# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/adil-ray
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:26:30.771Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/adil-ray"
name: "Adil Ray"
slug: "adil-ray"
description: "Adil Ray is a British actor, comedian and radio/television presenter. Ray is best known as the creator, co-writer and star of the long-running BBC One scripted comedy series Citizen Khan (2012–2016), and as a presenter on ITV's Good Morning Britain and on various BBC radio stations. He played the role of Sadiq Nawaz in the Channel 4 drama series Ackley Bridge, and also had major roles in Channel 5 drama series The Inheritance, ITV period drama series Beecham House, and in feature films Blithe Sprit, Arthur's Whisky, and Picture This. Since 2021, he has presented the revival of the British game show Lingo."
tagline: "English actor, radio presenter, writer and comedian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adil_Ray.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Comedians"
  slug: "comedians"
profileType:
  name: "Comedian"
  slug: "comedian"
birthDate: "1974-04-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.27
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.049501333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/adilray"
    handle:    "adilray"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1845893/"
    handle:    "nm1845893"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.adilray.com/"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adil_Ray"
    title: "Adil Ray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adil_Ray"
    title: "Adil Ray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adil_Ray"
    title: "Adil Ray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adil_Ray"
    title: "Adil Ray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%84_%D8%B1%DB%92"
    title: "عادل رے"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4682812"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1396195"
    title: "Adil Ray"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump