Age: 45
male
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 Utopia. He played shopkeeper Ahmed alongside Toby Jones in the BBC mini-series Capital, 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". In 2016 Akhtar appeared as Shahzad in the BBC one-off drama Murdered by My Father. He won the 2017 BAFTA award for Lead Actor for this role, the first non-white actor to do so. He also appeared as Rob Singhal in the acclaimed BBC miniseries based on John le Carré's The Night Manager. Adeel became a patron of Half Moon Theatre in autumn 2016.
Adeel Akhtar
Inspector Lestrade
for Inspector Lestrade in Holmes Vs. Dracula
Suggested by carsonsmith
After Enola Holmes 2, the three Holmes siblings are in the roles they were meant to be in. Then, Sherlock and his new friend, Dr. John Watson, find a crazy man rambling about "the Master." Then, a ship arrives in England with the crew dead and a mysterious sighting of large bats and people disappearing. Soon, Enola, Tewkesbury, Dr. Watson, an American woman named Irene Adler, and her older brothers meet the ones at the center of these happenings: The Harkers, Quincy Morris, Arthur Holmwood, Dr. Seward, and Professor Van Helsing, as everyone is roped into a mystery involving an undead devil of a man. A man who is known in Eastern Europe as Dracula.
