He has played the character Yinsen in Iron Man (2008) 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).

[3] Toub was born to an Iranian Jewish family,[4] in Tehran,[1] Imperial State of Iran.

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

[7] 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.