
Adeel Akhtar
Anniversaire: 1980-09-18
Lieu de naissance: London, England, UK
Biographie: 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.

Traitor, 2008
Drame
Action
Thriller
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Four Lions, 2010
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Drame

The Dictator, 2012
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Pan, 2015
Fantaisie
Aventure
Action

The Big Sick, 2017
Comédie
Drame
Romance

Victoria & Abdul, 2017
Drame
Historique

Murder Mystery, 2019
Action
Comédie
Mystère

Enola Holmes, 2020
Aventure
Mystère
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The Nest, 2020
Drame

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, 2021
Drame
Historique
Comédie

Enola Holmes 2, 2022
Aventure
Mystère
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Murder Mystery 2, 2023
Mystère
Comédie
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