My friends call me Shaukat (Shock-it).
I’m a multi-interest mixed kid, and have an MFA in Acting from the Yale School of Drama.
My friends call me Shaukat (Shock-it).
I’m a multi-interest mixed kid, and have an MFA in Acting from the Yale School of Drama.
My mom is an audacious Jewish girl from Philly, and my dad is swaggy Muslim dude from Karachi. Their roots are in Eastern Europe and India, respectively, but they met in New York City, where I was born.
Before acting, I played baseball and football for Carleton College, where I majored in Philosophy and concentrated on Middle Eastern Studies. These days, however, I’m an actor,1 teacher,2 producer, comedic improviser, and a rambunctious enthusiast of the fulfilling and intrepid.
I’m based in New York City, and I’m ready to go.3
What's new
Back to back, Adam has recently finished working on Romeo & Juliet at American Repertory Theater, directed by Diane Paulus, and Dakar 2000 by Rajiv Joseph at Manhattan Theater Club.
Since then he's acted in and produced multiple short films this year with some formidable friends. These projects include:
-Seams* dir. by Annelise Ayuravann Ratner & Malachi Beasley (Katherine Bigelow's House of Dynamite & Jamie Foxx's Fight for '84)
-A Reflection of You dir. by Enrico Natale (writer of The Ritual, starring Al Pacino and Dan Stevens)
-HEARTEATERS* dir. by Mecca McDonald and Celeste O'Connor (Scream 7, Ghostbusters, Madame Web)
*Adam also produced these movies 😏
