Babak Tafti

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Babak Tafti
Occupation Actor

Babak Tafti is an Iranian-American actor best known for the role of Emil Michael on Super Pumped, Chris in The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed , Bradford Luke in Billions , [1] and Eduard Asgarov in Succession .

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Career

Tafti graduated from the Yale School of Drama. He appeared as Saeed in the 2012 production of the J.T. Rogers play Blood and Gifts at La Jolla Playhouse. [2] The following year, he reprised his role as Khadi Asmann in the Off-Broadway debut of Rajiv Joseph's play The North Pool; he had previously performed the role at the Barrington Stage Company. [3] [4] He later reprised his role as Rodney in the commercial run of Bess Wohl's play Small Mouth Sounds at the Signature Theatre Company; he had previously performed the role at Ars Nova. [5] The following year, he performed in the world premiere of The Profane by Zayd Dohrn. [6] He had a "breakout performance" as Cassio in the Shakespeare in the Park 2018 production in Othello . [7]

After appearing in small roles on television, Tafti was cast as Eduard Asgarov in a recurring role in season 2 of Succession. He landed his first series regular role as Emil Michael on Super Pumped in 2022. [8] He appeared in a recurring role of Bradford Luke on Billions the following year. [1]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRowNotes
2008 $5 a Day Room Service Waiter
2009FlickerJack
Terminator Salvation Malik
2019Swing ShiftTrevorShort film
BenimYusufShort film
Campfire AlphaJoeyShort film
Swallow Aaron
I Miss You Adnan
2020A Dress AboveGilShort film
2022FraudAndré DjawadiShort film
Rear ViewAugustShort film
2023 The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed Chris
2026 Crime 101 Post-production

Television

YearTitleRowNotes
2009 Crash Charlie Wanz1 episode
2011 Blue Bloods Hafiz Demir1 episode
2014 Nurse Jackie Ajay1 episode
2015 Orange Is the New Black Afghan Trainee Farzad1 episode
2018 Quantico Adnan Hamza1 episode
Instinct Max1 episode
Elementary Jonathan Dawson1 episode
New Amsterdam Tariq Ali1 episode
Murphy Brown Khaled1 episode
2019–2021 Legacies Sphinx4 episodes
2019 Succession Eduard Asgarov 3 episodes
2020 Bull Dr. Samir Shadid1 episode
Ramy Amir1 episode
2021 The Equalizer Reza Shaheen1 episode
2022 Super Pumped Emil Michael 7 episodes
2023 Billions Bradford Luke11 episodes

Theatre

YearProductionRoleVenue
2012 Blood and Gifts Saeed La Jolla Playhouse
The North PoolKhadim Asmaan Barrington Stage Company
2013 Vineyard Theatre
2015Small Mouth SoundsRodney Ars Nova / Signature Theatre Company
2016
2017The ProfaneSam Playwrights Horizons
2018 Othello Cassio Shakespeare in the Park
2019 Selling Kabul [9] Taroon Williamstown Theatre Festival

References

  1. 1 2 Bell, BreAnna. "'Billions' Adds Babak Tafti to Season 7 Cast (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  2. Jones, Kenneth. "Blood and Gifts, Acclaimed History Play of Intervention in Afghanistan, Begins in CA June 12". Playbill. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  3. Hetrick, Adam. "Rajiv Joseph's The North Pool Begins NYC Debut at Off-Broadway's Vineyard". Playbill. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  4. "Rajiv Joseph's "The North Pool" stars Remi Sandri and Babak Tafti at Barrington Stage, July 26-Aug 11". Barrington Stage Company. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  5. Isherwood, Charles (2016-07-19). "Review: A Restaged 'Small Mouth Sounds' Still Sparkles". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-08-12.
  6. "The Profane". Playwrights Horizons. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  7. Brantley, Ben (2018-06-19). "Review: A Cool-Tempered 'Othello' for Warm Central Park Nights". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-08-12.
  8. Petski, Denise (2021-08-10). "'Super Pumped': Babak Tafti & Mousa Hussein Kraish Join Showtime Series About Uber". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
  9. Bergman, J. Peter (2019-07-16). "THEATRE REVIEW: WTF's riveting 'Selling Kabul' is less a play than an experience". The Berkshire Edge. Retrieved 2024-08-12.