Babak Tafti

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 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.^[5] The following year, he performed in the world premiere of The Profane by Zayd Dohrn.^[6] He had a "breakout performance" as Cassio in the Shakespeare in the Park 2018 production in Othello.^[7]

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.^[8] He appeared in a recurring role of Bradford Luke on Billions the following year.^[1]