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Adeel Akhtar
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…
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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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2026
Elsinore
Movie Shahid
- 2026
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2025
National Theatre Live: The Estate
Movie Angad Singh
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2025
Down Cemetery Road
TV show Hamza Malik
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2024
Black Doves
TV show Prime Minister Eaves
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2024
Fool Me Once
TV show Sami Kierce
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2023
Dickens: Phantoms and Fiction
Movie Readings
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2023
The Walk
Movie Amar
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2023
The Puppet Asylum
Movie The Narrator
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2023
Murder Mystery 2
Movie The Maharajah
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2022
Enola Holmes 2
Movie Lestrade
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2022
Sherwood
TV show Andy Fisher
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2022
Ali & Ava
Movie Ali
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2022
Save the Cinema
Movie Tom
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2021
Showtrial
TV show Sam Malik
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2021
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Movie Dan Rider
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2021
Robin Robin
Movie Dad Mouse (voice)
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2021
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Movie Iman Masood
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2021
Sweet Tooth
TV show Dr. Aditya Singh
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2020
Enola Holmes
Movie Lestrade
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2020
The Nest
Movie Steve
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2019
Raagni - The Movie
Movie Maulana Wahdi
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2019
The Show
Movie Carpenter
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2019
Murder Mystery
Movie The Maharajah
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2019
Back to Life
TV show Billy
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2018
Les Misérables
TV show Thénardier
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2018
Swimming with Men
Movie Kurt
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2018
Killing Eve
TV show Martin
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2017
Counterpart
TV show Casper
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2017
Ghosted
TV show Dr. Barry Shaw
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2017
Victoria & Abdul
Movie Mohammed
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2017
Hampstead
Movie Donald's Lawyer
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2017
The Big Sick
Movie Naveed Nanjiani
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2016
The Last Dragonslayer
Movie Mr. Brittles
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2016
The Circuit
Movie Gabe
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2016
Flowers
TV show Doctor
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2016
Murdered by My Father
Movie Shahzad
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2016
The Night Manager
TV show Rob Singhal
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2015
Capital
TV show Ahmed
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2015
River
TV show Ira King
