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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Black Doves as Richard Eaves
- 2024 · Fool Me Once as Sami Kierce
- 2023 · Dickens: Phantoms and Fiction as Readings
- 2023 · The Puppet Asylum as The Narrator
- 2023 · Murder Mystery 2 as The Maharajah
- 2022 · Enola Holmes 2 as Lestrade
- 2022 · Sherwood as Andy Fisher
- 2022 · Save the Cinema as Tom
- 2021 · Ali & Ava as Ali
- 2021 · Showtrial as Sam Gill
- 2021 · The Electrical Life of Louis Wain as Dan Rider
- 2021 · Robin Robin as Dad Mouse (voice)
- 2021 · Everybody's Talking About Jamie as Iman Masood
- 2021 · Sweet Tooth as Dr. Aditya Singh
- 2020 · Enola Holmes as Lestrade
- 2020 · The Nest as Steve
- 2019 · Raagni - The Movie as Maulana Wahdi
- 2019 · The Show as Carpenter
- 2019 · Murder Mystery as The Maharajah
- 2019 · Back to Life as Billy
- 2018 · Les Misérables as Thénardier
- 2018 · Swimming with Men as Kurt
- 2018 · Killing Eve as Martin
- 2017 · Ghosted as Dr. Barry Shaw
- 2017 · Victoria & Abdul as Mohammed
- 2017 · Hampstead as Donald's Lawyer
- 2017 · The Big Sick as Naveed Nanjiani
- 2016 · The Last Dragonslayer as Mr. Brittles
- 2016 · The Circuit as Gabe
- 2016 · Murdered by My Father as Shahzad
- 2016 · The Night Manager as Rob Singhal
- 2015 · Capital as Ahmed
- 2015 · River as Ira King
- 2015 · Convenience as Shaan
- 2015 · Pan as Sam Smiegel
- 2015 · War Book as Mo
- 2013 · Keeping Up with the Joneses as Jerry
- 2013 · Jadoo as Vinod
- 2013 · The Job Lot as George Dhot
- 2013 · Stranger Things as Mani
- 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
- 2006 · Conviction as Darpan Banerjee
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Hazim
- 2024 · Down Cemetery Road as Hamza