Adeel Akhtar

Akhtar is known for the bumbling Muslim extremist Faisal in Chris Morriss 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 4s Utopia He played shopkeeper Ahmed alongside Toby Jones in the BBC miniseries Capital and DS Ira King in the BBCs 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 Rivers endlessly patient sidekick and Georgina Rich as his psychiatrist In 2016 Akhtar appeared as Shahzad in the BBC oneoff drama Murdered by My Father He won the 2017 BAFTA award for Lead Actor for this role the first nonwhite actor to do so He also appeared as Rob Singhal in the acclaimed BBC miniseries based on John le Carrés The Night Manager Adeel became a patron of Half Moon Theatre in autumn 2016