Adeel Akhtar

Adeel Akhtar

Acting

Birthday

1980/09/18 (44 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also know as

아딜 액터, Adeel Ahktar, 艾迪爾·阿克塔爾, 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 i...Read more

Acting
Enola Holmes 2
7.3

(2022) Enola Holmes 2

as Lestrade

Traitor
6.6

(2008) Traitor

as Hamzi

Four Lions
7.0

(2010) Four Lions

as Faisal

Save the Cinema
6.2

(2022) Save the Cinema

as Tom

Murder Mystery 2
6.4

(2023) Murder Mystery 2

as The Maharajah

The Dictator
6.2

(2012) The Dictator

as Maroush

Stranger Things
8.6

(2013) Stranger Things

as Mani

The Puppet Asylum
6.6

(2023) The Puppet Asylum

as The Narrator

Convenience
5.8

(2015) Convenience

as Shaan

War Book
5.3

(2015) War Book

as Mo

Dickens: Phantoms and Fiction
10.0

(2023) Dickens: Phantoms and Fiction

as Readings

Jadoo
5.5

(2013) Jadoo

as Vinod

Pan
6.0

(2015) Pan

as Sam "Smee" Smiegel

Murdered by My Father
6.4

(2016) Murdered by My Father

as Shahzad

The Big Sick
7.3

(2017) The Big Sick

as Naveed Nanjiani

7.0

(2016) The Circuit

as Gabe

Keeping Up with the Joneses
5.9

(2013) Keeping Up with the Joneses

as Jerry

The Last Dragonslayer
6.0

(2016) The Last Dragonslayer

as Mr. Brittles

Victoria & Abdul
6.9

(2017) Victoria & Abdul

as Mohammed

The Show
0.0

(2019) The Show

as Carpenter

Hampstead
6.0

(2017) Hampstead

as Donald's Lawyer

Swimming with Men
6.1

(2018) Swimming with Men

as Kurt

Murder Mystery
6.3

(2019) Murder Mystery

as The Maharajah

The Nest
6.1

(2020) The Nest

as Steve

Enola Holmes
7.3

(2020) Enola Holmes

as Lestrade

Everybody's Talking About Jamie
6.2

(2021) Everybody's Talking About Jamie

as Iman Masood

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
6.9

(2021) The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

as Dan Rider

Raagni - The Movie
0.0

(2019) Raagni - The Movie

as Maulana Wahdi

Ali & Ava
6.9

(2022) Ali & Ava

as Ali

Robin Robin
7.1

(2021) Robin Robin

as Dad Mouse (voice)

The Walk
5.0

(2023) The Walk

as Amar

Utopia
8.0

(2013) Utopia

as Wilson Wilson

River
7.4

(2015) River

as Ira King

The Angelos Epithemiou Show
0.0

(2012) The Angelos Epithemiou Show

as Gupta

The Night Manager
7.8

(2016) The Night Manager

as Rob Singhal

Capital
7.1

(2015) Capital

as Ahmed

Showtrial
6.9

(2021) Showtrial

as Sam Gill

Ghosted
6.4

(2017) Ghosted

as Dr. Barry Shaw

Sherwood
7.0

(2022) Sherwood

as Andy Fisher

The Job Lot
7.3

(2013) The Job Lot

as George Dhot

Killing Eve
8.0

(2018) Killing Eve

as Martin

Back to Life
7.4

(2019) Back to Life

as Billy

Les Misérables
7.3

(2018) Les Misérables

as Thénardier

Conviction
5.9

(2006) Conviction

as Darpan Banerjee

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
7.6

(2001) Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Hazim

Fool Me Once
7.2

(2024) Fool Me Once

as Sami Kierce

Sweet Tooth
7.8

(2021) Sweet Tooth

as Dr. Aditya Singh

0.0

Down Cemetery Road

as Hamza

Black Doves
7.2

(2024) Black Doves

as Prime Minister Eaves