Babak Tafti | |
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Occupation | Actor |
Babak Tafti is an American actor best known for recurring roles on Super Pumped and Billions. [1]
Tafti was raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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 appeared as Claudio in the Barrington Stage Company's 2017 production of Much Ado About Nothing. [5] That year, he also performed in the world premiere of The Profane by Zayd Dohrn. [6]
After appearing in small roles on television, Tafti was cast in a lead role as Emil Michael on Super Pumped in 2022. He appeared in a recurring role on Billions the following year. [1]
Year | Title | Row | Notes |
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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 | — |
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 |
Year | Production | Role | Venue |
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2012 | Blood and Gifts | Saeed | La Jolla Playhouse |
The North Pool | Khadim Asmaan | Barrington Stage Company | |
2013 | Vineyard Theatre | ||
2017 | Much Ado About Nothing | Claudio | Barrington Stage Company |
The Profane | Sam | Playwrights Horizons |
Babak Tafti | |
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Occupation | Actor |
Babak Tafti is an American actor best known for recurring roles on Super Pumped and Billions. [1]
Tafti was raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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 appeared as Claudio in the Barrington Stage Company's 2017 production of Much Ado About Nothing. [5] That year, he also performed in the world premiere of The Profane by Zayd Dohrn. [6]
After appearing in small roles on television, Tafti was cast in a lead role as Emil Michael on Super Pumped in 2022. He appeared in a recurring role on Billions the following year. [1]
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 | — |
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 |
Year | Production | Role | Venue |
---|---|---|---|
2012 | Blood and Gifts | Saeed | La Jolla Playhouse |
The North Pool | Khadim Asmaan | Barrington Stage Company | |
2013 | Vineyard Theatre | ||
2017 | Much Ado About Nothing | Claudio | Barrington Stage Company |
The Profane | Sam | Playwrights Horizons |