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Film & TV
London, England, UK
Akhtar is known for the bumbling Muslim extremist Faisal in Chris Morris's 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 4's…
Known for
- Elsinore — Shahid2026
- Letters to My Younger Future Self2026
- National Theatre Live: The Estate — Angad Singh2025
- Down Cemetery Road — Hamza Malik2025
- Fool Me Once — Sami Kierce2024
- Black Doves — Prime Minister Eaves2024
- Murder Mystery 2 — The Maharajah2023
- The Puppet Asylum — The Narrator2023
- Dickens: Phantoms and Fiction — Readings2023
- The Walk — Amar2023
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Akhtar
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Occupation
- television actor
- Educated at
- Actors Studio
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- acting
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- date of birth
- 1980-09-18
- start of work period
- 2006-00-00
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