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| Born | 22 August 1975 London, England |
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| Occupation(s) | Actor, musician |
| Years active | 2003–present |
Samrat Chakrabarti (born 22 August 1975) is a British-American film actor and musician of Indian descent.
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| Years active | 2003–present |
Samrat Chakrabarti (born 22 August 1975) is a British-American film actor and musician of Indian descent.
Born in London to Bengali immigrant parents from Kolkata. He performed in Indian community functions in Boston, Massachusetts, where he was exposed to music, poetry and the plays of Rabindranath Tagore.[ citation needed ]
Having acted all through school, Chakrabarti's feature film debut came in 2004 in Spike Lee's She Hate Me . Early in his career, he starred opposite Molly Shannon in The Wedding Weekend and then in Manish Acharya's Loins of Punjab Presents . He also had a role in the Australian film, The Waiting City . His film, The War Within , was nominated for an Indie Spirit Award while Bombay Summer, starring Tannishtha Chatterjee won Best Film at the 2009 MIAAC Film Festival. Chakrabarti starred opposite Rebecca Hazelwood in Kissing Cousins and made an appearance in the Yash Raj-produced Bollywood film, New York . Chakrabarti played the character Rishi, a menacing gangster in Ajay Naidu's Ashes. He will be seen soon in Murder in the Dark, produced by Napoleon Dynamite 's Chris Wyatt.[ citation needed ]
Chakrabarti has also appeared in television productions. He has appeared on In Treatment (HBO) as Irrfan Khan's son, 30 Rock (NBC) opposite Alec Baldwin, Bored to Death (HBO), Blue Bloods (CBS) opposite Tom Selleck, Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBC) opposite Chris Noth, Law & Order (NBC), Love Monkey (CBS), The Sopranos (HBO) opposite James Gandolfini, and All My Children . Chakrabarti was a recurring character on FX's Damages opposite Ted Danson.[ citation needed ]
Samrat Chakrabarti is also an established international musician. In 1994, he founded Brandeis University's award-winning all male a cappella group, VoiceMale, for which he continues to contribute arrangements and original compositions, including "Please Don't Go," which appears on the album Suit Up and arrangements for the national a cappella compilation Voices Only 2009. He won a U.S. CARA for Best Original Pop/Rock Song for his composition "What's It all About". He is a former member of the a cappella group Five O' Clock Shadow. He was also a part of the group The Hyannis Sound . In 1998, Chakrabarti produced an untitled album for his musical group, JYDE, and composed the song "Startving".[ citation needed ]
Chakrabarti has also composed the theme song "Dhol Beat" for Loins of Punjab, and Sundaram Tagore's Natvar Bhavsar: Poetics of Color.[ citation needed ]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2004 | She Hate Me | Ahmad | |
| 2005 | Arya | Raj Singh | Tamil film |
| The War Within | Pakistani Interrogator | ||
| 2006 | The Bong Connection | Rakesh | Bengali film |
| 2007 | Loins of Punjab Presents | Trance Sen | |
| Karma Calling | Rohit Rao | ||
| Kissing Cousins | Amir | ||
| 2009 | New York | Yakub | Hindi film |
| 2010 | Ashes | Rishi | |
| Gangor | Ujan | ||
| 2012 | Midnight's Children | Wee Willie Winkie | |
| Price Check | Eddie | ||
| 2013 | Vishwaroopam | Deepak Chatterjee | Tamil film |
| Vishwaroop | Hindi film | ||
| 2014 | The Ladies of the House | Derek | English |
| 2014 | Unfreedom | Anees | |
| 2015 | Beyond the Mask | Basil | |
| 2016 | Wiener-Dog | Dr. Farhard Rahman | |
| 2017 | Viceroy's House | Moshin | |
| 2018 | The Kindergarten Teacher | Sanjay Roy | |
| 2018 | Nancy | Raj | |
| 2018 | Vishwaroopam 2 | Deepak Chatterjee | Tamil film |
| 2018 | Vishwaroop 2 | Hindi film | |
| 2019 | Stray Dolls | Sal | |
| 2020 | I'll Meet You There | Dr. Sahil Khan | |
| 2021 | Leylak | Abdul | Short film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2004 | The Sopranos (HBO) | Dr. Onkar Singh | Episode: "Marco Polo" |
| Law & Order (NBC) | Hydar Raheem | Episode: "Enemy" | |
| Hope and Faith (ABC) | DJ | Episode: "Jack's Back" | |
| 2006 | Love Monkey (CBS) | Engineer | Episode: "Opportunity Knocks" |
| 2007 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBC) | Tariq Amir | Episode: "World's Fair" |
| 2008 | All My Children (ABC) | Saad Pertiwi | Episode: #1.10018 |
| 2009 | Damages (FX) | Manu Singh | Episodes: "They Had to Tweeze That Out of My Kidney" and "New York Sucks" |
| Celebrity Ghost Stories (The Biography Channel) | Pharmacist | (TV Series documentary) | |
| 2010 | Bored to Death (HBO) | Akhil | Episode: "Forty-Two Down!" |
| In Treatment (HBO) | Arun Sanyal | Episode: "Sunil: Week One" | |
| 30 Rock (NBC) | Ramesh | Episode: "College" | |
| 2013 | The Carrie Diaries (The CW) | Doc | Episode: "I Heard a Rumor" |
| Blue Bloods (CBS) | Parmar Hameed | Episode: "Mistaken Identity" | |
| 2014 | Law & Order: SVU (NBC) | Mr. Salim | Episode: "Criminal Stories" |
| 2015 | Mr. Robot (USA Network) | Rohit "Ron" Mehta | Episode: eps1.0_hellofriend.mov |
| 2016 | NCIS: New Orleans (CBS) | Jenner Blye | Episode: "Sister City: Part 1" |
| NCIS (CBS) | Episode: "Sister City: Part 2" | ||
| 2017 | Bull (CBS) | Sean Laheri | Episode: "What's Your Number?" |
| The Problem with Apu (TruTV) | Himself | Documentary | |
| 2020 | Homeland (Showtime) | Ambassador Rashad | Episode: "Designated Driver" |
| Little Voice (Apple TV+) | Anil | 5 episodes | |
| 2021 | Bull (CBS) | Jai | Episode: "The Boy Who Cried Murder" |
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| 2005 | SOCOM 3 U.S. Navy SEALs | Additional South Asia AO voices |
| Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories | — | |
| SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Fireteam Bravo | Additional South Asia AO voices | |
| 2013 | Grand Theft Auto V | The Local Population |
| 2014 | Far Cry 4 | Additional voices |
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