Shaun Toub

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Summary

Shaun Toub is an Iranian-born actor known for Crash, The Kite Runner, Iron Man, Homeland, and Tehran. He often plays complex characters with Iranian or other Middle Eastern backgrounds, and has said he chooses roles with depth and humanity. Speaking about Tehran, he said he wanted to avoid making Iranians look bad and hoped audiences would see Iranians as complex people rather than only as terrorists. No public partisan campaigning or DEI affiliation is on record.