Adeel Akhtar

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1980-09-18 (45 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Adeel Akhtar

Biography

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...

Acting

2022

Enola Holmes 2

as Lestrade

2008

Traitor

as Hamzi

2010

Four Lions

as Faisal

2022

2023

Murder Mystery 2

as The Maharajah

2012

The Dictator

as Maroush

2013

2023

The Puppet Asylum

as The Narrator

2015

Convenience

as Shaan

2015

2013

Jadoo

as Vinod

2015

Pan

as Sam "Smee" Smiegel

2016

2017

The Big Sick

as Naveed Nanjiani

2016

2016

The Last Dragonslayer

as Mr. Brittles

2017

Victoria & Abdul

as Mohammed

2019

The Show

as Carpenter

2017

Hampstead

as Donald's Lawyer

2019

Murder Mystery

as The Maharajah

2020

The Nest

as Steve

2020

Enola Holmes

as Lestrade

2019

Raagni - The Movie

as Maulana Wahdi

2022

Ali & Ava

as Ali

2021

Robin Robin

as Dad Mouse (voice)

2023

The Walk

as Amar

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