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Adeel Akhtar (born 18 September 1980) is an English actor.
Akhtar was born in London. He originally completed a degree in law, but decided to follow his passion and change to acting. He trained at the Actors Studio Drama School in New York.
Akhtar is noted for his role as the Muslim extremist Faisal in Chris Morris's comedy film Four Lions. He appeared as Gupta on The Angelos Epithemiou Show and as Maroush in The Dictator. He plays George in the The Job Lot and Ray in the supermarket based comedy Trollied.
In 2015, Akhtar was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor for his 2014 role as Wilson Wilson on Channel 4's Utopia. He played Mr. Smee in Joe Wright and Warner Bros.' movie Pan 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".
Actor Adeel Akhtar (Utopia, Four Lions) takes on our 60 second challenge, revealing his top tips for auditioning and what he wanted to be aged five...(it wasn't acting!) Enjoyed the video? Subscribe to our channel for new videos every week: http://bit.ly/1wud26i Stay up to date with the latest news from BAFTA: Twitter: @BAFTAGuru: https://twitter.com/BAFTAGuru @BAFTA: https://twitter.com/BAFTA @BAFTAGames: https://twitter.com/BAFTAGames Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bafta Instagram: http://instagram.com/bafta Tumblr: Film: http://bafta-film.tumblr.com/ TV: http://bafta-television.tumblr.com/ Games: http://bafta-games.tumblr.com/ Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/bafta/ Google+ : https://plus.google.com/+BAFTA/posts Sign up to receive our emails: http://guru.bafta.org/n...
Adeel Akhtar talking about his character for the opening script of the New Black showcase' 11
Actor Adeel Akhtar (Four Lions) and director Ron Eyal of Stranger Things eat a sandwich on an urban stoop near DeKalb Avenue in Brooklyn. Stranger Things screens as part of BAMcinemaFest on Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 4:15pm
Performed by Adeel Akhtar and Dom Coyote Directed by Jared Raab and Alexis Burke www.domcoyote.com
The actor talks to Digital Spy about the cancelation of Utopia and the possibility of a comeback. Follow Digital Spy on Twitter at http://twitter.com/digitalspy Like Digital Spy on Facebook at http://fb.com/digitalspyuk
BAFTA Nominee Adeel Akhtar talks about Dom Coyote's Kickstarter Campaign for Songs for the End of the World. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/songsfortheend/songs-for-the-end-of-the-world Songs for the End of the World will premiere at Vault Festival, London, Feb 17 - Feb 21 http://www.vaultfestival.com/event/songs-for-the-end-of-the-world/2016-02-17/
RELEASE DATE: October 9, 2015 DIRECTOR: Joe Wright CAST: Hugh Jackman, Levi Miller, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara, Amanda Seyfried, Cara Delevingne PLOT: The story of an orphan named Peter Pan who is spirited away to the magical Neverland. There, he finds the fun and dangers in this world where he meets James Hook and helps to fight the evil pirate Blackbeard. SUBSCRIBE: http://goo.gl/mHkEX9 FOLLOW US: http://goo.gl/7SoFjW LIKE US: http://goo.gl/6srxoU Check out Movie Behind the Scenes, Interviews, Movie Red Carpet Premieres, Broll and more from ScreenSlam.com Part of the Maker Studios
We sat down with Adeel Akhtar to talk Jadoo. JADOO HITS UK CINEMAS 6TH SEPTEMBER: http://jadoomovie.com/uk-screenings/ Join us on: https://www.facebook.com/jadoomovie https://twitter.com/JadooMovie To find out more go to: http://jadoomovie.com/