Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie

Known for
Acting
Born
June 19, 1947 (age 79)
Birthplace
Mumbai, India

Biography

Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie FRSL is a British Indian novelist and essayist. His second novel, Midnight's Children, won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be "the best novel of all winners" on two separate occasions, marking the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize.

Known For

Filmography

2026
Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie poster

Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie

Movie · as Self

2025
Orwell: 2+2=5 poster

Orwell: 2+2=5

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2024
Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly poster

Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly

Movie · as Self - Interviewed Guest

2023
Geist, Geschäft und Party - 75 Jahre Frankfurter Buchmesse

Geist, Geschäft und Party - 75 Jahre Frankfurter Buchmesse

Movie · as Archive Footage

2019
Einübung ins Paradies - Nachdenken über 1989

Einübung ins Paradies - Nachdenken über 1989

Movie · as Self

2019
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail poster

Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail

Movie · as Self - Writer

2018
Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women poster

Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women

Movie · as Himself - Contributor

2018
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover poster

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Bosch: The Garden of Dreams poster

Bosch: The Garden of Dreams

Movie · as Self

2015
Mylène Farmer : Sur les pas d'une icône poster

Mylène Farmer : Sur les pas d'une icône

Movie · as Self

2015
Concerning the Bodyguard

Concerning the Bodyguard

Movie · as voice

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Das Literarische Quartett

Das Literarische Quartett

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
River of Fundament poster

River of Fundament

Movie · as Wake Guest

2014
The Hitch poster

The Hitch

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2014
W1A poster

W1A

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Midnight's Children poster

Midnight's Children

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2009
Amos Oz: The Nature of Dreams poster

Amos Oz: The Nature of Dreams

Movie · as Self

2009
The Satanic Verses Affair poster

The Satanic Verses Affair

Movie · as Himself

2009
La Traversée du désir poster

La Traversée du désir

Movie · as Self

2008
Markus Lanz poster

Markus Lanz

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2007
Then She Found Me poster

Then She Found Me

Movie · as Dr. Masani

2007
365 Day Project poster

365 Day Project

Movie · as Self

2007
Der Unbequeme - Der Dichter Günter Grass poster

Der Unbequeme - Der Dichter Günter Grass

Movie · as Self

2007
Shrink Rap poster

Shrink Rap

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2005
9/11/03: A Day in the Life of New York

9/11/03: A Day in the Life of New York

Movie

2004
The Culture Show poster

The Culture Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles poster

Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles

Movie · as Self - Interviewee

2003
Real Time with Bill Maher poster

Real Time with Bill Maher

TV · as Self · 16 eps

2001
Bridget Jones's Diary poster

Bridget Jones's Diary

Movie · as Salman Rushdie

2000
The Beatles Revolution

The Beatles Revolution

Movie · as Self

2000
Dirty Pictures poster

Dirty Pictures

Movie · as Self

2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm poster

Curb Your Enthusiasm

TV · as Salman Rushdie · 1 ep

1999
In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

Movie · as Self

1999
Beckmann poster

Beckmann

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1999
Wintertijd poster

Wintertijd

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
Sabine Christiansen

Sabine Christiansen

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1998
Sternstunde Philosophie

Sternstunde Philosophie

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Ruby poster

Ruby

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1995
Lo + plus poster

Lo + plus

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1995
Kulturzeit poster

Kulturzeit

TV · as self · 1 ep

1992
Morgenmagazin poster

Morgenmagazin

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1991
DAS! poster

DAS!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1990
Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1989
Prisoners of Gravity poster

Prisoners of Gravity

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1989
ZDF-Mittagsmagazin

ZDF-Mittagsmagazin

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1986
Writers in Conversation: Edward Said with Salman Rushdie

Writers in Conversation: Edward Said with Salman Rushdie

Movie · as Himself

1985
The Painter & The Pest

The Painter & The Pest

Movie · as Self (Narrator)

1978
The South Bank Show poster

The South Bank Show

TV · 1 ep

1974
3 nach 9

3 nach 9

TV · as Self · 1 ep