Shaun Toub
Acting
Born: 1963-04-06 · Tehran, Iran
Biography
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 Atlant
🎬 Movies (20)
Ghosts of War
2020
Mr. Helwig
Forgive Me
2019
Davood
War Dogs
2016
Marlboro
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
2015
Evan Shipman
Unity
2015
Narrator (voice)
Stretch
2014
Nasseem
Iron Man 3
2013
Ho Yinsen
Setup
2011
Roth
The Last Airbender
2010
Uncle Iroh
I Am 'Iron Man'
2008
Self
Iron Man
2008
Yinsen
Charlie Wilson's War
2007
Hassan (uncredited)
The Kite Runner
2007
Rahim Kahn
The Nativity Story
2006
Joachim
Crash
2005
Farhad
Land of Plenty
2004
Hassan
Live from Baghdad
2002
Sadoun Al-Jenabi
Maryam
2002
Dr. Darius Armin
D.R.E.A.M. Team
1999
Prince Ali Saleed
Stigmata
1999
Doctor
📺 TV Shows (20)
Tehran
2020
Faraz Kamali
Snowpiercer
2020
Terence
Little America
2020
Faraz
The Chosen
2019
Scandal
2012
Ambassador Marashi
Grimm
2011
Conrad Bonaparte
Homeland
2011
Majid Javadi
Castle
2009
Philip Boyd
Chuck
2007
Dr. Mohammed Zamir
Smith
2006
The Path to 9/11
2006
Emad Salem
The Unit
2006
Misha Belikov
Lost
2004
Sami
NCIS
2003
Khalid Mohammed Bakr
She Spies
2002
Joshua Bick
The Agency
2001
Colonel Tambour - Al Tayeh's Deputy
Special Unit 2
2001
Herkamer
The Division
2001
Yuri
The District
2000
Boris
Son of the Beach
2000