BABAK AKAVAN
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Dinner For Two Clip (Performance Video) Quicktime
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The Frats Clip (Performance Video) Quicktime
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Flicks Clip (Performance Video) Quicktime
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District Model & Talent (CA) (760) 332-6400 Theatrical (Film / TV), Commercial, Theatre, Voiceover, Modeling, Print, Hosting / Public Appearances District Model & Talent (GA) (760) 332-6400 Theatrical (Film / TV), Commercial, Theatre, Voiceover, Modeling, Print, Hosting / Public Appearances |
FILM | ||
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The Comeback King |
Supporting |
Judd Apatow / NBC Universal |
The Sword and The Scalpel |
Supporting |
Journey Light Creative |
A Voice I know |
Supporting |
WonderHunt Co. |
Dinner For Two |
Lead |
Dir. Elmer A. Johnson |
/Execute |
Lead |
Dir. Rodrigo Sacca |
Father Joel |
Lead |
JWAT Creative Co. Productions |
Have You Been Feeling Alright? |
Lead |
Dir. Mark Owens |
Floater |
Lead |
Dir. Connor Britton |
Transients |
Featured |
Dir. Cyrun Winsor |
Lost in Pomegranates |
Lead |
Dir. Bahar Rezvanifar |
Truth, Justice, and Kindness: A Mockumentary |
Supporting |
Dir. David Storck |
Threads of Mourning |
Supporting |
Dir. Janka Gerber |
Shots |
Supporting |
Dir. Rhys Wahlen |
Dream of Anastasia |
Supporting |
Dir. Asher Edgar |
She's Not Like Other Girls |
Supporting |
Second Hand Henry Films |
Welcome In! |
Lead |
Dir. Xander Pinot |
Gizmo Galore |
Lead |
Dir. Caros Alvarez |
Watch The Hands |
Lead |
Dir. Nick Morris |
Penny Pinchers |
Lead |
ETA Productions |
Flicks |
Supporting |
Dir. Meg Kelly |
The Frats |
Supporting |
Dir. John Prosky |
What Would Happen if We Dude Bro'd |
Lead |
Dir. Colton Dyken |
Jamie Meets Jamie |
Lead |
ReelView Productions |
Forward |
Featured |
Dir. Louis Comitz |
TELEVISION | ||
DC's Peacemaker |
Featured |
James Gunn |
Asthma Attack |
Featured |
Dir. Ashley Andre |
COMMERCIAL | ||
The Real You - Commercial |
Principal |
Regional |
VOICE-OVER | ||
Ronald McDonald House Charities / Coastal Empire |
Principal |
WRHQ Q105.3 - Regional |
Mail Call - Mighty Eight Air Force Museum |
Srgt. George Vogiatzis |
Dir. Peggy O'Neal |
Bonnet Head |
Loop Group |
Dir. Jamie Baker |
THEATER | ||
Shakespeare In Love |
Philip Henslowe |
The Lucas Theater |
The Crucible |
Reverend Parris |
The Mondanaro Theater |
No Room For A Picture On The Blank Wall |
Peter Bunther |
The Mondanaro Theater |
Hand To God |
Pastor Greg |
The Mondanaro Theater |
We Don't Have To Be Friends |
Lafayette Hollands |
Dir. Andy Knowles |
SKIMP |
Hal Ware |
Dir. Bridget Carly Marsh |
The Effect |
Dr. Tobias |
Arnold Hall Theater |
Constellations |
Roland |
Ryan Little Theater |
Moonlight and Magnolias |
Ben Hect |
ACT 1 Theater |
Pride and Prejudice |
Mr. Bingley/ Mary Bennett |
Paramount Theatre of Abilene |
Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a C |
Wayne Hopkins |
ACT 1 Theater |
The Crucible |
Reverend Hale |
Ryan Little Theater |
Romeo and Juliet |
Mercuito |
ACT 1 Theater |
This is How We Get Better |
Nik |
Ryan Little Theater |
The Parents of Room Ten |
Jason |
Ryan Little Theater |
Lend Me A Tenor |
Max |
Ryan Little Theater |
Brighton Beach Memoirs |
Eugene Morris Jerome |
WTC Theater |
Picasso at The Lapin Agile |
Albert Einstein |
WTC Theater |
Treasure Island |
Jim Hawkins |
WTC Theater |
A Midsummer Night's Dream |
Tom Snout/ Wall |
Ryan Little Theater |
The History of Tom Jones |
Blifil / Highwayman |
Ryan Little Theater |
MUSICAL THEATER | ||
Disney's Beauty and The Beast |
Lumiere |
Radford Theater |
Hello Dolly! |
Ambrose Kemper |
The Paramount Theatre Abilene |
Legally Blonde |
Padamadan |
The Paramount Theatre Abilene |
The Adams Family |
Mal Benieke |
Radford Theater |
Shrek The Musical |
Pinocchio |
Big Country Performing Arts |
EDUCATION | ||
(SCAD) Savannah College of Art and Design |
MFA Acting |
Savannah, GA |
McMurry University |
BFA Theater |
Abilene, TX |
Western Texas College |
AA Theater |
Snyder, TX |
TRAINING | ||
Improv |
David Storck |
SCAD |
On Camera |
John Prosky |
SCAD |
Joan McMurtrey |
SCAD |
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Andrea Frankle |
SCAD |
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Scott Alan Smith |
SCAD |
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Ashanti Brown |
SCAD |
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Aaron Boyd |
SCAD |
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Dramatic Styles: On Camera |
Ashanti Brown |
SCAD |
Comedic Styles: On Camera |
John Prosky |
SCAD |
Commercials |
Joan McMurtrey |
SCAD |
Building The Actor's Reel |
Scott Alan Smith |
SCAD |
Aaron Boyd |
SCAD |
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Voice Over |
Peggy O'Neal |
SCAD |
Voice and Movement |
Jennefer Morris |
SCAD |
Peggy O'Neal |
SCAD |
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Neena McLain |
McMurry University |
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Raymond Newton |
Western Texas College |
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Accents and Dialects |
Jennefer Morris |
SCAD |
Peggy O'Neal |
SCAD |
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Kerry Goff |
McMurry University |
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Raymond Newton |
Western Texas College |
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Contemporary Acting: Theatre |
Ashanti Brown |
SCAD |
Neena McLain |
McMurry University |
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Kerry Goff |
McMurry University |
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Katie Hahn |
McMurry University |
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Raymon Newton |
Western Texas College |
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Realism: Theater |
Joan McMurtrey |
SCAD |
Anti-Realism: Theater |
Meg Kelly |
SCAD |
Classical Acting: Theater |
Andrea Frankle |
SCAD |
Neena McLain |
McMurry University |
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Kerry Goff |
McMurry University |
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Raymond Newton |
Western Texas College |
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Shakespearean Acting: Theatre |
Andre Frankle |
SCAD |
Neena McLain |
McMurry University |
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Branding The Actor |
Andrea Frankle |
SCAD |
Stage Combat: Hand to Hand |
L.W. Miller |
McMurry University |
Stage Combat: Sword |
Rick Sordelet |
SCAD |
Voice: Musical Theatre |
Patricia Vigil |
McMurry University |
Kevin Stites |
SCAD |
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Paige Sproles |
Paramount Theater of Abilene |
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Marc Sanders |
Paramount Theater of Abilene |
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MASTERCLASSES |
Mark Hamill (Actor) |
SCAD |
Will Arnett (Actor) |
SCAD |
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Demi Moore (Actor) |
SCAD |
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Colman Domingo (Actor) |
SCAD |
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Benny Safdie (Director) |
SCAD |
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Daisy Ridley (Actor) |
SCAD |
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Clint Bently (Director) |
SCAD |
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Joel Edgerton (Actor) |
SCAD |
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WORKSHOP: Improv |
Rose Burnett Bonczek |
SCAD |
WORKSHOP: Clowning |
Tyler Parks |
SpyMonkey |
WORKSHOP: Auditioning/ Acting |
Kayli Carter (Actor) |
SCAD |
Eric Allan Kramer (Actor) |
SCAD |
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Daniel Swee (Casting Director) |
SCAD |
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Mikie Heilburn (Casting Director) |
SCAD |
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Hank Stratton |
SCAD |
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Austin Kirk |
SCAD |
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WORKSHOP: Devised Theater |
Jermain Rowe |
McMurry University |
Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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Height: 5'11" |
Weight: 185 lbs |
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Speaks: English, Speaks: Farsi, Can cook Persian food, Gymnastics, Segway, Swimming - freestyle, Tennis, Trampoline, Singer, Vocal Range: Bari-Tenor, Whistler, American - Boston Accent, American - New England Accent, American - New York Accent, American - Southern Accent, American - Texan Accent, Australian Accent, British - Birmingham Accent, British - Cockney Accent, British - Scouse/Liverpool Accent, Eastern European Accent, French Accent, German Accent, Greek Accent, Iraqi Accent, Italian Accent, Jewish/Yiddish Accent, Persian Accent, Russian Accent, Fluent Farsi
Babak Akavan is an Iranian American actor from Los Angeles, California, and a recent MFA graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design. He has had the opportunity to work across theater, film, and television. Most notably, Babak appeared in Judd Apatow's The Comeback King alongside Glen Powell and Jin Hao Li, as well as, in James Gunn's Peacemaker starring John Cena.