Shaun Toub

Known for ActingBorn 1963-04-06 (age 63)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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Chosen

The Sopranos

Malcolm in the Middle

Grimm

Bodies of Evidence

Seinfeld

Charmed

Castle

Lost

Maryam

Living Single

Columbo

Tehran

Chuck

ER

Iron Man

Homeland

NCIS

Unity

Married... with Children

Snowpiercer

She Spies

Sliders

The Unit

The Kite Runner

The Path to 9/11

Special Unit 2

Scandal

Crash

Smith

Early Edition

JAG

The Division

War Dogs

Iron Man 3

Matlock

The Nativity Story

Walker, Texas Ranger

Hunter

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Cafe Americain

Little America

The District

CI5: The New Professionals

Bad Boys

The Agency

Live from Baghdad

Charlie Wilson's War