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Adeel Akhtar

Adeel Akhtar

Birthday: 1980-09-18 | Place of Birth: London, England, UK

Akhtar is known for the bumbling Muslim extremist Faisal in Chris Morris's film Four Lions.[3] Other comedic performances include Gupta in The Angelos Epithemiou Show,[4] Maroush in The Dictator[4] and Smee in Joe Wright and Pan.[5] 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.[6] He played shopkeeper Ahmed alongside Toby Jones in the BBC mini-series Capital,[7] and DS Ira King in the BBC's River.[8] 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".[9] 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,[10] the first non-white actor to do so.[11] He also appeared as Rob Singhal in the acclaimed BBC miniseries based on John le Carré's The Night Manager.[12] His latest role is as Billy in the 2019 critically acclaimed series on BBC Three, Back to Life, written by Daisy Haggard and Laura Salon. Adeel became a patron of Half Moon Theatre in autumn 2016.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Ali & Ava

as    Ali

2021
Robin Robin

as    Dad Mouse (voice)

2021
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

as    Dan Rider

2021
Sweet Tooth

as    Dr. Aditya Singh

2021
Everybody's Talking About Jamie

as    Iman Masood

2020
Enola Holmes

as    Lestrade

2020
The Nest

as    Steve

2019
Back to Life

as    Billy

2019
The Show

as    Carpenter

2019
Hampstead

as    Donald's Lawyer

2019
Raagni - The Movie

as    Maulana Wahdi

2019
Murder Mystery

as    The Maharajah

2018
Swimming with Men

as    Kurt

2018
Les Misérables

as    Monsieur Thénardier

2017
Ghosted

as    Dr. Barry Shaw

2017
Victoria & Abdul

as    Mohammed

2017
The Big Sick

as    Naveed Nanjiani

2015
River

as    Ira King

2015
River

as    Ira King

2015
Pan

as    Sam Smiegel

2015
Convenience

as    Shaan

2013
Jadoo

as    Vinod

2013
Utopia

as    Wilson Wilson

2012
The Angelos Epithemiou Show

as    Gupta

2012
The Dictator

as    Maroush

2010
Four Lions

as    Faisal

2008
Traitor

as    Hamzi