Adeel Akhtar

Adeel Akhtar

Akhtar is known for the bumbling Muslim extremist Faisal in Chris Morris's film Four Lions. Other comedic performances include Gupta in The Angelos Epithemiou Show, Maroush in The Dictator and Smee in Joe Wright and Pan. Akhtar has also won acclaim for his dramatic performances: in 2015, he was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor for his 2014 role as Wilson Wilson on Channel 4's Utopia. He played shopkeeper Ahmed alongside Toby Jones in the BBC mini-series Capital, and DS Ira King in the BBC's River. Reviewing River in The Daily Telegraph, Michael Hogan wrote, "This series was beautifully written by Abi Morgan, stylishly directed, and most of all, superbly acted. The quieter, less showy supporting players also shone. Not just stalwarts [...] but fresher faces: Adeel Akhtar as River's endlessly patient sidekick and Georgina Rich as his psychiatrist". In 2016 Akhtar appeared as Shahzad in the BBC one-off drama Murdered by My Father. He won the 2017 BAFTA award for Lead Actor for this role, the first non-white actor to do so. He also appeared as Rob Singhal in the acclaimed BBC miniseries based on John le Carré's The Night Manager. Adeel became a patron of Half Moon Theatre in autumn 2016.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    London, England, UK
    Birthday
    18 September 1980
Enola Holmes 2
Enola Holmes 2
7.357
Traitor
Traitor
6.636
Four Lions
Four Lions
6.962
Save the Cinema
Save the Cinema
6.2
Murder Mystery 2
Murder Mystery 2
6.4
The Dictator
The Dictator
6.197
Stranger Things
Stranger Things
8.56
The Puppet Asylum
The Puppet Asylum
6.7
Convenience
Convenience
5.8
War Book
War Book
5.4
Dickens: Phantoms and Fiction
Dickens: Phantoms and Fiction
10
Jadoo
Jadoo
5.6
Pan
Pan
6
Murdered by My Father
Murdered by My Father
6.5
The Big Sick
The Big Sick
7.3
The Circuit
7
Keeping Up with the Joneses
Keeping Up with the Joneses
5.9
The Last Dragonslayer
The Last Dragonslayer
6
Victoria & Abdul
Victoria & Abdul
6.91
The Show
0
Hampstead
Hampstead
6
Swimming with Men
Swimming with Men
6
Murder Mystery
Murder Mystery
6.3
The Nest
The Nest
6.074
Enola Holmes
Enola Holmes
7.268
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
6.1
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
6.9
Raagni - The Movie
Raagni - The Movie
0
Ali & Ava
Ali & Ava
6.9
Robin Robin
Robin Robin
7.1
The Walk
The Walk
5
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