1980-09-18 ( 44 years old ) in London, England, UK
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.
Movies
Dickens: Phantoms and Fiction
2023-12-21
The Walk
2023-10-04
The Puppet Asylum
2023-09-01
Murder Mystery 2
2023-03-28
Enola Holmes 2
2022-11-30
Ali & Ava
2022-03-02
Save the Cinema
2022-01-14
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021-10-21
Robin Robin
2021-10-09
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
2021-09-10
Enola Holmes
2020-09-23
The Nest
2020-05-08
Raagni - The Movie
2019-11-15
The Show
2019-06-16
Murder Mystery
2019-05-25
Swimming with Men
2018-07-06
Victoria & Abdul
2017-09-13
Hampstead
2017-06-23
The Big Sick
2017-03-30
The Last Dragonslayer
2016-12-25
The Circuit
2016-08-25
Murdered by My Father
2016-03-29
Convenience
2015-10-02
Pan
2015-09-24
War Book
2015-08-07
Keeping Up with the Joneses
2013-10-18
Jadoo
2013-09-06
Stranger Things
2013-04-05
The Dictator
2012-05-15
Four Lions
2010-05-07
Traitor
2008-08-23
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