Shaun Toub

Shaun Toub (born February 15, 1958) is an American actor. He has played the character Yinsen in Iron Man and Iron Man 3 (2013); Farhad in Crash (2004); Rahim Khan in The Kite Runner (2007); Majid Javadi in the Showtime television series Homeland; and Faraz Kamali in the Apple TV+ Israeli series Tehran (2020–2025).

Early life Toub was born to an Iranian Jewish family, in Tehran, where his mother attended podiatry school. He returned to Iran, where he lived until he was 13, before moving to Switzerland. He moved to Nashua, New Hampshire to finish his last year of high school. He decided at age five to become an actor.

He received the Cinema Sepharad award at the 2022 Los Angeles Sephardic Film Festival.

Career

His filmography includes his performance in Michael Bay's Bad Boys with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, John Woo's Broken Arrow with John Travolta and Christian Slater and Mick Jackson's Live from Baghdad starring Michael Keaton and Helena Bonham Carter for HBO. His performance as Farhad in Paul Haggis's Oscar-winning film Crash received positive reviews. He played the part of the Virgin Mary's father in The Nativity Story. He also played Rahim Khan in The Kite Runner (2007).

In the series Grimm, he played the part of Bonaparte, one of the villains of the latest series.

Filmography Films 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 2010 The Last Airbender Uncle Iroh 2011 Setup Roth 2013 Papa Evan Shipman Iron Man 3 Ho YinsenCameo 2014 Stretch Nasseem Unity Narrator Documentary 2015 Papa: Hemingway in Cuba Evan Shipman 2016 War Dogs Marlboro 2020 Ghosts of War Mr. Helwig

Television Year Title Role Notes 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 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 2020–21 Snowpiercer Terence 8 episodes 2020–25 Tehran Faraz Kamali Main role