Riz Ahmed
Born: 1982-12-01 in Wembley, London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Rizwan "Riz" Ahmed (Urdu pronunciation: [ɾɪzˌwɑːnˈɛɦˌməd̪]; born 1 December 1982) is a British actor and rapper. He has received several awards, including an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award, with nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and two British Academy Film Awards. In 2017, he was named in the Time Listing of the most influential people in the world. 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. As an activist, Ahmed is known for his political rap music, has been involved in raising awareness and funds for Rohingya and Syrian refugee children, and has advocated 'BAME' representation at the House of Commons. Description above from the Wikipedia article Riz Ahmed, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2026
- Bait as Shah Latif
- Digger
- Saturday Night Live UK as Self - Host
- Hamlet as Hamlet
- The Name of Action as Self
2025
- The Phoenician Scheme as Prince Farouk
- Relay as Ash
- Together for Palestine as Self
2024
- Defiance: Fighting the Far Right ... (Executive Producer)
2023
- Nimona as Ballister Boldheart (voice)
- Fingernails as Amir
- Mustache ... (Executive Producer)
- Dammi as Mounir
2022
- Joyland ... (Executive Producer)
- You Resemble Me ... (Executive Producer)
- Moshari ... (Executive Producer)
2021
- Flee ... (Executive Producer)
- Encounter as Malik Khan
- The Long Goodbye as Riz
- Lines
2020
- Sound of Metal as Ruben Stone
- Mogul Mowgli as Zed
2019
2018
- Venom as Carlton Drake / Riot
- The Sisters Brothers as Hermann Kermit Warm
- The Big Narstie Show as Self
2017
- Una as Scott
- The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' as Self
2016
- The OA as Elias Rahim
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Bodhi Rook
- The Night Of as Nasir 'Naz' Khan
- Jason Bourne as Aaron Kalloor
- City of Tiny Lights as Tommy Akhtar
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Nightcrawler as Rick
- Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- Daytimer ... (Director)
2013
- Closed Circuit as Nazrul Sharma
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist as Changez
- Out of Darkness as Male
2012
- Girls as Paul-Louis
- Ill Manors as Aaron
2011
- The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- Black Gold as Ali
- Trishna as Jay
2010
- Centurion as Tarak
- Four Lions as Omar
2009
- 10 Minute Tales as Joseph
- Rage as Vijay
- Freefall as Gary
- Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam as Self
2008
- Dead Set as Riq Rahman
- Wired as Manesh Kunzru
- Shifty as Shifty
- Baghdad Express as Talal
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Britz as Sohail
- Britz as Sohail Wahid
2006
- The Path to 9/11 as Yosri
- The Road to Guantanamo as Shafiq
- The Play's the Thing
- Banglatown Banquet as Razual
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self - Musical Guest
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
1953
- The Oscars as Self