Age: 63
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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.
Billionaire weapons manufacturer Tony Stark is captured by terrorists in Afghanistan and forced to build a devastating weapon. Instead, he constructs a powered suit of armor and escapes, returning to America a changed man. Determined to shut down his own weapons division and redirect Stark Industries toward peace, Tony refines his armor into a sleek, high-tech suit powered by an arc reactor. As he takes on the identity of Iron Man, Tony must confront his past, including his ambitious business partner Obadiah Stane, who has his own sinister plans for the armor technology. Balancing his newfound mission with his playboy lifestyle, Tony discovers that being a hero means more than just having the right suit—it means having the right heart. With the help of his loyal assistant Pepper Potts and military liaison James Rhodes, Tony learns what it truly means to be responsible for the consequences of his creations.
