Acting
Adeel Akhtar
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.
Filmography
Elsinore
Film · 2026
Letters to My Younger Future Self
Film · 2026
National Theatre Live: The Estate
Film · 2025
Down Cemetery Road
Series · 2025
Fool Me Once
Series · 2024
Black Doves
Series · 2024
Murder Mystery 2
Film · 2023
The Puppet Asylum
Film · 2023
Dickens: Phantoms and Fiction
Film · 2023
The Walk
Film · 2023
Enola Holmes 2
Film · 2022
Save the Cinema
Film · 2022
Ali & Ava
Film · 2022
Sherwood
Series · 2022
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Film · 2021
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Film · 2021
Robin Robin
Film · 2021
Showtrial
Series · 2021
Sweet Tooth
Series · 2021
The Nest
Film · 2020
Enola Holmes
Film · 2020
The Show
Film · 2019
Murder Mystery
Film · 2019
Raagni - The Movie
Film · 2019
Back to Life
Series · 2019
Swimming with Men
Film · 2018
Killing Eve
Series · 2018
Les Misérables
Series · 2018
The Big Sick
Film · 2017
Victoria & Abdul
Film · 2017
Hampstead
Film · 2017
Ghosted
Series · 2017
Counterpart
Series · 2017
Murdered by My Father
Film · 2016
The Circuit
Film · 2016
The Last Dragonslayer
Film · 2016
The Night Manager
Series · 2016
Flowers
Series · 2016
Convenience
Film · 2015
War Book
Film · 2015
Pan
Film · 2015
River
Series · 2015
Capital
Series · 2015
Stranger Things
Film · 2013
Jadoo
Film · 2013
Keeping Up with the Joneses
Film · 2013
Utopia
Series · 2013
The Job Lot
Series · 2013
The Dictator
Film · 2012
The Angelos Epithemiou Show
Series · 2012
Four Lions
Film · 2010
Traitor
Film · 2008
Conviction
Series · 2006
Who Do You Think You Are?
Series · 2004
Coming Up
Series · 2003
Coming Up
Series · 2003
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Series · 2001
The Ministry of Time
Series