Adeel Akhtar
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 i...
Known For
Filmography
Elsinore
2026
as Shahid
Letters to My Younger Future Self
2026
National Theatre Live: The Estate
2025
as Angad Singh
Down Cemetery Road
2025
as Hamza Malik
Fool Me Once
2024
as Sami Kierce
Black Doves
2024
as Prime Minister Eaves
Murder Mystery 2
2023
as Maharajah
The Puppet Asylum
2023
as The Narrator
Dickens: Phantoms and Fiction
2023
as Readings
The Walk
2023
as Amar
Enola Holmes 2
2022
as Lestrade
Save the Cinema
2022
as Tom
Ali & Ava
2022
as Ali
Sherwood
2022
as Andy Fisher
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
2021
as Iman Masood
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021
as Dan Rider
Robin Robin
2021
as Dad Mouse (voice)
Showtrial
2021
as Sam Malik
Sweet Tooth
2021
as Dr. Aditya Singh
The Nest
2020
as Steve
Enola Holmes
2020
as Lestrade
The Show
2019
as Carpenter
Murder Mystery
2019
as Maharajah
Raagni - The Movie
2019
as Maulana Wahdi
Back to Life
2019
as Billy
Swimming with Men
2018
as Kurt
Killing Eve
2018
as Martin
Les Misérables
2018
as Thénardier
The Big Sick
2017
as Naveed Nanjiani
Victoria & Abdul
2017
as Mohammed
Hampstead
2017
as Donald's Lawyer
Ghosted
2017
as Dr. Barry Shaw
Counterpart
2017
as Casper
Murdered by My Father
2016
as Shahzad
The Circuit
2016
as Gabe
The Last Dragonslayer
2016
as Mr. Brittles
The Night Manager
2016
as Rob Singhal
Flowers
2016
as Doctor
Convenience
2015
as Shaan
War Book
2015
as Mo
Pan
2015
as Sam "Smee" Smiegel
River
2015
as Ira King
Capital
2015
as Ahmed
Stranger Things
2013
as Mani
Jadoo
2013
as Vinod
Keeping Up with the Joneses
2013
as Jerry
Utopia
2013
as Wilson Wilson
Utopia
2013
as Wilson Wilson
Utopia
2013
as Wilson Wilson
The Job Lot
2013
as George Dhot
The Dictator
2012
as Maroush
The Angelos Epithemiou Show
2012
as Gupta
Four Lions
2010
as Faisal
Traitor
2008
as Hamzi
Conviction
2006
as Darpan Banerjee
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Hazim