Samrat Chakrabarti is a British-American film actor and musician of Indian descent.
He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University.
Career
Acting Chakrabarti appeared in the 2004 Spike Lee film She Hate Me as well as such films as Manish Acharya's Loins of Punjab Presents, Bombay Summer, starring Tannishtha Chatterjee and Stray Dolls.
Chakrabarti has also appeared in television productions, including Rescue Me with Denis Leary, Conviction, Law & Order, The Sopranos and FX's Damages.
In 2025, he attended the world premiere of his zombie film Didn't Die at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
Music 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."
He wrote the music and co-wrote the book and lyrics for the 2012 musical Bumbug the Musical.
Chakrabarti has also composed the theme song "Dhol Beat" for Loins of Punjab, and Sundaram Tagore's Natvar Bhavsar: Poetics of Color.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2003 Arya Raj Singh 2004 She Hate Me Ahmad 2005 The War Within Pakistani Interrogator Homecoming Ben 2006 The Bong Connection Rakesh Bengali film2007 Loins of Punjab Presents Trance Sen Karma Calling Rohit Rao Kissing Cousins Amir 2009 Homecoming Ben Bombay Summer Jaidev 2010 Ashes Rishi Gangor Ujan 2011 Desperate Endeavors Adesh Short film 2012 Midnight's Children Wee Willie Winkie Price Check Eddie 2013 Vishwaroopam Deepak Chatterjee Tamil film Vishwaroop Hindi film2014 The Ladies of the House Derek Unfreedom Anees 2015 Beyond the Mask Basil 2016 Wiener-Dog Dr. Farhard Rahman 2017 Viceroy's House Moshin 2018 The Kindergarten Teacher Sanjay Roy Nancy Raj Vishwaroopam 2 Deepak Chatterjee Tamil film Vishwaroop 2 Hindi film 2019 Stray Dolls Sal 2020 I'll Meet You There Dr. Sahil Khan 2021 Leylak Abdul Short film 2025 Didn't Die Hari
Television roles Year Title Role Notes2004 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: #1.100182009 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: Special Victims Unit (NBC) Mr. Salim Episode: "Criminal Stories" 2015 Mr. Robot (USA Network) Rohit "Ron" Mehta Episode: eps1.0_hellofriend.mov2016 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 Documentary2020 Homeland (Showtime) Ambassador Rashad Episode: "Designated Driver" Little Voice (Apple TV+) Anil 5 episodes 2021 Bull (CBS) Jai Episode: "The Boy Who Cried Murder"
Videogames Year Title Role2005 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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