My friends call me Shaukat (Shock-it). I act, write, and produce.

Some specs: I have an MFA in Acting from the Yale School of Drama. I’m a mixed kid, born in nyc — mom’s Eastern European Jewish, dad’s South Asian Muslim. I played baseball and football for Carleton College where I majored in Philosophy and concentrated on Middle Eastern Studies.

Drama, Comedy, Theater, Film, Television — all of it. Even a musical sprinkled here and there.

Here’s my reel for the stage and screen:

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  • Acting as a guest star on another TV Series that’s going into production… but we’re not allowed to talk about that yet 🤫

  • Acting (..as a love interest) in an NYC indie feature by Jenny Ward called Happy Accidents

  • Writing through a fellowship with The Workshop, part of Reboot Studios

Last few months:

  • Acted as Dr. Nick Barker in HBO’s Emmy sweeping drama The Pitt.

  • Acted in Switch opposite Pauline Chalamet (Sex Lives of College Girls) and Coral Peña (For All Mankind). It’s a new short-form comedy series by Sofya Levitsky-Weitz (staff writer on The Bear) and Isabelle Platt.

  • Switch premiered at Tribeca Film Festival 2026.

  • Acted as the AI Engineer in Season 1, Ep 3 of Mindy Kaling's new Hulu show called Not Suitable For Work.

  • Acted as Sammy Bates in NBC’s The Hunting Party. Season 1 is on Netflix.

Last year:

  • Produced and acted in a short by Malachi Beasley about football and grief. Here’s me playing football.

  • Produced and acted in a short by Celeste O’Connor (Madame Web) and Mecca McDonald about… well, it’s about two women who survive by seducing men into sex and then eating their hearts… you’ll have to see it when it comes out… stay tuned here

  • …Anyway before that I acted in an Off-Broadway Show called Dakar 2000 by Rajiv Joseph at Manhattan Theater Club

  • Acted in Romeo & Juliet directed by Diane Paulus at American Repertory Theater