Biography
Adeel Akhtar
Acting
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 Capita…
Career works
57
Movies
35
Series
22
Career average
6.9/10
Birth date
09/18/1980
Place of birth
London, England, UK
Filmography highlights
Movies
Elsinore
2026
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Letters to My Younger Future Self
2026
National Theatre Live: The Estate
2025
Dickens: Phantoms and Fiction
2023 · 10.0
The Walk
2023 · 5.0
The Puppet Asylum
2023 · 6.6
Murder Mystery 2
2023 · 6.4
Enola Holmes 2
2022 · 7.4
Ali & Ava
2022 · 6.7
Save the Cinema
2022 · 6.2
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021 · 6.9
Robin Robin
2021 · 7.0
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
2021 · 6.2
Enola Holmes
2020 · 7.2
The Nest
2020 · 6.1
Series
Down Cemetery Road
2025 · 6.8
Black Doves
2024 · 7.1
Fool Me Once
2024 · 7.1
Sherwood
2022 · 6.9
Showtrial
2021 · 6.9
Sweet Tooth
2021 · 7.8
Back to Life
2019 · 7.4
Les Misérables
2018 · 7.3
Killing Eve
2018 · 7.9
Counterpart
2017 · 7.5
Ghosted
2017 · 6.3
Flowers
2016 · 7.3
The Night Manager
2016 · 7.7
Capital
2015 · 7.1
River
2015 · 7.4