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, and Eduard Asgarov in Succession.
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. 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. 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. The following year, he performed in the world premiere of The Profane by Zayd Dohrn. He had a "breakout performance" as Cassio in the Shakespeare in the Park 2018 production in Othello.
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. He appeared in a recurring role of Bradford Luke on Billions the following year.
Filmography Film 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 2023The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed Chris 2026 Crime 101 Ali
Television Year Title Row Notes 2009Crash Charlie Wanz 1 episode 2011 Blue Bloods 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 TBDJoseph of EgyptSimeonPost-production
Theatre Year Production Role Venue 2012 Blood and Gifts Saeed La Jolla Playhouse The North Pool Khadim Asmaan Barrington Stage Company 2013 Vineyard Theatre 2015Small Mouth SoundsRodneyArs Nova / Signature Theatre Company 2016 2017 The Profane Sam Playwrights Horizons 2018OthelloCassioShakespeare in the Park 2019Selling KabulTaroonWilliamstown Theatre Festival 2023English (play)OmidBarrington Stage Company 2025LowcountryDavidAtlantic Theater Company
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