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Acting

Adeel Akhtar

Career

Active from 2010 to 2025, busiest in 2015 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
16
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score71/100
Highest rated
Poster for Utopia
Utopia
GoodWatch score92/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 43 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Adeel Akhtar Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Nostalgia
    2.6, average 3.8
  • Historical
    1.6, average 2.6
  • Eroticism
    1.2, average 1.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 4
  • Dark Humor 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Fantasy Adventure 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Hero's Journey 2
  • Family-Friendly 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Absurdist Comedy 2
  • Cringe Comedy 2
  • Gritty Realism 2
  • Atmospheric 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

55
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
The Ministry of Time
The Ministry of Time

TV show · as Quentin Ackerly

2020s

20 titles · average score 70
Down Cemetery Road
Down Cemetery Road (2025)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Hamza Malik

Fool Me Once
Fool Me Once (2024)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show · as Sami Kierce

Black Doves
Black Doves (2024)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Prime Minister Eaves

Murder Mystery 2
Murder Mystery 2 (2023)
GoodWatch score 49

as Maharajah

Sherwood
Sherwood (2022)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Andy Fisher

Enola Holmes 2
Enola Holmes 2 (2022)
GoodWatch score 74

as Lestrade

Ali & Ava
Ali & Ava (2022)
GoodWatch score 75

as Ali

Sweet Tooth
Sweet Tooth (2021)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Dr. Aditya Singh

Robin Robin
Robin Robin (2021)
GoodWatch score 87

as Dad Mouse (voice)

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)
GoodWatch score 67

as Dan Rider

Enola Holmes
Enola Holmes (2020)
GoodWatch score 72

as Lestrade

The Nest
The Nest (2020)
GoodWatch score 72

as Steve

2010s

30 titles · average score 69
Back to Life
Back to Life (2019)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as Billy

Les Misérables
Les Misérables (2018)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Thénardier

The Big Sick
The Big Sick (2017)
GoodWatch score 84

as Naveed Nanjiani

Ghosted
Ghosted (2017)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Dr. Barry Shaw

Victoria & Abdul
Victoria & Abdul (2017)
GoodWatch score 63

as Mohammed

Pan
Pan (2015)
GoodWatch score 40

as Sam "Smee" Smiegel

Convenience
Convenience (2015)
GoodWatch score 68

as Shaan

River
River (2015)
GoodWatch score 91

TV show · as Ira King

Capital
Capital (2015)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Ahmed

Utopia
Utopia (2013)
GoodWatch score 92

TV show · as Wilson Wilson

The Dictator
The Dictator (2012)
GoodWatch score 58

as Maroush

Four Lions
Four Lions (2010)
GoodWatch score 75

as Faisal

2000s

4 titles · average score 58
Traitor
Traitor (2008)
GoodWatch score 64

as Hamzi

Conviction
Conviction (2006)
GoodWatch score 42

TV show · as Darpan Banerjee

Coming Up
Coming Up (2003)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show · as Baz / Hasan

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Hazim