Antonio Aakeel

Acting

Born June 2, 1996, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK

Antonio Aakeel (born 2 June 1996) is a British actor, best known for Tomb Raider (2018), City of Tiny Lights (2016), and Three Girls (2017). Aakeel was born in Wolverhampton, England, to an Indian mother and English father. He moved around the West Midlands as a child; settling in Birmingham where he studied Acting. He honed his craft in local theatre, before moving to London and being scouted by a talent agent. Aakeel won his screen debut in the BAFTA award-winning drama series Skins (2007) out of 500 candidates who had applied to a nationwide 'Skins needs you' campaign searching for fresh acting talent. He appeared in series 3.

Filmography

• 2026Closing Time — Mo
• 2026Good Behaviour — Sal
• 2025Companion — Vir Oza
• 2025Let It Flow
• Sherlock & Daughter — Detective Swann
• 2025Sleep — Chris
• Too Much — Raven
• 2024In Camera — Actor Who Books Everything
• 2023All the Lights Still Burning
• 2023Footprints on Water — Rehan
• 2022I Came By — Faisal
• Slow Horses — Hassan Ahmed
• 2021Granada Nights — Ben
• Octonauts: Above & Beyond
• 2019Badla — Sunny Singh Toor
• 2019White Girl
• 2018Christmas at the Palace — Clerk
• 2018Eaten by Lions — Omar
• 2018Tomb Raider — Nitin
• Man Like Mobeen — Shahid
• 2017The Hungry — Chirag Joshi
• Three Girls — Immy
• 2016City of Tiny Lights — Young Lovely
• Skins — Shop Security
• Lessons in Pretending — Arun Khan, Director, Writer