Adeel Akhtar
Adeel Akhtar
Adeel Akhtar has appeared in 15 movies on CringeMDb. 5 contain sex scenes, nudity or sexual violence, and 10 do not.
- Most recent parent-safe movie: Murder Mystery 2 (2023)
- Most recent with adult content: The Nest (2020)
Born September 18, 1980 · Known for acting
33.3% Featured Movie Cringe Score (15 movies)
Adeel Akhtar Movie Credits
Certified Parent-Safe
Enola Holmes 2
...as Lestrade
Traitor
...as Hamzi
Murder Mystery 2
...as The Maharajah
Pan
...as Sam "Smee" Smiegel
Victoria & Abdul
...as Mohammed
Hampstead
...as Donald's Lawyer
Enola Holmes
...as Lestrade
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
...as Iman Masood
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
...as Dan Rider
Robin Robin
...as Dad Mouse (voice)
Certified Cringeworthy
Four Lions
...as Faisal
The Dictator
...as Maroush
The Big Sick
...as Naveed Nanjiani
Murder Mystery
...as The Maharajah
The Nest
...as Steve
About 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.
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