---
name: "Adil Ray"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/adil-ray"
fi1m_id: "adil-ray"
imdb_id: "nm1845893"
tmdb_id: 1396195
wikidata_id: "Q4682812"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 April 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T08:15:03.434141+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Adil Ray

## Identity

Adil Ray

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/adil-ray
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** adil-ray
- **IMDb ID:** nm1845893
- **TMDB ID:** 1396195
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4682812
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adil_Ray, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4682812, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1845893/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1396195

Actor. Born 26 April 1974 in Birmingham, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 April 1974, Birmingham, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adil_Ray, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4682812, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1845893/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1396195

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Blithe Spirit*](https://film.one/film/blithe-spirit-2020.md) (40)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Adil Ray is a British actor, comedian, writer and presenter. He was born on 26 April 1974 in Birmingham and graduated from the University of Huddersfield with a BA in Marketing.

Ray created, co-wrote and starred as Mr Khan in the BBC One sitcom *Citizen Khan* (2012–2016). He has appeared in the Channel 4 drama series *Ackley Bridge* (2017–2019) as Sadiq Nawaz, the ITV series *Beecham House* (2019) and *Stephen* (2021), and the films *Blithe Spirit* (2020) as Mandeep Singh, *Arthur's Whisky* (2024) as James and *Picture This* (2025) as Mukul. He presents *Good Morning Britain* and the revival of *Lingo*.

Ray was appointed OBE in 2016 for services to broadcasting. He began his career in radio, presenting on BBC Asian Network and other stations before moving into comedy and acting.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theartistspartnership.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Blithe Spirit* (2020), Fi1m 40, as Mandeep Singh — [page](https://film.one/film/blithe-spirit-2020.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Picture This* (2025), as Mukul
- *Arthur's Whisky* (2024), as James
- *The Inheritance* (2023), series, as Pete
- *Stephen* (2021), series, as Imran Khan
- *Blithe Spirit* (2020), as Mandeep Singh — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/blithe-spirit-2020.md)
- *Mary Berry's Christmas Party* (2017), Director
- *Ackley Bridge* (2017), series, as Sadiq Nawaz
- *The Dog Ate My Homework* (2014), series, Actor
- *Citizen Khan* (2012), series, as Mr. Khan · Creator
- *Celebrity Mastermind* (2003), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![A full length photograph of Adil Ray, taken by Ian Wallman. Copyright of Adil Ray. (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/5534772/gallery-3ab93ce9f19f.jpg) A full length photograph of Adil Ray, taken by Ian Wallman. Copyright of Adil Ray. (2023) — CTigerWiki, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Adil_Ray_by_Ian_Wallman_00018.jpg/1280px-Adil_Ray_by_Ian_Wallman_00018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Adil Ray](https://film.one/media/person/5534772/gallery-beda2859c002.jpg) Adil Ray — Adilray (talk) (Uploads), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Adil_Ray.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Adil Ray](https://film.one/media/person/5534772/gallery-2b566e51d9cd.jpg) Adil Ray — Image via TMDB
- ![Adil Ray](https://film.one/media/person/5534772/gallery-4598644a9a9b.jpg) Adil Ray — Image via TMDB

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