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 i
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
Sep 18, 1980
London, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Movies
34 acting
0 crew
Popularity
1.4
Known For
The Dictator
2012
as Maroush
Enola Holmes
2020
as Lestrade
Enola Holmes 2
2022
as Lestrade
Pan
2015
as Sam "Smee" Smiegel
Murder Mystery
2019
as Maharajah
Murder Mystery 2
2023
as Maharajah
The Nest
2020
as Steve
The Big Sick
2017
as Naveed Nanjiani
Four Lions
2010
as Faisal
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021
as Dan Rider
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