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.
Tony Stark, a billionaire arms dealer, is ambushed in Afghanistan and taken hostage by the Ten Rings. Forced to build a weapon, he secretly constructs a prototype armored suit and escapes. Returning home, he shuts down his company’s weapons division, angering his business partner, Obadiah Stane. Developing a more advanced suit, Stark becomes a vigilante, targeting those using his weapons for harm. Meanwhile, Stane, seeking power, reverse-engineers Stark’s technology, creating a massive suit of his own. He paralyzes Stark and steals his arc reactor, leaving him for dead. With the help of Pepper Potts and James Rhodes, Stark recovers and confronts Stane in a brutal battle, ultimately defeating him by overloading the arc reactor, causing a massive explosion. At a press conference, Stark ignores his cover story and declares, “I am Iron Man,” shocking the world. Post Credits: Nick Fury visits Stark, introducing the Avengers Initiative.
