Samrat Chakrabarti (Bengali: সমৠরাট
চকৠরবরৠতী) (born 22 August 1975) is a
British-American film actor and musician of Bengali descent.Born in
London, England to Indian Hindu Bengali immigrant parents from
Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He performed in Indian community
functions in Boston, Massachusetts, where he was exposed to music,
poetry and the plays of Rabindranath Tagore.Having acted all through
school, Chakrabarti's feature film debut came in 2004 in Spike Lee's
She Hate Me. Early in his career, he starred opposite Molly Shannon in
The Wedding Weekend and then in Manish Acharya's Loins of Punjab
Presents. He also had a role in the Australian film, The Waiting City.
His film, The War Within, was nominated for an Indie Spirit Award
while Bombay Summer, starring Tannishtha Chatterjee won Best Film at
the 2009 MIAAC Film Festival. Chakrabarti starred opposite Rebecca
Hazelwood in Kissing Cousins and made an appearance in the Yash
Raj-produced Bollywood film, New York. Chakrabarti played the
character Rishi, a menacing gangster in Ajay Naidu’s Ashes. He will
be seen soon in Murder in the Dark, produced by Napoleon Dynamite’s
Chris Wyatt.Chakrabarti has also appeared in television productions.
He has appeared on In Treatment (HBO) as Irrfan Khan’s son, 30 Rock
(NBC) opposite Alec Baldwin, Bored to Death (HBO), Blue Bloods (CBS)
opposite Tom Selleck, Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBC) opposite
Chris Noth, Law & Order (NBC), Love Monkey (CBS), The Sopranos (HBO)
opposite James Gandolfini, and All My Children. Chakrabarti was a
recurring character on FX’s Damages opposite Ted Danson.
চকৠরবরৠতী) (born 22 August 1975) is a
British-American film actor and musician of Bengali descent.Born in
London, England to Indian Hindu Bengali immigrant parents from
Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He performed in Indian community
functions in Boston, Massachusetts, where he was exposed to music,
poetry and the plays of Rabindranath Tagore.Having acted all through
school, Chakrabarti's feature film debut came in 2004 in Spike Lee's
She Hate Me. Early in his career, he starred opposite Molly Shannon in
The Wedding Weekend and then in Manish Acharya's Loins of Punjab
Presents. He also had a role in the Australian film, The Waiting City.
His film, The War Within, was nominated for an Indie Spirit Award
while Bombay Summer, starring Tannishtha Chatterjee won Best Film at
the 2009 MIAAC Film Festival. Chakrabarti starred opposite Rebecca
Hazelwood in Kissing Cousins and made an appearance in the Yash
Raj-produced Bollywood film, New York. Chakrabarti played the
character Rishi, a menacing gangster in Ajay Naidu’s Ashes. He will
be seen soon in Murder in the Dark, produced by Napoleon Dynamite’s
Chris Wyatt.Chakrabarti has also appeared in television productions.
He has appeared on In Treatment (HBO) as Irrfan Khan’s son, 30 Rock
(NBC) opposite Alec Baldwin, Bored to Death (HBO), Blue Bloods (CBS)
opposite Tom Selleck, Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBC) opposite
Chris Noth, Law & Order (NBC), Love Monkey (CBS), The Sopranos (HBO)
opposite James Gandolfini, and All My Children. Chakrabarti was a
recurring character on FX’s Damages opposite Ted Danson.
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