Adeel Akhtar
British actor
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| 2024 | Scheduled to perform in 'The Cherry Orchard' as Lopakhin at Donmar Warehouse |
| 2023 | Appeared in 'Murder Mystery 2' as The Maharajah, and several short films including 'F.O.G' as Sanjay, 'The Puppet Asylum' as The Narrator, and 'The Walk' as Amar |
| 2023 | Won the Outstanding Supporting Performance at the Children's and Family Emmy Awards for his role in 'Sweet Tooth'. |
| 2022 | Adeel Akhtar was nominated for a British Academy Film Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for the film Ali & Ava |
| 2022 | Won Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Performance for 'Sweet Tooth' |
| 2022 | Reprised role as Inspector Lestrade in 'Enola Holmes 2' and appeared in 'Save the Cinema' as Mayor Tom |
| 2022 | Received the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in 'Sherwood'. |
| 2021 | Nominated for Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Performance for 'Sweet Tooth' |
| 2021 | Nominated for British Academy Film Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for 'Ali & Ava'. Also appeared in 'Everybody's Talking About Jamie', 'The Electrical Life of Louis Wain', and voiced Dad Mouse in 'Robin Robin' short film |
| 2021 | Returned for the second series of Back to Life. |
| 2019 | Appeared as Billy in the BBC Three series Back to Life, written by Daisy Haggard and Laura Solon. |
| 2017 | Starred in the American romantic comedy film The Big Sick, playing the role of Naveed, the protagonist's brother. |
| 2017 | Won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his role in 'Murdered by My Father'. |
| 2016 | Won British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for 'Murdered by My Father' |
| 2016 | Appeared in the BBC one-off drama Murdered by My Father as Shahzad. |
| 2015 | Played Smee in the film 'Pan' |
| 2014 | Akhtar played Wilson Wilson in the Channel 4 series Utopia, earning a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 2015. |
| 2013 | Nominated for British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor for 'Utopia' |
| 2013 | Starred in multiple films including 'Jadoo' as Vinod, 'Convenience' as Shaan, and short films 'The Cost of Living' and 'Keeping Up with the Joneses' |
| 2012 | Appeared in 'The Dictator' as Maroush |
| 2011 | Began performing in 'Hamlet' as Guildenstern and Francisco at Young Vic Theatre, continuing through 2012 |
| 2010 | Performed in 'Satyagraha' as part of the ensemble with Improbable theatre |
| 2010 | Adeel Akhtar appears in multiple films including 'Four Lions' as Faisal, 'Side by Side' as Isaac, and 'Stranger Things' |
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