Shaun Toub
Acting
1963-04-06 · Tehran, Iran
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
Ghosts of War
2020 · Movie
Tehran
2020 · Series
Snowpiercer
2020 · Series
Little America
2020 · Series
Forgive Me
2019 · Movie
The Chosen
2019 · Series
War Dogs
2016 · Movie
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
2015 · Movie
Unity
2015 · Movie
Stretch
2014 · Movie
Iron Man 3
2013 · Movie
Scandal
2012 · Series
Grimm
2011 · Series
Setup
2011 · Movie
Homeland
2011 · Series
The Last Airbender
2010 · Movie
Castle
2009 · Series
Iron Man
2008 · Movie
Charlie Wilson's War
2007 · Movie
The Kite Runner
2007 · Movie
Chuck
2007 · Series
The Nativity Story
2006 · Movie
Smith
2006 · Series
The Path to 9/11
2006 · Series
The Unit
2006 · Series
Crash
2005 · Movie
Lost
2004 · Series
Land of Plenty
2004 · Movie
NCIS
2003 · Series
Live from Baghdad
2002 · Movie
She Spies
2002 · Series
Maryam
2002 · Movie
The Agency
2001 · Series
Special Unit 2
2001 · Series
The Division
2001 · Series
The District
2000 · Series
Son of the Beach
2000 · Series
Malcolm in the Middle
2000 · Series
D.R.E.A.M. Team
1999 · Movie
CI5: The New Professionals
1999 · Series
Stigmata
1999 · Movie
The Sopranos
1999 · Series
Charmed
1998 · Series
Steel Sharks
1997 · Movie
Soldier of Fortune, Inc.
1997 · Series
The Visitor
1997 · Series
Just Shoot Me!
1997 · Series
Suddenly
1996 · Movie
Early Edition
1996 · Series
Nash Bridges
1996 · Series
Executive Decision
1996 · Movie
Pacific Blue
1996 · Series
Broken Arrow
1996 · Movie
JAG
1995 · Series
Can't Hurry Love
1995 · Series
Bad Boys
1995 · Movie
Sliders
1995 · Series
Cybill
1995 · Series
ER
1994 · Series
Ellen
1994 · Series
Cafe Americain
1993 · Series
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993 · Series
Living Single
1993 · Series
Hot Shots! Part Deux
1993 · Movie
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · Series
Bodies of Evidence
1992 · Series
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989 · Series
Seinfeld
1989 · Series
Out of Time
1988 · Movie
Married... with Children
1987 · Series
Matlock
1986 · Series
Hunter
1984 · Series
Columbo
1971 · Series