Actor

Shaun Toub

April 6, 1963 · 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.

Notable work

7.7
Iron Man (2008)
as Yinsen
6.9
Iron Man 3 (2013)
as Ho Yinsen
6.8
Bad Boys (1995)
as Store Clerk
6.9
War Dogs (2016)
as Marlboro
8
Lost (2004)
as Sami
8.5
Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
as Janic
4.6
The Last Airbender (2010)
as Uncle Iroh
7.2
Crash (2005)
as Farhad
8.3
Grimm (2011)
as Conrad Bonaparte
8.7
The Sopranos (1999)
as Arouk Abboubi
7.6
Homeland (2011)
as Majid Javadi
8.2
Charmed (1998)
as Triad Member

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