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.
Born: 18 September 1980
Played In
National Theatre Live: The Estate
Angad Singh
Down Cemetery Road
Hamza Malik
Black Doves
Prime Minister Eaves
Fool Me Once
Sami Kierce
Dickens: Phantoms and Fiction
Readings
The Walk
Amar
The Puppet Asylum
The Narrator
Murder Mystery 2
The Maharajah
Enola Holmes 2
Lestrade
Sherwood
Andy Fisher
Ali & Ava
Ali
Save the Cinema
Tom
Showtrial
Sam Malik
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Dan Rider
Robin Robin
Dad Mouse (voice)
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Iman Masood
Sweet Tooth
Dr. Aditya Singh
Enola Holmes
Lestrade
The Nest
Steve
Raagni - The Movie
Maulana Wahdi
The Show
Carpenter
Murder Mystery
The Maharajah
Back to Life
Billy
Les Misérables
Thénardier
Swimming with Men
Kurt
Killing Eve
Martin
Counterpart
Casper
Ghosted
Dr. Barry Shaw
Victoria & Abdul
Mohammed
Hampstead
Donald's Lawyer
The Big Sick
Naveed Nanjiani
The Last Dragonslayer
Mr. Brittles
The Circuit
Gabe
Flowers
Doctor
Murdered by My Father
Shahzad
The Night Manager
Rob Singhal
Capital
Ahmed
River
Ira King
Convenience
Shaan
Pan
Sam "Smee" Smiegel
War Book
Mo
Keeping Up with the Joneses
Jerry
Jadoo
Vinod
The Job Lot
George Dhot
Stranger Things
Mani
Utopia
Wilson Wilson
Utopia
Wilson Wilson
Utopia
Wilson Wilson
The Angelos Epithemiou Show
Gupta
The Dictator
Maroush
Four Lions
Faisal
Traitor
Hamzi
Conviction
Darpan Banerjee
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Hazim
Elsinore