Shaun Toub facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Shaun Toub
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Toub at the 83rd Academy Awards in 2011
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| Born | February 15, 1958 Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
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| Alma mater | University of Southern California |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1988–present |
Shaun Toub (born February 15, 1958) is an American actor. He is known for playing important roles in many movies and TV shows. You might recognize him as Yinsen in the Iron Man movies or as Rahim Khan in The Kite Runner. He has also appeared in popular TV series like Homeland and Tehran.
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Early Life and Acting Dreams
Shaun Toub was born in Tehran, Imperial State of Iran, to a family with Iranian Jewish roots. Both of his parents were foot doctors. When he was two years old, his family moved to Manchester, England, so his mother could study podiatry.
He returned to Iran and lived there until he was 13. After that, he moved to Switzerland. Later, he came to Nashua, New Hampshire in the United States to finish high school. Shaun decided he wanted to be an actor when he was just five years old! In 2022, he received the Cinema Sepharad award at the Los Angeles Sephardic Film Festival.
Shaun Toub's Acting Career
Shaun Toub has been in many well-known films and TV shows. He acted in Bad Boys with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. He also appeared in Broken Arrow alongside John Travolta. For HBO, he was in Live from Baghdad.
One of his most praised roles was as Farhad in the Oscar-winning movie Crash. He also played Joaquim, the father of the Virgin Mary, in The Nativity Story. Another memorable role was Rahim Khan in The Kite Runner (2007). In the TV series Grimm, he played a villain named Bonaparte.
Shaun Toub's Film Roles
Shaun Toub has appeared in many movies over the years. Here are some of them:
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Out of Time | Speechmaker | Television film |
| Glitz | Maitre d' | Television film | |
| 1989 | Dark Holiday | Prison Soldier | Television film |
| 1991 | Before the Storm | Jeep Soldier | Television film |
| 1993 | Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story | ||
| Hot Shots! Part Deux | Sleeping Guard | ||
| 1995 | OP Center | Lt. Arkov | Television film |
| Bad Boys | Store Clerk | ||
| 1996 | Broken Arrow | Max | |
| Executive Decision | Terrorist #5 | ||
| Suddenly | Mr. Tabibsidan | Television film | |
| 1997 | Path to Paradise | El Sayyid Nosair | Television film |
| Steel Sharks | Capt. Reza Lashgar | ||
| Out to Sea | Bettor in Front | ||
| 1999 | Stigmata | Doctor | |
| D.R.E.A.M. Team | Prince Ali Saleed | Television film | |
| 2002 | Maryam | Dr. Darius Armin | |
| Live from Baghdad | Sadoun Al-Jenabi | Television film | |
| 2003 | Underground | Dark Skinned Man | Short film |
| 2004 | Land of Plenty | Hassan | |
| Crash | Farhad | ||
| 2006 | The Path to 9/11 | Emad Salem | Television film |
| The Nativity Story | Joaquim | ||
| 2007 | The Kite Runner | Rahim Khan | |
| Charlie Wilson's War | Hassan | Uncredited | |
| 2008 | Iron Man | Ho Yinsen | |
| 2010 | The Last Airbender | Uncle Iroh | |
| 2011 | Setup | Roth | |
| 2013 | Papa | Evan Shipman | |
| Iron Man 3 | Ho Yinsen | Cameo | |
| 2014 | Stretch | Nasseem | |
| Unity | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 2015 | Papa: Hemingway in Cuba | Evan Shipman | |
| 2016 | War Dogs | Marlboro | |
| 2020 | Ghosts of War | Mr. Helwig |
Shaun Toub's Television Roles
Shaun Toub has also been a part of many television series. Here is a list of some of his TV appearances:
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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| 1988 | Hunter | Phillip DePaul/Stephen Avak | Episodes "Need Justice: Part 1" and "Need Justice: Part 2" | |
| 1990 | Columbo | Amir | Episode: "Agenda for Murder" | |
| Matlock | Rahmad Hussein | Episode: "Nowhere to Turn" | ||
| Dragnet | Ralph Singas | Episode: "Queen of Hearts" | ||
| Gabriel's Fire | Attendant | Episode: "Windows" | ||
| 1991 | Under Cover | Jeep Soldier | Episode: "Sacrifices" | |
| In the Heat of the Night | Cabby | Episode: "Unfinished Business" | ||
| 1993 | Bodies of Evidence | Rajeeb Kambata | Episode: "Eleven Grains of Sand" | |
| 1993–97 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Asabi | Episodes "Pilot", "Neverending Battle", "I'm Looking Through You" and "All Shook Up", "Seconds" and "I've Got You Under My Skin" | |
| 1994 | Living Single | Cabby | Episode: "Fatal Distraction" | |
| Café Americain | Colonel Faisal | Episode: "Love the One You're With" | ||
| One West Waikiki | Joseph Kastrami | Episode: "Terminal Island" | ||
| The Bold and the Beautiful | Moustafa | 2 episodes | ||
| Married... with Children | Akbar | Episode: "A Man for No Seasons" | ||
| 1995 | Ellen | Foreign Man | Episode: "Hello, I Must Be Going" | |
| JAG | Prison Commandant | Episode: "Scimitar" | ||
| 1996 | Sisters | Weatherman | Episode: "Don't Go to Springfield" | |
| 1996 | Nash Bridges | Cecil Riskin | Episode: "Hit Parade" | |
| 1996 | Sliders | Kheri-Heb | Episode: "Slide Like an Egyptian" | |
| 1996–97 | Pacific Blue | Mahmood | Episodes "Outlaw Extreme" and "The Last Ride" | |
| 1997 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Lance | Episode: "Last Hope" | |
| ER | Butler | Episode: "Ground Zero" | ||
| Seinfeld | Pinter | Episode: "The Betrayal" | ||
| The Visitor | N/A | Episode: "Going Home" | ||
| 1998 | Early Edition | Hassan Rejim | Episode: "Mum's the Word" | |
| Cybill | Scary Man | Episode: "Ka-Boom!" | ||
| Soldier of Fortune, Inc. | Hamzed Ali Amin | Episode: "Iraq and Roll" | ||
| 1999 | G vs E | Dr. Clean | Episode: "Evilator" | |
| CI5: The New Professionals | Shabadi | Episode: "Orbit" | ||
| Just Shoot Me! | Ernesto | Episode: "Love Is in the Air" | ||
| 2000 | Cover Me | Spiros | Episode: "Where Have You Gone, Sandy Koufax?" | |
| Charmed | Triad Member #2 | Episodes "Magic Hour", "Sight Unseen" and "Power Outrage" | ||
| 2001 | Malcolm in the Middle | Janic | Episode: "Hal Quits" | |
| The Sopranos | Arouk Abboubi | Episode: "Employee of the Month" | ||
| Son of the Beach | Mohammed | Episode: "Chip's a Goy" | ||
| Special Unit 2 | Herkamer | Episode: "The Wraps" | ||
| The District | Boris | Episodes "Fools Russian: Part 1" and "Fools Russian: Part 2" | ||
| The Division | Yuri | Episode: "The First Hit's Free, Baby" | ||
| 2002 | She Spies | Joshua Bick | Episode: "Poster Girl" | |
| 2003 | The Agency | Colonel Tambour - Al Tayeh's Deputy | Episode: "Unholy Alliances" | |
| 2006–07 | Smith | Jerry | Episodes "Pilot", "Three" and "Four" | |
| 2007 | Lost | Sami | Episode: "Enter 77" | |
| 2008 | NCIS | Khalid Mohammed Bakr | Episode: "Tribes" | |
| 2009 | The Unit | Misha Belikov | Episode: "Bad Beat" | |
| Chuck | Dr. Mohammed Zamir | Episode: "Chuck Versus the Broken Heart" | ||
| 2011 | Castle | Philip Boyd | Episode: "Head Case" | |
| 2012 | Luck | Dr. Khan | Episodes "Ace Forces Escalante to Swap Jockeys" and "Two Prized Colts Go Head-to-Head" | |
| Last Resort | Admiral Safir Ahsan | Episode: "Cinderella Liberty" | ||
| 2013, 2017 | Homeland | Majid Javadi | 10 Episodes | |
| 2015 | The Blacklist | Commander Kushan | Episode: "Ruslan Denisov" | |
| 2016 | Grimm | Conrad Bonaparte | 4 Episodes | |
| 2020 | Little America | Faraz | Episode: "The Rock" | |
| 2020-21 | Snowpiercer | Terence | 8 Episodes | |
| 2020, 2022 | Tehran | Faraz Kamali |
Video Game Appearances
Shaun Toub has also lent his voice to a video game character:
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1996 | Spycraft: The Great Game | Onyx | |
| 2008 | Iron Man | Yinsen |
See also
In Spanish: Shaun Toub para niños
