Helwig
Tehran
as Faraz Kamali
Snowpiercer
as Terence
Little America
as Faraz
Forgive Me
as Davood
The Chosen
as Unknown
War Dogs
as Marlboro
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
as Evan Shipman
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
Stretch
as Nasseem
Scandal
as Ambassador Marashi
Grimm
as Conrad Bonaparte
Setup
as Roth
Homeland
as Majid Javadi
The Last Airbender
as Uncle Iroh
Castle
as Philip Boyd
Charlie Wilson's War
as Hassan (uncredited)
The Kite Runner
as Rahim Kahn
Chuck
as Dr. Mohammed Zamir
The Nativity Story
as Joachim
Smith
as Unknown
The Path to 9/11
as Emad Salem
The Unit
as Misha Belikov
Crash
as Farhad
Land of Plenty
as Hassan
NCIS
as Khalid Mohammed Bakr
Live from Baghdad
as Sadoun Al-Jenabi
She Spies
as Joshua Bick
Maryam
as Dr. Darius Armin
The Agency
as Colonel Tambour - Al Tayeh's Deputy
Special Unit 2
as Herkamer
The Division
as Yuri
The District
as Boris
Son of the Beach
as Unknown
Malcolm in the Middle
as Janic
D.R.E.A.M. Team
as Prince Ali Saleed
CI5: The New Professionals
as Unknown
Stigmata
as Doctor
Charmed
as Triad Member
Steel Sharks
as Capt. Reza Lashgar
Soldier of Fortune, Inc.
as Hamzed Ali Amin
The Visitor
as Unknown
Out to Sea
as Bettor in Front
Just Shoot Me!
as Ernesto
Suddenly
as Unknown
Early Edition
as Hassan Rejim
Nash Bridges
as Cecil Riskin
Executive Decision
as Terrorist
Pacific Blue
as Mahmood
Broken Arrow
as Max
JAG
as Prison Commandant
Can't Hurry Love
as Mattress Salesman
Can't Hurry Love
as Ahmed
Bad Boys
as Store Clerk
Sliders
as Kheri-Heb
Cybill
as Scary Man
ER
as Butler
Ellen
as Foreign Man
Cafe Americain
as Colonel Faisal
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as Asabi
Living Single
as The Cabby
Hot Shots! Part Deux
as Sleeping Guard
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Lance Charles
Bodies of Evidence
as Unknown
Mancuso, F.B.I.
as Unknown
Seinfeld
as Pinter Ranawat
Out of Time
as Speechmaker
Married... with Children
as Akbar Johnson
Matlock
as Rahmad Hussein
Hunter
as DePaul
Columbo
as Amir