Riz Ahmed
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 1, 1982 (age 43)
- Birthplace
- Wembley, London, England, UK
Biography
Rizwan Ahmed (born 1 December 1982) is a British actor and rapper. He has received several awards, including an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award, and nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and two British Academy Film Awards. In 2017, he was named by Time as one of the most influential people in the world. He also created the TV series Englistan in 2018 for the BBC, which was also his writing debut. After studying acting at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Ahmed began his acting career with independent films such as The Road to Guantanamo (2006), Shifty (2008), Four Lions (2010), Trishna (2011), and The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012). He had his break-out role in Nightcrawler (2014), which led to roles in the 2016 big-budget films Jason Bourne and Rogue One. For starring as a young man accused of murder in the HBO miniseries The Night Of (2016), Ahmed won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series. He received another Emmy nomination in the same year for his guest role in Girls. He went on to play Carlton Drake in the superhero film Venom (2018) and a drummer who loses his hearing in the drama film Sound of Metal (2019). The latter earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He produced, co-wrote, and starred in Mogul Mowgli (2020), which earned a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film. As a rapper, Ahmed is a member of the Swet Shop Boys, and has earned critical acclaim with the hip-hop albums Microscope and Cashmere, and commercial success featuring in the Billboard 200 chart-topping Hamilton Mixtape, with his song "Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)" winning an MTV Video Music Award. His second studio album, The Long Goodbye, was accompanied by a short film of the same name, which won him the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. Description above from the Wikipedia article Riz Ahmed, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Photos
Filmography
Exit West
Movie · as Saeed
Violent Talent
Movie
Growth
Movie
The Big Fix
Movie
Digger
Movie · as Ganesh
Hamlet
Movie · as Hamlet
The Name of Action
Movie · as Self
Bait
TV · as Shah Latif · 6 eps
Saturday Night Live UK
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
Relay
Movie · as Ash
The Phoenician Scheme
Movie · as Prince Farouk
Together for Palestine
Movie · as Self
Behind the Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dammi
Movie · as Mounir
Nimona
Movie · as Ballister Boldheart (voice)
Fingernails
Movie · as Amir
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Long Goodbye
Movie · as Riz
Encounter
Movie · as Malik Khan
Lines
Movie
Sound of Metal
Movie · as Ruben Stone
Mogul Mowgli
Movie · as Zed
The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Sisters Brothers
Movie · as Hermann Kermit Warm
Venom
Movie · as Carlton Drake / Riot
The Big Narstie Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Una
Movie · as Scott
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
Movie · as Self
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Movie · as Bodhi Rook
Jason Bourne
Movie · as Aaron Kalloor
City of Tiny Lights
Movie · as Tommy Akhtar
The Night Of
TV · as Nasir 'Naz' Khan · 8 eps
The OA
TV · as Elias Rahim · 5 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Nightcrawler
Movie · as Rick
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Out of Darkness
Movie · as Male
Closed Circuit
Movie · as Nazrul Sharma
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Movie · as Changez
Ill Manors
Movie · as Aaron
Girls
TV · as Paul-Louis · 2 eps
Trishna
Movie · as Jay
Black Gold
Movie · as Ali
The Jonathan Ross Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Centurion
Movie · as Tarak
Four Lions
Movie · as Omar
Rage
Movie · as Vijay
Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam
Movie · as Self
Freefall
Movie · as Gary
10 Minute Tales
TV · as Joseph · 1 ep
Shifty
Movie · as Shifty
Baghdad Express
Movie · as Talal
Dead Set
TV · as Riq Rahman · 5 eps
Wired
TV · as Manesh Kunzru · 3 eps
Britz
Movie · as Sohail Wahid
Britz
TV · as Sohail · 2 eps
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Road to Guantanamo
Movie · as Shafiq
Banglatown Banquet
Movie · as Razual
The Play's the Thing
TV · 1 ep
The Path to 9/11
TV · as Yosri · 2 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 4 eps