- Shaun Toub
Infobox actor
caption = Toub in 2007, San Diego
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birthplace =Tehran [http://news.pacificnews.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=5797fce4d0aabed158b5e4a330064461 Pacific News Service > News > 'Tehrangeles' Rising - Iranian- Americans Make Their Mark in Hollywood ] ]Shaun Toub is an American film and television
actor .Biography
Personal life
Toub, who is of
Persian Jew ish background, [http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/ny-etmuslim5495531dec12,0,1691461.story] was born inTehran and raised inManchester ,England (his family left Iran before the 1979 revolution). [ [http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20071217-9999-lz1c17toub.html SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features - Wise in the old ways ] ] At the age of fourteen, he moved toSwitzerland and after a two year stay, he crossed theAtlantic toNashua, 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 inMassachusetts , Shaun transferred to USC.Shaun is active in the Persian 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 inLos Angeles . [ [http://www.sephardicfilmfestival.com/sponsor/sponsorship.pdf] Sephardic Film Festival Website ]Career
Through a chance encounter with an astute talent agent, he broke into the Hollywood scene. Toub has received accolades for several of his appearances in over 100 television episodes including "
Seinfeld ", "the Sopranos ", "ER", "Just Shoot Me ", "Sliders ", "Nash Bridges ", "JAG ", "The Bold and the Beautiful ", "", "Married... with Children ", "Lost" and various movies made for television.His filmography includes his memorable performance in
Michael Bay 's "Bad Boys" withWill Smith andMartin Lawrence ,John Woo 's "Broken Arrow" withJohn Travolta andChristian Slater , Mick Jackson's "Live from Baghdad" starringMichael Keaton andHelena Bonham Carter forHBO , and "Path to Paradise " withPeter Gallagher ,Marcia Gay Harden also for HBO. His performance as Farhad inPaul Haggis 's Oscar-winning film "Crash", a critical and box office surprise hit, received positive reviews. He also plays the role of Rahim Khan in "The Kite Runner" (2007).He appeared in the
Marvel Comics adaptation "Iron Man" asYinsen .References
External links
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