Acting credits
54
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Adeel Akhtar
Acting
Career Snapshot
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2.5
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Movies: 33Series: 21
TMDB ID: 81840
IMDb ID: nm2253821
Known for: Acting
Born: September 18, 1980
Age: 46
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2001 - 2026
Years active: 26
Average TMDB rating: 6.93
Wikidata: Q4681497
Also known as
아딜 액터 • Adeel Ahktar • عادل اختر
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.
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Movie credits linked with Adeel Akhtar.
Nov 20
Elsinore
as Shahid
2026 Movie
National Theatre Live: The Estate
as Angad Singh
2025 Movie
Dickens: Phantoms and Fiction
as Readings
2023 Movie
The Walk
as Amar
2023 Movie
The Puppet Asylum
as The Narrator
2023 Movie
Murder Mystery 2
as Maharajah
2023 Movie
Enola Holmes 2
as Lestrade
2022 Movie
Ali & Ava
as Ali
2022 Movie
Save the Cinema
as Tom
2022 Movie
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
as Dan Rider
2021 Movie
Robin Robin
as Dad Mouse (voice)
2021 Movie
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
as Iman Masood
2021 Movie
Enola Holmes
as Lestrade
2020 Movie
The Nest
as Steve
2020 Movie
Raagni - The Movie
as Maulana Wahdi
2019 Movie
The Show
as Carpenter
2019 Movie
Murder Mystery
as Maharajah
2019 Movie
Swimming with Men
as Kurt
2018 Movie
Victoria & Abdul
as Mohammed
2017 Movie
Hampstead
as Donald's Lawyer
2017 Movie
The Big Sick
as Naveed Nanjiani
2017 Movie
The Last Dragonslayer
as Mr. Brittles
2016 Movie
The Circuit
as Gabe
2016 Movie
Murdered by My Father
as Shahzad
2016 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Adeel Akhtar.
Down Cemetery Road
as Hamza Malik • 8 eps
2025 Series
Black Doves
as Prime Minister Eaves • 3 eps
2024 Series
Fool Me Once
as Sami Kierce • 8 eps
2024 Series
Sherwood
as Andy Fisher • 6 eps
2022 Series
Showtrial
as Sam Malik • 5 eps
2021 Series
Sweet Tooth
as Dr. Aditya Singh • 24 eps
2021 Series
Back to Life
as Billy • 12 eps
2019 Series
Les Misérables
as Thénardier • 6 eps
2018 Series
Killing Eve
as Martin • 5 eps
2018 Series
Counterpart
as Casper • 2 eps
2017 Series
Ghosted
as Dr. Barry Shaw • 16 eps
2017 Series
Flowers
as Doctor • 1 eps
2016 Series
The Night Manager
as Rob Singhal • 6 eps
2016 Series
Capital
as Ahmed • 3 eps
2015 Series
River
as Ira King • 6 eps
2015 Series
The Job Lot
as George Dhot • 9 eps
2013 Series
Utopia
as Wilson Wilson • 12 eps
2013 Series
The Angelos Epithemiou Show
as Gupta • 6 eps
2012 Series
Conviction
as Darpan Banerjee • 1 eps
2006 Series
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self • 1 eps
2004 Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Hazim • 1 eps
2001 Series