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Screen Daily announced Aakeel would be leading Abid Khan's debut feature ''[[Granada Nights (2021 film)|Granada Nights]]'' as Ben, a heartbroken British tourist on a journey of hedonism and discovery in [[Granada]], Spain.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/antonio-aakeel-wraps-uk-comedy-drama-granada-nights-exclusive/5129277.article|title = Antonio Aakeel wraps UK comedy-drama 'Granada Nights' (Exclusive)}}</ref>
Screen Daily announced Aakeel would be leading Abid Khan's debut feature ''[[Granada Nights (2021 film)|Granada Nights]]'' as Ben, a heartbroken British tourist on a journey of hedonism and discovery in [[Granada]], Spain.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/antonio-aakeel-wraps-uk-comedy-drama-granada-nights-exclusive/5129277.article|title = Antonio Aakeel wraps UK comedy-drama 'Granada Nights' (Exclusive)}}</ref>


He appeared opposite Oscar-winner [[Alicia Vikander]] in [[Warner Bros.]]' 2018 ''[[Tomb Raider (film)|Tomb Raider]]'' reboot, directed by [[Roar Uthaug]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Birmingham actor Antonio Aakeel to star with Alicia Vikander in Tomb Raider re-boot|url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/tomb-raider-antonio-aakeel-alicia-12848465|website=Birmingham Mail|date=13 June 2017|accessdate=14 June 2017}}</ref>
He appeared opposite Oscar-winner [[Alicia Vikander]] in [[Warner Bros.]]' 2018 ''[[Tomb Raider (film)|Tomb Raider]]'' reboot, directed by [[Roar Uthaug]].<ref name="tomb">{{cite web|title=Birmingham actor Antonio Aakeel to star with Alicia Vikander in Tomb Raider re-boot|url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/tomb-raider-antonio-aakeel-alicia-12848465|website=Birmingham Mail|date=13 June 2017|accessdate=14 June 2017}}</ref>


In 2016, Aakeel was cast alongside [[Riz Ahmed]] and [[Billie Piper]] in the London crime thriller ''[[City of Tiny Lights (film)|City of Tiny Lights]]'' directed by [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] winner [[Pete Travis]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Meet the young cast of City of Tiny Lights|url=http://screenterrier.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/meet-young-cast-of-city-of-tiny-lights.html|accessdate=15 September 2016|publisher=ScreenTerrier|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916132515/http://screenterrier.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/meet-young-cast-of-city-of-tiny-lights.html|archive-date=16 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film had its world premiere at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] 2016 and released in UK cinemas April 2017.<ref>{{cite news|title=Popular Birmingham actor to make big screen debut|url=https://iambirmingham.co.uk/2016/07/15/birmingham-actor-to-make-big-screen-debut/|accessdate=15 September 2016|publisher=I Am Birmingham|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809233729/https://iambirmingham.co.uk/2016/07/15/birmingham-actor-to-make-big-screen-debut/|archive-date=9 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2016, Aakeel was cast alongside [[Riz Ahmed]] and [[Billie Piper]] in the London crime thriller ''[[City of Tiny Lights (film)|City of Tiny Lights]]'' directed by [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] winner [[Pete Travis]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Meet the young cast of City of Tiny Lights|url=http://screenterrier.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/meet-young-cast-of-city-of-tiny-lights.html|accessdate=15 September 2016|publisher=ScreenTerrier|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916132515/http://screenterrier.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/meet-young-cast-of-city-of-tiny-lights.html|archive-date=16 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film had its world premiere at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] 2016 and released in UK cinemas April 2017.<ref>{{cite news|title=Popular Birmingham actor to make big screen debut|url=https://iambirmingham.co.uk/2016/07/15/birmingham-actor-to-make-big-screen-debut/|accessdate=15 September 2016|publisher=I Am Birmingham|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809233729/https://iambirmingham.co.uk/2016/07/15/birmingham-actor-to-make-big-screen-debut/|archive-date=9 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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Aakeel gained his first television role in the [[E4 (TV channel)|E4]] series ''[[Skins (British TV series)|Skins]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Antonio Aakeel - NewUrban|url=http://www.new-urban.co/antonio-aakeel/|publisher=NUBI|accessdate=31 October 2016}}</ref> He then led an episode of [[BBC One]]'s ''[[Moving On (TV series)|Moving On]]'' playing Mati, a young refugee whose leave to remain is revoked on his eighteenth birthday. Directed by [[Reece Dinsdale]], the episode won 'Best Daytime Programme' at the [[Royal Television Society]] Awards in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-programme-awards-2018-partnership-audio-network|title = RTS Programme Awards 2018 in partnership with Audio Network|date = 13 October 2017}}</ref>
Aakeel gained his first television role in the [[E4 (TV channel)|E4]] series ''[[Skins (British TV series)|Skins]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Antonio Aakeel - NewUrban|url=http://www.new-urban.co/antonio-aakeel/|publisher=NUBI|accessdate=31 October 2016}}</ref> He then led an episode of [[BBC One]]'s ''[[Moving On (TV series)|Moving On]]'' playing Mati, a young refugee whose leave to remain is revoked on his eighteenth birthday. Directed by [[Reece Dinsdale]], the episode won 'Best Daytime Programme' at the [[Royal Television Society]] Awards in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-programme-awards-2018-partnership-audio-network|title = RTS Programme Awards 2018 in partnership with Audio Network|date = 13 October 2017}}</ref>


In May 2017, he appeared in [[BBC One]]'s three-part BAFTA winning drama ''[[Three Girls (TV series)|Three Girls]]'' directed by [[Philippa Lowthorpe]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Antonio Aakeel set to appear in BBC drama|url=http://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/14841782.Antonio_Aakeel_set_to_appear_in_BBC_drama__Moving_On_/|website=Asian Image|accessdate=3 Nov 2016}}</ref> In 2019, Aakeel appeared in two episodes of the [[Channel 4]] drama series ''[[Ackley Bridge]]'' as [[List of Ackley Bridge characters#Anwar Wazir|Anwar Wazir]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/antonio-aakeel/cv|website=Curtis Brown|title=Antonio Aakeel - CV|access-date=3 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503163914/https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/antonio-aakeel/cv|archive-date=3 May 2019|url-status=unfit}}</ref> Later that year, Aakeel began portraying the recurring role of Rafael Hyland in the [[BBC One]] thriller series ''[[Dublin Murders]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/stars-of-tomorrow-2018-antonio-aakeel-actor/5133183.article|title=Stars of Tomorrow 2018: Antonio Aakeel (Actor)}}</ref>
In May 2017, he appeared in [[BBC One]]'s three-part BAFTA winning drama ''[[Three Girls (TV series)|Three Girls]]'' directed by [[Philippa Lowthorpe]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Antonio Aakeel set to appear in BBC drama|url=http://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/14841782.Antonio_Aakeel_set_to_appear_in_BBC_drama__Moving_On_/|website=Asian Image|date=3 November 2016 |accessdate=3 Nov 2016}}</ref> In 2019, Aakeel appeared in two episodes of the [[Channel 4]] drama series ''[[Ackley Bridge]]'' as [[List of Ackley Bridge characters#Anwar Wazir|Anwar Wazir]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/antonio-aakeel/cv|website=Curtis Brown|title=Antonio Aakeel - CV|access-date=3 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503163914/https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/antonio-aakeel/cv|archive-date=3 May 2019|url-status=unfit}}</ref> Later that year, Aakeel began portraying the recurring role of Rafael Hyland in the [[BBC One]] thriller series ''[[Dublin Murders]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/stars-of-tomorrow-2018-antonio-aakeel-actor/5133183.article|title=Stars of Tomorrow 2018: Antonio Aakeel (Actor)}}</ref>


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Antonio has also performed locally with [[The Midlands|Midlands]] based theatre company Round Midnight.<ref>{{cite news|title=Follow me theatre play a success|url=http://redditchstandard.co.uk/news/round-midnights-follow-success-redditch/|accessdate=15 September 2016|publisher=The Redditch Standard}}</ref>
Antonio has also performed locally with [[The Midlands|Midlands]] based theatre company Round Midnight.<ref>{{cite news|title=Follow me theatre play a success|url=http://redditchstandard.co.uk/news/round-midnights-follow-success-redditch/|accessdate=15 September 2016|publisher=The Redditch Standard}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Key
| style="background:#FFFFCC;" | {{dagger|alt=Projects that have not yet been released}}
|Denotes projects that have not yet been released
|}
===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Notes
! class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| 2012
| ''Duty of Care''
| Rashid
| Short film
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Duty Of Care |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qir-FJv1zIY&ab_channel=IykeObi |website=[[YouTube]] | date=23 November 2019 |access-date=15 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"|2013
| ''Dry the River''
| Boy
| Short film; Director also
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Antonio Aakeel |url=https://www.gawby.com/en-ru/person/74616 |website=GAWBY |access-date=15 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Line of Freedom]]''
| Nasir Baloch
|
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Where Is The Mainstream Coverage Of The Crisis In Balochistan?|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/where-is-the-mainstream-coverage-of-the-crisis-in-balochistan_us_57da9edee4b0d5920b5b25b2|website=Huffington Post|accessdate=19 March 2017}}</ref>
|-
| ''Kick About''
| Ben
| Short film
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Kick About |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2973628/ |website=[[IMDB]] |access-date=15 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"|2016
| ''[[The Contract (2016 film)|The Contract]]''
| Raza
|
| <ref>{{cite web |title=The Contract |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_contract_2016 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=15 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
| ''Guilty Pleasures''
| Imi
| Television film
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Guilty Pleasures |url=https://filmfreeway.com/guiltypleasures |website=[[FilmFreeway]] |access-date=15 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[City of Tiny Lights]]''
| Young Lovely
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Rooney |first1=David |title='City of Tiny Lights': Film Review / TIFF 2016 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/city-tiny-lights-review-923805/ |access-date=15 October 2024 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=12 September 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2017
| ''[[The Hungry]]''
| Chirag Joshi
|
| <ref>{{cite news |title='The Hungry': Film Review / TIFF 2017 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/hungry-review-1042523/ |access-date=15 October 2024 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=25 September 2017}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|2018
| ''[[Tomb Raider (film)|Tomb Raider]]''
| Nitin
|
| <ref name="tomb"/>
|-
| ''Christmas at the Palace''
| Clerk
| Television film
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Dube Dwilson |first1=Stephanie |title=Hallmark's 'Christmas at the Palace' Movie: Cast, Time, Photos & Discussion |url=https://heavy.com/entertainment/2018/11/hallmark-christmas-at-the-palace-cast/ |access-date=15 October 2024 |work=[[Heavy (website)|Heavy]] |date=22 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"|2019
| ''[[Eaten by Lions]]''
| Omar
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Earnshaw |first1=Tom |title='We're back home again' - Northern premiere of Blackpool-filmed comedy Eaten By Lions graces The Winter Gardens |url=https://www.lep.co.uk/arts-and-culture/were-back-home-again-northern-premiere-of-blackpool-filmed-comedy-eaten-by-lions-graces-the-winter-gardens-668457 |access-date=15 October 2024 |work=[[Lancashire Evening Post]] |date=28 March 2019}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Badla (2019 film)|Badla]]''
| Sunny Singh Toor
|
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Cast: Movie - Badla - 2019 |url=https://elcinema.com/en/work/2056797/cast |website=[[ElCinema.com]] |access-date=15 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
| ''White Girl''
|
| Short film
| <ref>{{cite web |title=White Girl |url=http://film-directory.britishcouncil.org/white-girl |website=[[British Council]] |access-date=15 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Granada Nights]]''
| Ben
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Pape |first1=Stefan |title=Antonio Aakeel & Abid Khan on taking the viewer on a holiday, in coming-of-age drama Granada Nights |url=https://www.heyuguys.com/granada-nights-interview/ |access-date=15 October 2024 |work=HeyUGuys |date=25 May 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 2022
| ''[[I Came By]]''
| Faisal
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Loughrey |first1=Clarisse |title=I Came By review: An 'evil Hugh Bonneville' film that doesn't know if it's a comedy or a lecture |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/i-came-by-movie-netflix-review-b2146809.html |access-date=15 October 2024 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=19 August 2022}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4"|2023
| ''Footprints on Water''
| Rehan
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Ramachandran |first1=Naman |title=Adil Hussain, Antonio Aakeel Set British Indian Immigrant Feature 'Footprints on Water' (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/adil-hussain-antonio-aakeel-footprints-on-water-1234818564/ |access-date=15 October 2024 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=29 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[In Camera (film)|In Camera]]''
| Actor
|
| <ref>{{cite web |title=In Camera |url=https://www.filmreviewdaily.com/new-reviews/in-camera |website=FilmReviewDaily.com |access-date=15 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
| ''All the Lights Still Burning''
| Musa
| Short film
| <ref>{{cite web |title=All the Lights Still Burning (2023) |url=https://mubi.com/en/gb/films/all-the-lights-still-burning |website=[[Mubi (streaming service)|MUBI]] |access-date=15 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
| ''Sahela''
| Vir Oza
|
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Sahela (Companion) |url=https://londonindianfilmfestival.co.uk/sahela/ |website=[[London Indian Film Festival]] |date=24 September 2023 |access-date=15 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 2024
| ''Let It Flow''
| Anwar
| Short film
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Let It Flow / Film Editor |url=https://www.galinachakarova.com/let-it-flow |website=galinachakarova.com |access-date=15 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
! class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Skins (British TV series)|Skins]]''
| Shop Security
| Episode: "[[Katie and Emily]]"
| <ref>{{cite news |title=Stars of Tomorrow 2018: Antonio Aakeel (actor) |url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/stars-of-tomorrow-2018-antonio-aakeel-actor/5133183.article |access-date=15 October 2024 |work=[[Screen Daily]] |date=4 October 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]''
| Aasim Masood
| Episode: "Redirect the Heart"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Redirect the Heart |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04bmv4j |website=[[BBC]] |access-date=15 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|2016
| ''[[Moving On (TV series)|Moving On]]''
| Mati
| Episode: "Eighteen"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Eighteen |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b082wjxc |website=[[BBC]] |access-date=15 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]''
| Mark 'Stotty' Stott
| Episode: "Life Unexpected"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Life Unexpected |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0812s7b |website=[[BBC]] |access-date=15 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|2017
| ''[[Three Girls (TV series)|Three Girls]]''
| Immy
| Miniseries; 3 episodes
| <ref>{{cite web |title=ANTONIO AAKEEL |url=https://www.norwichfilmfestival.co.uk/blog/antonio-aakeel/ |website=[[Norwich Film Festival]] |date=17 February 2020 |access-date=15 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Man Like Mobeen]]''
| Shahid
| Recurring role; 2 episodes
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Johal |first1=Daljinder |title=5 Best Moments from Guz Khan's Man Like Mobeen |url=https://www.desiblitz.com/content/moments-guz-khan-man-like-mobeen |access-date=15 October 2024 |work=Desiblitz |date=27 February 2018}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"|2019
| ''[[Almost Never (TV series)|Almost Never]]''
| Frankie
| Episode: "The Ice Cream"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Series 1, Episode 10 - The Ice Cream |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/almost_never/episodes/1/10/ |website=[[British Comedy Guide]] |access-date=15 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Ackley Bridge]]''
| Anwar Wazir
| Recurring role; 2 episodes
| <ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1143640286784086016|title=Thanks for tuning into #AckleyBridge tonight. And big love to the incredible cast + crew who did such a great job...a really difficult watch.|user=AntonioAakeel|date=25 June 2019}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Dublin Murders]]''
| Rafe Lahiri
| Recurring role; 4 episodes
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Bley Griffiths |first1=Eleanor |title=Meet the cast of BBC drama Dublin Murders |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/dublin-murders-full-cast-characters/ |access-date=15 October 2024 |work=[[Radio Times]] |date=22 October 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Octonauts: Above & Beyond]]''
| Paani
| Series regular; Voice role
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Octonauts: Above & Beyond |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/octonauts-above-beyond-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc01mzm0odm |website=[[British Board of Film Classification]] |access-date=15 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Slow Horses]]''
| Hassan Ahmed
| Recurring role; 6 episodes
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Longridge |first1=Chris |title=Slow Horses ending explained: Did they save Hassan? |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a39511749/slow-horses-ending-explained/ |access-date=15 October 2024 |work=[[Digital Spy]] |date=29 April 2022}}</ref>
|-
| {{TableTBA}}
| {{Pending series|[[Sherlock & Daughter]]}}
| Swann
| Post-production
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Dunn |first1=Jack |last2=Ramos Bechara |first2=Diego |title=HBO Sets Premiere Date for Hollywood Satire Series 'The Franchise' (TV News Roundup) |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/hbo-premiere-date-hollywood-satire-the-franchise-tv-news-roundup-1236138274/ |access-date=15 October 2024 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=12 September 2024}}</ref>
|-
| {{TableTBA}}
| {{Pending series|[[Too Much (TV series)|Too Much]]}}
| Raven
| Post-production
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Asatryan |first1=Tigran |title='Too Much' Lena Dunham's Netflix Comedy Series: Everything We Know So Far |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/lena-dunham-series-too-much-everything-we-know/ |access-date=15 October 2024 |work=What's On Netflix |date=10 September 2024}}</ref>
|-
|}


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Latest revision as of 13:11, 1 November 2024

Antonio Aakeel
Antonio Aakeel
Born
Wolverhampton, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationActor
TelevisionThree Girls
Ackley Bridge
Dublin Murders

Antonio Aakeel is an English actor, known for his leading role in the 2018 comedy film Eaten by Lions, for which he was named a Screen International Star of Tomorrow by Screen Daily. He also appeared in Tomb Raider and the BAFTA award-winning series Three Girls.[1]

Early life

[edit]

Antonio Aakeel was born in Wolverhampton, England, and moved around the West Midlands as a child.[2] He was inspired to pursue acting after being given a one-line role in a school nativity play and subsequently began acting in local theatre.[3] He speaks Punjabi and Hindi.[4]

Career

[edit]

Film

[edit]

Aakeel gained his first leading feature role in the film Eaten by Lions as Omar, a young man in search of his estranged father. The film had a wide cinematic release in April 2019 and also starred comedians Johnny Vegas, Jack Carroll and Asim Chaudhry.[5]

Screen Daily announced Aakeel would be leading Abid Khan's debut feature Granada Nights as Ben, a heartbroken British tourist on a journey of hedonism and discovery in Granada, Spain.[6]

He appeared opposite Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander in Warner Bros.' 2018 Tomb Raider reboot, directed by Roar Uthaug.[7]

In 2016, Aakeel was cast alongside Riz Ahmed and Billie Piper in the London crime thriller City of Tiny Lights directed by BAFTA winner Pete Travis.[8] The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival 2016 and released in UK cinemas April 2017.[9]

Later that year, Aakeel landed a supporting role in The Hungry, Film London's contemporary feature adaptation of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus playing troubled brother to Life of Pi's Suraj Sharma.[10] The Film premiered under special presentations at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.[11]

In 2015, he appeared as Raza in feature film The Contract, written by David Marconi and directed by Nic Auerbach.

Aakeel starred as Nasir Baloch in the political short film The Line of Freedom, directed by David Whitney. The film depicts the true story of a murdered student rights activist and premiered at the Dubai International Film Festival.[12] Upon its release, the film immediately met with controversy and was subsequently prohibited in Pakistan.[13]

Television

[edit]

Aakeel gained his first television role in the E4 series Skins.[14] He then led an episode of BBC One's Moving On playing Mati, a young refugee whose leave to remain is revoked on his eighteenth birthday. Directed by Reece Dinsdale, the episode won 'Best Daytime Programme' at the Royal Television Society Awards in 2018.[15]

In May 2017, he appeared in BBC One's three-part BAFTA winning drama Three Girls directed by Philippa Lowthorpe.[16] In 2019, Aakeel appeared in two episodes of the Channel 4 drama series Ackley Bridge as Anwar Wazir.[17] Later that year, Aakeel began portraying the recurring role of Rafael Hyland in the BBC One thriller series Dublin Murders.[18]

Video game

[edit]

Aakeel gained his first video game role in the Immortals of Aveum as Devyn.

Theatre

[edit]

Aakeel was cast in the title role in the stage adaptation of Guantanamo Boy. The play ran at the Half Moon Theatre and toured nationally at Middle Temple Hall, Almeida Theatre, The Hat Factory, Mercury Theatre, Burnley Youth Theatre and The Drum Theatre.[19] The Stage's Susan Elkin wrote Aakeel "is great as the distraught, anguished, terrified Khalid. The downhill spiral followed by the final return of a damaged-for-life boy to Rochdale is well handled too. He has a very expressive face."[20]

In 2015, he played the lead role of Artie in Waiting for Garbo at the Crescent Theatre as part of the Birmingham Theatre Festival. Love Midlands Theatre reviewed the performance, commenting his "portrayal of a brash New Yorker falling apart is utterly convincing."[21]

Antonio has also performed locally with Midlands based theatre company Round Midnight.[22]

Filmography

[edit]
Key
† Denotes projects that have not yet been released

Film

[edit]
Year Film Role Notes Ref.
2012 Duty of Care Rashid Short film [23]
2013 Dry the River Boy Short film; Director also [24]
The Line of Freedom Nasir Baloch [25]
Kick About Ben Short film [26]
2016 The Contract Raza [27]
Guilty Pleasures Imi Television film [28]
City of Tiny Lights Young Lovely [29]
2017 The Hungry Chirag Joshi [30]
2018 Tomb Raider Nitin [7]
Christmas at the Palace Clerk Television film [31]
2019 Eaten by Lions Omar [32]
Badla Sunny Singh Toor [33]
White Girl Short film [34]
2021 Granada Nights Ben [35]
2022 I Came By Faisal [36]
2023 Footprints on Water Rehan [37]
In Camera Actor [38]
All the Lights Still Burning Musa Short film [39]
Sahela Vir Oza [40]
2024 Let It Flow Anwar Short film [41]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2009 Skins Shop Security Episode: "Katie and Emily" [42]
2014 Doctors Aasim Masood Episode: "Redirect the Heart" [43]
2016 Moving On Mati Episode: "Eighteen" [44]
Doctors Mark 'Stotty' Stott Episode: "Life Unexpected" [45]
2017 Three Girls Immy Miniseries; 3 episodes [46]
Man Like Mobeen Shahid Recurring role; 2 episodes [47]
2019 Almost Never Frankie Episode: "The Ice Cream" [48]
Ackley Bridge Anwar Wazir Recurring role; 2 episodes [49]
Dublin Murders Rafe Lahiri Recurring role; 4 episodes [50]
2021 Octonauts: Above & Beyond Paani Series regular; Voice role [51]
2022 Slow Horses Hassan Ahmed Recurring role; 6 episodes [52]
TBA Sherlock & Daughter † Swann Post-production [53]
TBA Too Much † Raven Post-production [54]

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