Shaun Toub
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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 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.
Known For
ER
Grimm
Scandal
Castle
Charmed
Columbo
Matlock
JAG
The Sopranos
Walker, Texas Ranger
Seinfeld
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
NCIS
Married... with Children
Chuck
Homeland
Malcolm in the Middle
The District
Hunter
Early Edition
Just Shoot Me!
Nash Bridges
Lost
Son of the Beach
Snowpiercer
Mancuso, F.B.I.
Cafe Americain
Little America
She Spies
Bodies of Evidence
The Unit
Smith
Charlie Wilson's War
Crash
Bad Boys
Iron Man 3
Broken Arrow
Stigmata
The Kite Runner
War Dogs
Setup
Ghosts of War
Iron Man
The Last Airbender
Tehran
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