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.
Babak Tafti | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Actor |
Career
editTafti 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 Wohls play Small Mouth Sounds at the Signature Theatre Company; he had previously performed the role at Ars Nova (theater).[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 (New York City) 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
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Row | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | $5 a Day | Room Service Waiter | — |
| 2009 | Flicker | Jack | — |
| Terminator Salvation | Malik | — | |
| 2019 | Swing Shift | Trevor | Short film |
| Benim | Yusuf | Short film | |
| Campfire Alpha | Joey | Short film | |
| Swallow | Aaron | — | |
| I Miss You | Adnan | — | |
| 2020 | A Dress Above | Gil | Short film |
| 2022 | Fraud | André Djawadi | Short film |
| Rear View | August | Short film | |
| 2023 | The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed | Chris | — |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Row | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Crash | Charlie Wanz | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Blue Bloods (TV series) | Hafiz Demir | 1 episode |
| 2014 | Nurse Jackie | Ajay | 1 episode |
| 2015 | Orange is the New Black | Afghan Trainee Farzad | 1 episode |
| 2018 | Quantico | Adnan Hamza | 1 episode |
| Instinct | Max | 1 episode | |
| Elementary | Jonathan Dawson | 1 episode | |
| New Amsterdam | Tariq Ali | 1 episode | |
| Murphy Brown | Khaled | 1 episode | |
| 2019 – 2021 | Legacies | Sphinx | 4 episodes |
| 2019 | Succession | Eduard Asgarov | 3 episodes |
| 2020 | Bull | Dr. Samir Shadid | 1 episode |
| Ramy | Amir | 1 episode | |
| 2021 | The Equalizer | Reza Shaheen | 1 episode |
| 2022 | Super Pumped | Emil Michael | 7 episodes |
| 2023 | Billions | Bradford Luke | 11 episodes |
Theatre
edit| Year | Production | Role | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Blood and Gifts | Saeed | La Jolla Playhouse |
| The North Pool | Khadim Asmaan | Barrington Stage Company | |
| 2013 | Vineyard Theatre | ||
| 2015 | Small Mouth Sounds | Rodney | Ars Nova / Signature Theatre Company |
| 2016 | |||
| 2017 | The Profane | Sam | Playwrights Horizons |
| 2018 | Othello | Cassio | Shakespeare in the Park (New York City) |
| 2019 | Selling Kabul[9] | Taroon | Williamstown Theatre Festival |
References
edit- ^ a b Bell, BreAnna. "'Billions' Adds Babak Tafti to Season 7 Cast (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ Jones, Kenneth. "Blood and Gifts, Acclaimed History Play of Intervention in Afghanistan, Begins in CA June 12". Playbill. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ Hetrick, Adam. "Rajiv Joseph's The North Pool Begins NYC Debut at Off-Broadway's Vineyard". Playbill. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Isherwood, Charles (2016-07-19). "Review: A Restaged 'Small Mouth Sounds' Still Sparkles". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
- ^ "The Profane". Playwrights Horizons. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Petski, Denise (2021-08-10). "'Super Pumped': Babak Tafti & Mousa Hussein Kraish Join Showtime Series About Uber". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
- ^ 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.
External links
edit- Babak Tafti at IMDb