Adeel Akhtar

Adeel Akhtar

Actor Sep 18 (age 45) London, England, UK 2001–2025 (24 year career)

6.8 avg rating

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…

Known For

Enola Holmes

Enola Holmes

Lestrade

The Big Sick

The Big Sick

Naveed Nanjiani

Sweet Tooth

Sweet Tooth

Dr. Aditya Singh

The Night Manager

The Night Manager

Rob Singhal

Enola Holmes 2

Enola Holmes 2

Lestrade

The Dictator

The Dictator

Maroush

Murder Mystery

Murder Mystery

The Maharajah

Utopia

Utopia

Wilson Wilson

Filmography

Acting (53)

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Movies (33)

National Theatre Live: The Estate

National Theatre Live: The Estate

as Angad Singh

Murder Mystery 2

Murder Mystery 2

as The Maharajah

The Walk

The Walk

as Amar

Dickens: Phantoms and Fiction

Dickens: Phantoms and Fiction

as Readings

The Puppet Asylum

The Puppet Asylum

as The Narrator

Enola Holmes 2

Enola Holmes 2

as Lestrade

Save the Cinema

Save the Cinema

as Tom

Ali & Ava

Ali & Ava

as Ali

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

as Dan Rider

Robin Robin

Robin Robin

as Dad Mouse (voice)

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

as Iman Masood

Enola Holmes

Enola Holmes

as Lestrade

The Nest

The Nest

as Steve

Murder Mystery

Murder Mystery

as The Maharajah

The Show

as Carpenter

Raagni - The Movie

Raagni - The Movie

as Maulana Wahdi

Swimming with Men

Swimming with Men

as Kurt

The Big Sick

The Big Sick

as Naveed Nanjiani

Victoria & Abdul

Victoria & Abdul

as Mohammed

Hampstead

Hampstead

as Donald's Lawyer

Murdered by My Father

Murdered by My Father

as Shahzad

The Last Dragonslayer

The Last Dragonslayer

as Mr. Brittles

The Circuit

The Circuit

as Gabe

Pan

Pan

as Sam "Smee" Smiegel

Convenience

Convenience

as Shaan

War Book

War Book

as Mo

Stranger Things

Stranger Things

as Mani

Jadoo

Jadoo

as Vinod

Keeping Up with the Joneses

Keeping Up with the Joneses

as Jerry

The Dictator

The Dictator

as Maroush

Four Lions

Four Lions

as Faisal

Traitor

Traitor

as Hamzi

Elsinore

Television (20)

Down Cemetery Road

Down Cemetery Road

as Hamza Malik

Black Doves

Black Doves

as Prime Minister Eaves

Fool Me Once

Fool Me Once

as Sami Kierce

Sherwood

Sherwood

as Andy Fisher

Sweet Tooth

Sweet Tooth

as Dr. Aditya Singh

Showtrial

Showtrial

as Sam Malik

Back to Life

Back to Life

as Billy

Killing Eve

Killing Eve

as Martin

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

as Thénardier

Counterpart

Counterpart

as Casper

Ghosted

Ghosted

as Dr. Barry Shaw

The Night Manager

The Night Manager

as Rob Singhal

Flowers

Flowers

as Doctor

River

River

as Ira King

Capital

Capital

as Ahmed

Utopia

Utopia

as Wilson Wilson

The Job Lot

The Job Lot

as George Dhot

The Angelos Epithemiou Show

The Angelos Epithemiou Show

as Gupta

Conviction

Conviction

as Darpan Banerjee

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Hazim