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.
2003 • TV
2004 • TV
2011 • TV
2011 • TV
2008 • Movie
2013 • Movie
as Yinsen
as Ho Yinsen
as Store Clerk
as Marlboro
as Farhad
as Roth
as Uncle Iroh
as Sleeping Guard
as Max
as Terrorist
as Hassan (uncredited)
as Nasseem
as Joachim
as Doctor
as Rahim Kahn
as Narrator (voice)
as Prince Ali Saleed
as Dr. Darius Armin
as Mr. Helwig
Producer
as Khalid Mohammed Bakr
1 episodes
as Sami
1 episodes
as Majid Javadi
10 episodes
as Majid Navadi
1 episodes
as Arouk Abboubi
1 episodes
as Philip Boyd
1 episodes
as Amir
1 episodes
as Pinter Ranawat
1 episodes
as Conrad Bonaparte
3 episodes
as Triad Member
3 episodes
as Prison Commandant
1 episodes
as Butler
1 episodes
as Janic
1 episodes
as Shaun Toub
1 episodes
1 episodes
as Faraz Kamali
24 episodes
as Ambassador Marashi
2 episodes
as Rahmad Hussein
2 episodes
as Dr. Mohammed Zamir
1 episodes
as Kheri-Heb
1 episodes
