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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, and most of all, superbly acted. The quieter,... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Dickens: Phantoms and Fiction as Readings | 2023-12-21 |
The Puppet Asylum as The Narrator | 2023-09-01 |
Murder Mystery 2 as The Maharajah | 2023-03-28 |
Enola Holmes 2 as Lestrade | 2022-11-30 |
Save the Cinema as Tom | 2022-01-14 |
Ali & Ava as Ali | 2021-11-12 |
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain as Dan Rider | 2021-10-21 |
Robin Robin as Dad Mouse (voice) | 2021-10-09 |
Everybody's Talking About Jamie as Iman Masood | 2021-09-10 |
Enola Holmes as Lestrade | 2020-09-23 |
The Nest as Steve | 2020-05-08 |
Raagni - The Movie as Maulana Wahdi | 2019-11-15 |
The Show as Carpenter | 2019-06-16 |
Murder Mystery as The Maharajah | 2019-05-25 |
Swimming with Men as Kurt | 2018-07-06 |
Victoria & Abdul as Mohammed | 2017-09-13 |
Hampstead as Donald's Lawyer | 2017-06-23 |
The Big Sick as Naveed Nanjiani | 2017-03-30 |
The Last Dragonslayer as Mr. Brittles | 2016-12-25 |
The Circuit as Gabe | 2016-08-25 |
Murdered by My Father as Shahzad | 2016-03-29 |
Convenience as Shaan | 2015-10-02 |
Pan as Sam Smiegel | 2015-09-24 |
War Book as Mo | 2015-08-07 |
Keeping Up with the Joneses as Jerry | 2013-10-18 |
Jadoo as Vinod | 2013-09-06 |
Stranger Things as Mani | 2013-04-05 |
The Dictator as Maroush | 2012-05-15 |
Four Lions as Faisal | 2010-05-07 |
Traitor as Hamzi | 2008-08-23 |