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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

50

Gender

Male

Birthday

1980-09-18 (45 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As

아딜 액터

Adeel Ahktar

艾迪爾·阿克塔爾

عادل اختر

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, 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.

Known For

Acting

Enola Holmes 2

2022

Enola Holmes 2

as

Lestrade

Traitor

2008

Traitor

as

Hamzi

Four Lions

2010

Four Lions

as

Faisal

Murder Mystery 2

2023

Murder Mystery 2

as

The Maharajah

The Dictator

2012

The Dictator

as

Maroush

Stranger Things

2013

Stranger Things

as

Mani

The Puppet Asylum

2023

The Puppet Asylum

as

The Narrator

Convenience

2015

Convenience

as

Shaan

War Book

2015

War Book

as

Mo

Jadoo

2013

Jadoo

as

Vinod

Pan

2015

Pan

as

Sam "Smee" Smiegel

The Big Sick

2017

The Big Sick

as

Naveed Nanjiani

The Circuit

2016

The Circuit

as

Gabe

The Last Dragonslayer

2016

The Last Dragonslayer

as

Mr. Brittles

Victoria & Abdul

2017

Victoria & Abdul

as

Mohammed

The Show

2019

The Show

as

Carpenter

Hampstead

2017

Hampstead

as

Donald's Lawyer

Murder Mystery

2019

Murder Mystery

as

The Maharajah

The Nest

2020

The Nest

as

Steve

Enola Holmes

2020

Enola Holmes

as

Lestrade

Raagni - The Movie

2019

Raagni - The Movie

as

Maulana Wahdi

Ali & Ava

2022

Ali & Ava

as

Ali

Robin Robin

2021

Robin Robin

as

Dad Mouse (voice)

The Walk

2023

The Walk

as

Amar

Utopia

Utopia

as

Wilson Wilson

River

River

as

Ira King

The Night Manager

The Night Manager

as

Rob Singhal

Capital

Capital

as

Ahmed

Showtrial

Showtrial

as

Sam Gill

Ghosted

Ghosted

as

Dr. Barry Shaw

Sherwood

Sherwood

as

Andy Fisher

The Job Lot

The Job Lot

as

George Dhot

Killing Eve

Killing Eve

as

Martin

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

as

Thénardier

Conviction

Conviction

as

Darpan Banerjee

Fool Me Once

Fool Me Once

as

Sami Kierce

Sweet Tooth

Sweet Tooth

as

Dr. Aditya Singh

Black Doves

Black Doves

as

Prime Minister Eaves

Flowers

Flowers

as

Doctor

Production

Crew

Directing