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Adeel Akhtar

British actor

Not to be confused with Aadeel Akhtar.

Adeel Akhtar is a British actor. He is known for his role in Murdered by My Father, for which he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in He is also known for Utopia, Ali & Ava, and Sherwood (), for which he received the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor.

He won the Outstanding Supporting Performance at the Children's and Family Emmy Awards for his role in Sweet Tooth in

Early life and education

Adeel Akhtar was born in London, to a Pakistani father and a Indo-Kenyan mother.[1]

He was educated at Cheltenham College[1] Junior School from to and then moved to Cheltenham College in Newick House from to He completed a degree in law from Oxford Brookes University in but decided to follow his passion and change to acting, training at the Actors Studio Drama School, then within The New School, in New York.[2]

Career

Akhtar's first major role was as the bumbling Muslim extremist Faisal in Chris Morris's film Four Lions.[3] Other comedic performances include Gupta in The Angelos Epithemiou Show,[4] Maroush in The Dictator[4] and Smee in Joe Wright 'sPan.[5]

Akhtar has also won acclaim for his dramatic performances: in , he was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Wilson Wilson on Channel 4's Utopia.[6] He played shopkeeper Ahmed alongside Toby Jones in the BBC mini-series Capital,[7] and DS Ira King in the BBC's River.[8] 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".[9]

In , Akhtar appeared as Shahzad in the BBC one-off drama Murdered by My Father. He won the BAFTA award for Lead Actor for this role,[10] the first non-white actor to do so.

In he also took part in the American romantic comedy film The Big Sick, playing the role of the protagonist's brother, Naveed.[11] He appeared as Rob Singhal in the acclaimed BBC miniseries based on John le Carré's The Night Manager.[12] In , Akhtar appeared as Billy in the BBC Three series, Back to Life, written by Daisy Haggard and Laura Solon, returning in for the second series.[13]

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

Accolades

References

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  2. ^Fisher, Alice; John, Emma; Shaitly, Shahesta (11 May ). "Dominic West, Adeel Akhtar, Rory Kinnear, Andrew Buchan, Jodie Whittaker, Julie Hesmondhalgh and Simon Bird: Bafta TV awards ".

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    "Amanda Seyfried Joins Warner Bros.' Peter Pan Adaptation". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 June

  6. ^"Who should win best supporting actor at the TV Baftas ?". Radio Times. 6 May Archived from the original on 27 May
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    BBC iPlayer. 24 November Retrieved 21 June

  8. ^"River | Episode 1". BBC iPlayer. 13 October Retrieved 21 June
  9. ^Hogan, Michael (17 November ). "River, episode six, review: 'one of the year's best home-grown TV dramas'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 21 June (subscription required)
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  11. ^"Bafta TV awards: Adeel Akhtar is first non-white best actor winner". BBC News. 15 May Retrieved 21 June
  12. ^"The Night Manager". BBC iPlayer. 10 January Retrieved 21 June
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    "Back to Life season 3: Release date rumours, cast, plot and news around BBC Three comedy-drama's return". Radio Times.

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