Adeel Akhtar
Biography
Adeel Akhtar is a British actor who started out on the London stage at the Half Moon Theatre before moving into screen work. Born in Hammersmith, London, he studied law at Oxford Brookes University and then trained in acting at the Actors Studio Drama School in New York City. His first major film part was Faisal, a bumbling extremist, in Four Lions (2010), and he took further comic roles in The Dictator (2012) and Pan (2015) and played Naveed in the romantic comedy The Big Sick (2017). He won a BAFTA television award for best actor for Murdered by My Father and was the first non-white winner in that category, later adding a supporting BAFTA for Sherwood and a Children's and Family Emmy for Sweet Tooth. His other credits include Victoria & Abdul (2017), Enola Holmes (2020), Ali & Ava (2021), which brought a leading-role BAFTA nomination, and Fool Me Once (2024).
46years old
Turns 47 on September 18in 341 days
- Born London
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 21
- Career span
- 15 years2008 to 2023
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Behind the award
Akhtar was the first non-white winner of the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor, taking the 2017 prize for his role as Shahzad in Murdered by My Father.
Early training
Akhtar earned a Bachelor of Laws degree at Oxford Brookes University, then chose to study acting at the Actors Studio Drama School, which is part of The New School in New York City.
Adeel Akhtar movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Harry Bradbeer directed two of these films. Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Harry BradbeerDirector, 2 films, 2020 to 2022
All films by Harry Bradbeer
Also two films together8 more actors
- Jennifer AnistonMurder Mystery 2 (2023) and Murder Mystery (2019)
- Henry CavillEnola Holmes 2 (2022) and Enola Holmes (2020)
- Dany BoonMurder Mystery 2 (2023) and Murder Mystery (2019)
- John KaniMurder Mystery 2 (2023) and Murder Mystery (2019)
- Millie Bobby BrownEnola Holmes 2 (2022) and Enola Holmes (2020)
- Ray PanthakiConvenience (2015) and Jadoo (2013)
- Claire RushbrookAli & Ava (2021) and Enola Holmes (2020)
- Louis PartridgeEnola Holmes 2 (2022) and Enola Holmes (2020)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Adeel Akhtar's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$468 million
8 of the 21 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 21 films: 8 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 6 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 4 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 6Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 4Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$179M38.3% of the total
- 2$128M27.4% of the total
- 3$67M14.2% of the total
- 4$56M12.0% of the total
- 5$24M5.0% of the total
- 6$6.3M1.4% of the total
- 7$6.2M1.3% of the total
- 8$1.2M0.3% of the total
