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.
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Films (34)
Elsinore
2026 · Shahid
Letters to My Younger Future Self
2026
National Theatre Live: The Estate
2025 · Angad Singh
Dickens: Phantoms and Fiction
2023 · Readings
The Walk
2023 · Amar
The Puppet Asylum
2023 · The Narrator
Meurtre et mystère 2
2023 · Maharajah
Enola Holmes 2
2022 · Lestrade
Ali & Ava
2022 · Ali
Salva el Teatro
2022 · Tom
La Vie extraordinaire de Louis Wain
2021 · Dan Rider
Ruby tombée du nid
2021 · Dad Mouse (voice)
Jamie
2021 · Iman Masood
Enola Holmes
2020 · Lestrade
The Nest
2020 · Steve
Raagni - The Movie
2019 · Maulana Wahdi
The Show
2019 · Carpenter
Meurtre et mystère
2019 · Maharajah
Regarde les hommes nager
2018 · Kurt
Confident Royal
2017 · Mohammed
Rencontre à Hampstead Park
2017 · Donald's Lawyer
Mal d'amour
2017 · Naveed Nanjiani
La dernière tueuse de dragons
2016 · Mr. Brittles
The Circuit
2016 · Gabe
Murdered by My Father
2016 · Shahzad
Convenience
2015 · Shaan
Pan
2015 · Sam "Smee" Smiegel
War Book
2015 · Mo
Keeping Up with the Joneses
2013 · Jerry
Jadoo
2013 · Vinod
Stranger Things
2013 · Mani
Le Dictateur
2012 · Maroush
We are Four Lions
2010 · Faisal
Trahison
2008 · Hamzi
Séries (23)
Down Cemetery Road : le chemin de la vérité
2025 · Hamza Malik
Black Doves
2024 · Prime Minister Eaves
Double piège
2024 · Sami Kierce
Sherwood
2022 · Andy Fisher
Showtrial
2021 · Sam Malik
Sweet Tooth
2021 · Dr. Aditya Singh
Back to Life
2019 · Billy
Los miserables
2018 · Thénardier
Killing Eve
2018 · Martin
Counterpart
2017 · Casper
Ghosted
2017 · Dr. Barry Shaw
Flowers
2016 · Doctor
El infiltrado
2016 · Rob Singhal
Main basse sur Pepys Road
2015 · Ahmed
River
2015 · Ira King
The Job Lot
2013 · George Dhot
Utopía
2013 · Wilson Wilson
The Angelos Epithemiou Show
2012 · Gupta
Rastro de los Culpables
2006 · Darpan Banerjee
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004 · Self
Coming Up
2003 · Hasan, Baz
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Hazim
The Ministry of Time
· Quentin Ackerly