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.
Name Adeel Akhtar
Also Known As 아딜 액터, Adeel Ahktar
Birthday 1980-09-18
Gender Male
IMDB Adeel Akhtar profile on IMDB
Place of Birth London, England, UK
As: Hamzi
2008-08-23
Traitor...
As: Faisal
2010-05-07
Four Lions...
As: Maroush
2012-05-15
The Dictator...
As: Mani
2013-04-05
Stranger Things...
As: Mo
2015-08-07
War Book...
As: Vinod
2013-09-06
Jadoo...
As: Carpenter
2019-06-16
The Show...
As: Sam Smiegel
2015-09-24
Pan...
As: Shaan
2015-10-02
Convenience...
As: Shahzad
2016-03-29
Murdered by My Fathe...
As: Gabe
2016-08-25
The Circuit...
As: Jerry
2013-10-18
Keeping Up with the ...
As: Mr. Brittles
2016-12-25
The Last Dragonslaye...
As: Naveed Nanjiani
2017-03-30
The Big Sick...
As: Mohammed
2017-09-13
Victoria & Abdul...
As: Donald's Lawyer
2017-06-23
Hampstead...
As: Kurt
2018-07-06
Swimming with Men...
As: The Maharajah
2019-05-25
Murder Mystery...
As: Steve
2020-05-08
The Nest...
As: Lestrade
2020-09-23
Enola Holmes...
As: Iman Masood
2021-09-10
Everybody's Talking ...
As: Dan Rider
2021-10-21
The Electrical Life ...
As: Maulana Wahdi
2019-11-15
Raagni - The Movie...
As: Ali
2021-11-12
Ali & Ava...
As: Dad Mouse (voice)
2021-10-09
Robin Robin...
As: Lestrade
2022-11-30
Enola Holmes 2...
As: Tom
2022-01-14
Save the Cinema...
As: The Maharajah
2023-03-28
Murder Mystery 2...
As: The Narrator
2023-09-01
The Puppet Asylum...
As: Readings
2023-12-21
Dickens: Phantoms an...
As: Wilson Wilson
2013-01-15
Utopia...
As: Gupta
2012-07-13
The Angelos Epithemi...
As: Ira King
2015-10-13
River...
As: Ahmed
2015-11-24
Capital...
As: Rob Singhal
2016-02-21
The Night Manager...
As: Dr. Barry Shaw
2017-10-01
Ghosted...
As: Billy
2019-04-15
Back to Life...
As: Martin
2018-04-08
Killing Eve...
As: Dr. Aditya Singh
2021-06-04
Sweet Tooth...
As: Andy Fisher
2022-06-13
Sherwood...
As: Hazim
2001-09-30
Law & Order: Crimina...
As: Darpan Banerjee
2006-03-03
Conviction...
As: Sami Kierce
2024-01-01
Fool Me Once...
As: Sam Gill
2021-10-31
Showtrial...
As: George Dhot
2013-04-29
The Job Lot...
As: Thénardier
2018-12-30
Les Misérables...