{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Short description|Actor}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox person | image = Samrat Chakrabarti at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival (cropped).jpg | caption = Chakrabarti at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival | name = Samrat Chakrabarti | birth_date = | birth_place = London, England | education = {{ubl|Brandeis University {{small|(BA)}}|Harvard University {{small|(MFA)}}}} | occupation = {{csv|Actor|musician}} | years_active = 2003–present }}
'''Samrat Chakrabarti''' is a British-American film actor and musician of Indian descent.<ref name=VA>{{cite web|magazine=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2025/film/news/south-asian-house-isf-tribeca-festival-programming-1236407829/|date=May 22, 2025|title=South Asian House, ISF Partner for Tribeca Festival Programming (EXCLUSIVE)|first=Naman|last=Ramachandran}}</ref>
He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University.<ref name=IE>{{cite web|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=December 14, 2012|url=https://archive.org/details/the-indian-express_202603|title=Samrat, Samjiv create a new rock opera 'Bumbug The Musical'|author=Swamy, Prakash M.|publisher=Internet Archive|language=en}}</ref>
== Career ==
=== Acting === Chakrabarti appeared in the 2004 Spike Lee film ''She Hate Me''<ref>{{cite web|title=She Hate Me Press Kit|publisher=Sony Pictures Classics|url=https://www.sonyclassics.com/shehateme/_media/presskit.pdf|date=2004}}</ref> as well as such films as Manish Acharya's ''Loins of Punjab Presents'',<ref name=IE/> ''Bombay Summer'', starring Tannishtha Chatterjee<ref>{{cite web|newspaper=The New York Times|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221052003/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/08/movies/08bombay.html|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/08/movies/08bombay.html|title=A Love Triangle Without the Bollywood|author=Hale, Matt|date=October 7, 2010|archivedate=February 21, 2012}}</ref> and ''Stray Dolls''.<ref>{{cite web|work=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/stray-dolls-review-1204979/|title=‘Stray Dolls’: Film Review|first=Justin|last=Lowe|date=April 27, 2019}}</ref>
Chakrabarti has also appeared in television productions, including ''Rescue Me'' with Denis Leary, ''Conviction'', ''Law & Order'',<ref name=IE/> ''The Sopranos'' and FX's ''Damages''.<ref name=BW>{{cite web|publisher=BroadwayWorld|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-off-broadway/article/LAUGHistan-Presents-World-Premiere-of-BUMBUG-THE-MUSICAL-125-22-20121113|title=LAUGHistan Presents World Premiere of BUMBUG THE MUSICAL, 12/5-22|author=BWW News Desk|date=November 13, 2012}}</ref>
In 2025, he attended the world premiere of his zombie film ''Didn't Die'' at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Sundance Film Festival|url=https://www.sundance.org/blogs/didnt-die-brings-improv-to-the-zombie-apocalypse/|date=January 29, 2025|title=“Didn’t Die” Brings Improv to the Zombie Apocalypse}}</ref>
=== 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."<ref name=IE/>
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."{{cn|date=May 2023}}
He wrote the music and co-wrote the book and lyrics for the 2012 musical ''Bumbug the Musical''.<ref name=IE/><ref>{{cite web|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/18/theater/reviews/bumbug-at-the-clurman-theater.html|first=Rachel|last=Saltz|date=December 17, 2012|title=Scroogewala, a Deli Worker, Looks for Love in New Land}}</ref>
Chakrabarti has also composed the theme song "Dhol Beat" for ''Loins of Punjab'', and Sundaram Tagore's ''Natvar Bhavsar: Poetics of Color''.{{cn|date=May 2023}}
== Filmography == {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | 2003 || ''Arya'' || Raj Singh || |- | 2004 || ''She Hate Me'' || Ahmad || |- | rowspan="2" |2005 || ''The War Within'' || Pakistani Interrogator || |- | ''Homecoming'' || Ben || |- | 2006 || ''The Bong Connection'' || Rakesh || Bengali film |- | rowspan="3" |2007 || ''Loins of Punjab Presents'' || Trance Sen || |- | ''Karma Calling'' || Rohit Rao || |- | ''Kissing Cousins'' || Amir || |- | rowspan="2" |2009 || ''Homecoming'' || Ben || |- | ''Bombay Summer'' || Jaidev ||
|- | rowspan="2" |2010 || ''Ashes'' || Rishi || |- | ''Gangor'' || Ujan || |- | 2011 || ''Desperate Endeavors'' || Adesh || Short film |- | rowspan="2" |2012 || ''Midnight's Children'' || Wee Willie Winkie || |- | ''Price Check'' || Eddie || |- | rowspan="2" |2013 || ''Vishwaroopam'' || rowspan="2" | Deepak Chatterjee || Tamil film |- | ''Vishwaroop'' || Hindi film |- | rowspan="2" rowspan"2" |2014 || ''The Ladies of the House'' || Derek || |- | ''Unfreedom'' || Anees || |- | 2015 || ''Beyond the Mask'' || Basil || |- | 2016 || ''Wiener-Dog'' || Dr. Farhard Rahman || |- | 2017 || ''Viceroy's House'' || Moshin || |- | rowspan="4" rowspan"4" |2018 | ''The Kindergarten Teacher'' || Sanjay Roy || |- | ''Nancy'' || Raj || |- | ''Vishwaroopam 2'' || rowspan="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 == {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | rowspan="3" |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 |- | rowspan="2" |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) |- | rowspan="3" |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" |- | rowspan="2" |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.mov |- | rowspan="2" |2016 || ''NCIS: New Orleans'' (CBS) || rowspan="2" |Jenner Blye || Episode: "Sister City: Part 1" |- | ''NCIS'' (CBS) || Episode: "Sister City: Part 2" |- | rowspan="2" |2017 || ''Bull'' (CBS) || Sean Laheri ||Episode: "What's Your Number?" |- |''The Problem with Apu'' (TruTV) || Himself || Documentary |- | rowspan="2" |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" |}
== Videogames == {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Role |- | rowspan="3" |2005 || ''SOCOM 3 U.S. Navy SEALs'' || Additional South Asia AO voices |- | ''Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories'' || {{N/A}} |- | ''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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== External links == * {{official|http://www.samratchakrabarti.com}} * {{IMDb name|1589782}}
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