Akela — The Jungle Book Character Profile

About Akela

The stoic and honorable wolf pack leader who enforces jungle law and protects Mowgli.

Akela — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Other

Abilities

Alpha leadership, Pack law, Tactical defense, Howling commands, Stoic resolve

• Strength: 6.5/10
• Intelligence: 7.5/10
• Charisma: 7/10
• Morality: 8.5/10
• Influence: 7.5/10

Akela appears in 2 titles

• The Jungle Book (2016)
• Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Giancarlo Esposito

Appears in

The Jungle Book (2016)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (6)

• Akela — related — Kaa (Scarlett Johansson)
• Akela — related — Bagheera (Ben Kingsley)
• Akela — conflict — Shere Khan (Idris Elba)

  Akela opposes Shere Khan's threat to the pack and jungle law

• Akela — family — Raksha (Lupita Nyong'o)

  Both are wolf pack leaders who adopted and protect Mowgli

• Akela — social — Ikki (Garry Shandling)

  Ikki interacts with Akela during pack gatherings

• Akela — social — Young Wolf #1 (Emjay Anthony)

  Young wolf observes and follows Akela's leadership

Explore the full interactive character relationship map of The Jungle Book

More characters from The Jungle Book

• Mowgli (Neel Sethi)
• Baloo (Bill Murray)
• Bagheera (Ben Kingsley)
• Shere Khan (Idris Elba)
• Gray (voice) (Brighton Rose)
• Kaa (Scarlett Johansson)
• Raquel the Rhino (voice) (Madeleine Favreau)
• Young Wolf #6 (voice) (Sasha Schreiber)
• Young Wolf #7 (voice) (Kai Schreiber)
• Young Wolf #3 (voice) (Chloe Hechter)
• Young Wolf #5 (voice) (Knox Gagnon)
• Young Wolf #4 (voice) (Asher Blinkoff)