Adeel Akhtar
Known for: Acting
Born: September 18, 1980
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
War Book
2015
Murdered by My Father
2016
The Circuit
2016
Ali & Ava
2022
The Walk
2023
National Theatre Live: The Estate
2025
Utopia
2013
Stranger Things
2013
Convenience
2015
Dickens: Phantoms and Fiction
2023
Keeping Up with the Joneses
2013
Four Lions
2010
The Puppet Asylum
2023
The Last Dragonslayer
2016
Robin Robin
2021
Pan
2015
Victoria & Abdul
2017
The Show
2019
Swimming with Men
2018
The Nest
2020
Enola Holmes 2
2022
The Dictator
2012
Jadoo
2013
Enola Holmes
2020
The Big Sick
2017
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
2021
Murder Mystery 2
2023
Murder Mystery
2019
Raagni - The Movie
2019
Elsinore
Traitor
2008
Hampstead
2017
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021
Save the Cinema
2022
Utopia
2013
River
2015
The Angelos Epithemiou Show
2012
The Night Manager
2016
Capital
2015
Showtrial
2021
Ghosted
2017
Sherwood
2022
Killing Eve
2018
Back to Life
2019
Les Misérables
2018
Conviction
2006
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Fool Me Once
2024
Sweet Tooth
2021
Down Cemetery Road
2025
Black Doves
2024
Flowers
2016
Counterpart
2017
Utopia
2013
The Job Lot
2013