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Samrat Chakrabarti

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Samrat Chakrabarti
Chakrabarti at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival
Born
London, England
Education
OccupationsActor, musician
Years active2003–present

Samrat Chakrabarti is a British-American film actor and musician of Indian descent.[1]

He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University.[2]

Career

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Acting

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Chakrabarti appeared in the 2004 Spike Lee film She Hate Me[3] as well as such films as Manish Acharya's Loins of Punjab Presents,[2] Bombay Summer, starring Tannishtha Chatterjee[4] and Stray Dolls.[5]

Chakrabarti has also appeared in television productions, including Rescue Me with Denis Leary, Conviction, Law & Order,[2] The Sopranos and FX's Damages.[6]

In 2025, he attended the world premiere of his zombie film Didn't Die at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.[7]

Music

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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."[2]

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."[citation needed]

He wrote the music and co-wrote the book and lyrics for the 2012 musical Bumbug the Musical.[2][8]

Chakrabarti has also composed the theme song "Dhol Beat" for Loins of Punjab, and Sundaram Tagore's Natvar Bhavsar: Poetics of Color.[citation needed]

Filmography

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YearTitleRoleNotes
2003AryaRaj Singh
2004She Hate MeAhmad
2005The War WithinPakistani Interrogator
HomecomingBen
2006The Bong ConnectionRakeshBengali film
2007Loins of Punjab PresentsTrance Sen
Karma CallingRohit Rao
Kissing CousinsAmir
2009HomecomingBen
Bombay SummerJaidev
2010AshesRishi
GangorUjan
2011Desperate EndeavorsAdeshShort film
2012Midnight's ChildrenWee Willie Winkie
Price CheckEddie
2013VishwaroopamDeepak ChatterjeeTamil film
VishwaroopHindi film
2014The Ladies of the HouseDerek
UnfreedomAnees
2015Beyond the MaskBasil
2016Wiener-DogDr. Farhard Rahman
2017Viceroy's HouseMoshin
2018 The Kindergarten TeacherSanjay Roy
NancyRaj
Vishwaroopam 2Deepak ChatterjeeTamil film
Vishwaroop 2Hindi film
2019Stray DollsSal
2020I'll Meet You ThereDr. Sahil Khan
2021LeylakAbdulShort film
2025Didn't DieHari

Television roles

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YearTitleRoleNotes
2004The Sopranos (HBO)Dr. Onkar SinghEpisode: "Marco Polo"
Law & Order (NBC)Hydar RaheemEpisode: "Enemy"
Hope and Faith (ABC)DJEpisode: "Jack's Back"
2006Love Monkey (CBS)EngineerEpisode: "Opportunity Knocks"
2007Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBC)Tariq AmirEpisode: "World's Fair"
2008All My Children (ABC)Saad PertiwiEpisode: #1.10018
2009Damages (FX)Manu SinghEpisodes: "They Had to Tweeze That Out of My Kidney" and "New York Sucks"
Celebrity Ghost Stories (The Biography Channel)Pharmacist(TV Series documentary)
2010Bored to Death (HBO)AkhilEpisode: "Forty-Two Down!"
In Treatment (HBO)Arun SanyalEpisode: "Sunil: Week One"
30 Rock (NBC)RameshEpisode: "College"
2013The Carrie Diaries (The CW)DocEpisode: "I Heard a Rumor"
Blue Bloods (CBS)Parmar HameedEpisode: "Mistaken Identity"
2014Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC)Mr. SalimEpisode: "Criminal Stories"
2015Mr. Robot (USA Network)Rohit "Ron" MehtaEpisode: eps1.0_hellofriend.mov
2016NCIS: New Orleans (CBS)Jenner BlyeEpisode: "Sister City: Part 1"
NCIS (CBS)Episode: "Sister City: Part 2"
2017Bull (CBS)Sean LaheriEpisode: "What's Your Number?"
The Problem with Apu (TruTV)HimselfDocumentary
2020Homeland (Showtime)Ambassador RashadEpisode: "Designated Driver"
Little Voice (Apple TV+)Anil5 episodes
2021Bull (CBS)JaiEpisode: "The Boy Who Cried Murder"

Videogames

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YearTitleRole
2005SOCOM 3 U.S. Navy SEALsAdditional South Asia AO voices
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City StoriesN/a
SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Fireteam BravoAdditional South Asia AO voices
2013Grand Theft Auto VThe Local Population
2014Far Cry 4Additional voices

References

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  1. ↑ Ramachandran, Naman (22 May 2025). "South Asian House, ISF Partner for Tribeca Festival Programming (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Swamy, Prakash M. (14 December 2012). "Samrat, Samjiv create a new rock opera 'Bumbug The Musical'". The Indian Express. Internet Archive.
  3. ↑ "She Hate Me Press Kit" (PDF). Sony Pictures Classics. 2004.
  4. ↑ Hale, Matt (7 October 2010). "A Love Triangle Without the Bollywood". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 21 February 2012.
  5. ↑ Lowe, Justin (27 April 2019). "'Stray Dolls': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
  6. ↑ BWW News Desk (13 November 2012). "LAUGHistan Presents World Premiere of BUMBUG THE MUSICAL, 12/5-22". BroadwayWorld.
  7. ↑ ""Didn't Die" Brings Improv to the Zombie Apocalypse". Sundance Film Festival. 29 January 2025.
  8. ↑ Saltz, Rachel (17 December 2012). "Scroogewala, a Deli Worker, Looks for Love in New Land". The New York Times.
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