Adeel Akhtar

Actor | Producer

Akhtar is known for the bumbling Muslim extremist Faisal in Chris Morris's film Four Lions. Other comedic performance...

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Murder Mystery 2

Murder Mystery 2

... 2023

Enola Holmes 2

Enola Holmes 2

... 2022

Murder Mystery

Murder Mystery

... 2019

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

... 2021

Save the Cinema

Save the Cinema

... 2022

Fullname:

Adeel Akhtar

Date of Birth:

1980-09-18

Country:

London, England, UK

Biography of

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.

Biography of

Adeel Akhtar

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Biography of

Adeel Akhtar

Found movies in total

Marshland

Marshland

... 2014

Playing for Keeps

Playing for Keeps

... 2012

Children of the Corn

Children of the Corn

... 2023

Leave

Leave

... 2022

Black Panther

Black Panther

... 2013

Divergent

Divergent

... 2014

Little Women

Little Women

... 1994

You've Got This

You've Got This

... 2020

Don Jon

Don Jon

... 2013