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.

Фільмографія

• 2026Elsinore — Shahid
• 2026Letters to My Younger Future Self
• 2025National Theatre Live: The Estate — Angad Singh
• Дорога на кладовище — Hamza Malik
• Твоя перша остання брехня — Sami Kierce
• Чорні голуби — Prime Minister Eaves
• 2023Dickens: Phantoms and Fiction — Readings
• 2023The Puppet Asylum — The Narrator
• 2023The Walk — Amar
• 2023Загадкове вбивство 2 — Maharajah
• 2022Ali & Ava — Ali
• 2022Save the Cinema — Tom
• 2022Енола Холмс 2 — Lestrade
• Шервуд — Andy Fisher
• 2021Everybody's Talking About Jamie — Iman Masood
• 2021Robin Robin — Dad Mouse (voice)
• Showtrial — Sam Malik
• 2021Котячі світи Луїса Вейна — Dan Rider
• Ласун — Dr. Aditya Singh
• 2020Гніздо — Steve
• 2020Енола Холмс — Lestrade
• Back to Life — Billy
• 2019Raagni - The Movie — Maulana Wahdi
• 2019The Show — Carpenter
• 2019Загадкове вбивство — Maharajah
• 2018Swimming with Men — Kurt
• Вбиваючи Єву — Martin
• Знедолені — Thénardier
• Ghosted — Dr. Barry Shaw
• 2017Hampstead — Donald's Lawyer
• 2017Вікторія й Абдул — Mohammed
• 2017Кохання – хвороба — Naveed Nanjiani
• По той бік — Casper
• Flowers — Doctor
• 2016Murdered by My Father — Shahzad
• 2016The Circuit — Gabe
• 2016The Last Dragonslayer — Mr. Brittles
• Нічний адміністратор — Rob Singhal
• Capital — Ahmed
• 2015Convenience — Shaan
• River — Ira King
• 2015War Book — Mo
• 2015Пен: подорож до Небувалії — Sam "Smee" Smiegel
• 2013Jadoo — Vinod
• 2013Keeping Up with the Joneses — Jerry
• 2013Stranger Things — Mani
• The Job Lot — George Dhot
• Утопія — Wilson Wilson
• The Angelos Epithemiou Show — Gupta
• 2012Диктатор — Maroush
• 2010Чотири леви — Faisal
• 2008Зрадник — Hamzi
• Conviction — Darpan Banerjee
• Закон і порядок: злочинні наміри — Hazim
• The Ministry of Time — Quentin Ackerly

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