Shaun Toub

Shaun Toub

ActorProducer Tehran, Iran 1971–2020 (49 year career)
6.9 avg rating

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…

Known For

Filmography

Acting (73)

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Television (47)

Tehran

Tehran

2020

as Faraz Kamali

7.5
Snowpiercer

Snowpiercer

2020

as Terence

7.4
Little America

Little America

2020

as Faraz

6.7
The Chosen

The Chosen

2019
8.7
Scandal

Scandal

2012

as Ambassador Marashi

7.2
Homeland

Homeland

2011

as Majid Navadi

7.6
Grimm

Grimm

2011

as Conrad Bonaparte

8.3
Castle

Castle

2009

as Philip Boyd

8.0
Chuck

Chuck

2007

as Dr. Mohammed Zamir

7.7
The Unit

The Unit

2006
7.3
Smith

Smith

2006
7.2
The Path to 9/11

The Path to 9/11

2006

as Emad Salem

7.1
Lost

Lost

2004

as Sami

7.9
NCIS

NCIS

2003

as Khalid Mohammed Bakr

7.6
She Spies

She Spies

2002

as Joshua Bick

7.6
The Agency

The Agency

2001

as Colonel Tambour - Al Tayeh's Deputy

6.5
The Division

The Division

2001

as Yuri

7.1
Special Unit 2

Special Unit 2

2001

as Herkamer

7.4
Malcolm in the Middle

Malcolm in the Middle

2000

as Janic

8.5
The District

The District

2000

as Boris

6.8
Son of the Beach

Son of the Beach

2000
6.5
The Sopranos

The Sopranos

1999

as Arouk Abboubi

8.7
CI5: The New Professionals

CI5: The New Professionals

1999
6.5
Charmed

Charmed

1998

as Triad Member

8.2
Just Shoot Me!

Just Shoot Me!

1997

as Ernesto

6.6
Soldier of Fortune, Inc.

Soldier of Fortune, Inc.

1997

as Hamzed Ali Amin

6.1
The Visitor

The Visitor

1997
6.0
Nash Bridges

Nash Bridges

1996

as Cecil Riskin

6.7
Pacific Blue

Pacific Blue

1996

as Mahmood

5.4
Early Edition

Early Edition

1996

as Hassan Rejim

7.3
JAG

JAG

1995

as Prison Commandant

7.3
Sliders

Sliders

1995

as Kheri-Heb

7.6
Cybill

Cybill

1995

as Scary Man

5.8
Can't Hurry Love

Can't Hurry Love

1995

as Mattress Salesman

6.0
ER

ER

1994

as Butler

7.8
Ellen

Ellen

1994

as Foreign Man

6.1
Living Single

Living Single

1993

as The Cabby

8.3
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

1993

as Asabi

6.9
Walker, Texas Ranger

Walker, Texas Ranger

1993

as Lance Charles

7.0
Cafe Americain

Cafe Americain

1993

as Colonel Faisal

6.3
Bodies of Evidence

Bodies of Evidence

1992
7.5
Seinfeld

Seinfeld

1989

as Pinter Ranawat

8.3
Mancuso, F.B.I.

Mancuso, F.B.I.

1989
6.0
Married... with Children

Married... with Children

1987

as Shaun Toub

7.7
Matlock

Matlock

1986

as Rahmad Hussein

7.1
Hunter

Hunter

1984

as DePaul

7.1
Columbo

Columbo

1971

as Amir

8.1

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