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Shaun Toub

Shaun Toub

Known For Acting
Birthday Feb 15, 1958 (67)
Birthplace Tehran, Iran
Popularity 6 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 bo ... rn 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.

Known For

Filmography

Ghosts of War

Ghosts of War

2020

as Mr. Helwig

War Dogs

War Dogs

2016

as Marlboro

Papa Hemingway in Cuba

Papa Hemingway in Cuba

2015

as Evan Shipman

Unity

Unity

2015

as Narrator (voice)

Stretch

Stretch

2014

as Nasseem

Iron Man 3

Iron Man 3

2013

as Ho Yinsen

Setup

Setup

2011

as Roth

The Last Airbender

The Last Airbender

2010

as Uncle Iroh

Iron Man

Iron Man

2008

as Yinsen

The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner

2007

as Rahim Kahn

Charlie Wilson's War

Charlie Wilson's War

2007

as Hassan (uncredited)

The Nativity Story

The Nativity Story

2006

as Joachim

Crash

Crash

2005

as Farhad

Land of Plenty

Land of Plenty

2004

as Hassan

Maryam

Maryam

2002

as Dr. Darius Armin

Live from Baghdad

Live from Baghdad

2002

as Sadoun Al-Jenabi

D.R.E.A.M. Team

D.R.E.A.M. Team

1999

as Prince Ali Saleed

Stigmata

Stigmata

1999

as Doctor

Steel Sharks

Steel Sharks

1997

as Capt. Reza Lashgar

Broken Arrow

Broken Arrow

1996

as Max

Executive Decision

Executive Decision

1996

as Terrorist

Bad Boys

Bad Boys

1995

as Store Clerk

Hot Shots! Part Deux

Hot Shots! Part Deux

1993

as Sleeping Guard

Out of Time

Out of Time

1988

as Speechmaker

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Tehran

as Faraz Kamali

Episodes: 24

First Aired: Jun 22, 2020

Snowpiercer

as Terence

Episodes: 8

First Aired: May 17, 2020

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

as Asabi

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Sep 12, 1993

Grimm

as Conrad Bonaparte

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Oct 28, 2011

Homeland

as Majid Javadi

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Oct 02, 2011

Charmed

as Triad Member

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Oct 07, 1998

The District

as Boris

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 07, 2000

Hunter

as DePaul

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 18, 1984

The Path to 9/11

as Emad Salem

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 10, 2006

Scandal

as Ambassador Marashi

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 05, 2012

Pacific Blue

as Mahmood

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 02, 1996

Seinfeld

as Pinter Ranawat

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 05, 1989

Sliders

as Kheri-Heb

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 22, 1995

Malcolm in the Middle

as Janic

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 2000

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Lance Charles

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 21, 1993

Lost

as Sami

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 2004

NCIS

as Khalid Mohammed Bakr

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 2003

Just Shoot Me!

as Ernesto

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 04, 1997

Columbo

as Amir

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1971

Castle

as Philip Boyd

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 09, 2009

Chuck

as Dr. Mohammed Zamir

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 2007

The Sopranos

as Arouk Abboubi

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 10, 1999

Married... with Children

as Shaun Toub

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 05, 1987

Special Unit 2

as Herkamer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 11, 2001

JAG

as Prison Commandant

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 1995

Soldier of Fortune, Inc.

as Hamzed Ali Amin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1997

She Spies

as Joshua Bick

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 20, 2002

ER

as Butler

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1994

Ellen

as Foreign Man

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 29, 1994

Cafe Americain

as Colonel Faisal

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1993

Little America

as Faraz

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 17, 2020

Smith

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 19, 2006

Nash Bridges

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 29, 1996

Son of the Beach

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 14, 2000

The Division

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 07, 2001

Matlock

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 03, 1986

Early Edition

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 1996

The Unit

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 07, 2006

Mancuso, F.B.I.

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 13, 1989

The Visitor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1997

CI5: The New Professionals

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1999

Bodies of Evidence

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 18, 1992

Popularity Metrics

Popularity History


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2024 7 20 37 7
2024 8 15 29 8
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2025 1 14 29 6
2025 2 7 16 1
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2025 5 1 2 1
2025 6 1 1 1
2025 7 0 1 0
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