Adeel Akhtar
- Recitazione
- 18 settembre 1980 · London, England, UK
Biografia
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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Filmografia
- Elsinore · Shahid
- Letters to My Younger Future Self
- National Theatre Live: The Estate · Angad Singh
- Down Cemetery Road · Hamza Malik
- Black Doves · Prime Minister Eaves
- Un inganno di troppo · Sami Kierce
- Dickens: Phantoms and Fiction · Readings
- The Walk · Amar
- The Puppet Asylum · The Narrator
- Murder Mystery 2 · Maharajah
- Enola Holmes 2 · Lestrade
- Sherwood · Andy Fisher
- Ali & Ava - Storia di un incontro · Ali
- Save the Cinema · Tom
- Showtrial · Sam Malik
- Il visionario mondo di Louis Wain · Dan Rider
- Un pettirosso di nome Patty · Dad Mouse (Voce)
- Tutti parlano di Jamie · Iman Masood
- Sweet Tooth · Dr. Aditya Singh
- Enola Holmes · Lestrade
- The Nest - L'inganno · Steve
- Raagni - The Movie · Maulana Wahdi
- The Show · Carpenter
- Murder Mystery · Maharajah
- Back to Life · Billy
- I miserabili · Thénardier
- Swimming with Men · Kurt
- Killing Eve · Martin
- Counterpart · Casper
- Ghosted · Dr. Barry Shaw
- Vittoria e Abdul · Mohammed
- Appuntamento al parco · Donald's Lawyer
- The Big Sick - Il matrimonio si può evitare... l'amore no · Naveed Nanjiani
- The Last Dragonslayer · Mr. Brittles
- The Circuit · Gabe
- Flowers · Doctor
- Murdered by My Father · Shahzad
- The Night Manager · Rob Singhal
- Capital · Ahmed
- River · Ira King
- Convenience · Shaan
- Pan - Viaggio sull'isola che non c'è · Sam "Smee" Smiegel
- War Book · Mo
- Keeping Up with the Joneses · Jerry
- Jadoo · Vinod
- The Job Lot · George Dhot
- Stranger Things · Mani
- Utopia · Wilson Wilson
- The Angelos Epithemiou Show · Gupta
- Il dittatore · Maroush
- Four Lions · Faisal
- Traitor · Hamzi
- Conviction · Darpan Banerjee
- Who Do You Think You Are? · In persona
- Coming Up · Hasan, Baz
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent · Hazim
- The Ministry of Time · Quentin Ackerly