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Babak was born in Tehran, Iran, just before the Iranian Revolution. To escape the ensuing chaos, turmoil, and cultural upheaval, his family left the country. After brief stays in Spain and California, they settled in Vancouver, BC, when Babak was five. From an early age, he was drawn to the arts, experimenting with various visual media, developing a passion for theater, and performing with several touring workshops that combined contemporary dance and theater to explore social issues across cultures and languages. He has been passionate about grassroots social development projects ever since. Babak earned a Bachelor of Applied Sciences in Communications and attended film school at Simon Fraser University.
Over the years, he worked behind the camera on multiple projects. A particular project brought him to Toronto, where he lived for a time and, by chance, began working in educational technology consulting for an international firm. He later moved to Switzerland to become Assistant Director of the Information Technology Education Center near Lake Constance, bordering Germany and Austria. Subsequently, he returned to Canada, living in Victoria and then Montreal, where he reengaged with the performing arts by pursuing film acting and training at L'Atelier Orphanspace.
Now back in his hometown of Vancouver, Babak feels grateful for the incredible projects and people he has worked with over the years. From his poignant lead role as an Afghan-Canadian police officer who lost his family to Taliban bombings in the feature film 'Tree Line' (2012), to his comedic one-liner as a concussed patient caught between a nurse and her lover in the MOW 'Nearlyweds' (2013), Babak embraces the challenge of bringing his characters vividly to life.
