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Riz Ahmed

Riz Ahmed

Actor · Born 1982-12-01 · Wembley, London, England, UK

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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 latt…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Venom (2018) — Carlton Drake / Riot
  2. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) — Bodhi Rook
  3. Nightcrawler (2014) — Rick
  4. Jason Bourne (2016) — Aaron Kalloor
  5. Sound of Metal (2020) — Ruben Stone
  6. The Sisters Brothers (2018) — Hermann Kermit Warm
  7. Centurion (2010) — Tarak
  8. Nimona (2023) — Ballister Boldheart (voice)
  9. The OA (2016) — Elias Rahim
  10. The Night Of (2016) — Nasir 'Naz' Khan
  11. Four Lions (2010) — Omar
  12. The Phoenician Scheme (2025) — Prince Farouk
  13. The Daily Show (1996) — Self
  14. Closed Circuit (2013) — Nazrul Sharma
  15. Relay (2025) — Ash
  16. Encounter (2021) — Malik Khan
  17. Girls (2012) — Paul-Louis
  18. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) — Self
  19. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) — Self - Guest
  20. Dead Set (2008) — Riq Rahman
  21. Black Gold (2011) — Ali
  22. Una (2017) — Scott
  23. The Graham Norton Show (2007) — Self
  24. The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013) — Changez
  25. Fingernails (2023) — Amir
  26. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) — Self
  27. The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) — Self - Musical Guest
  28. Ill Manors (2012) — Aaron
  29. The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015) — Self
  30. The Road to Guantanamo (2006) — Shafiq
  31. City of Tiny Lights (2016) — Tommy Akhtar
  32. The Oscars (1953) — Self
  33. The Long Goodbye (2021) — Riz
  34. Trishna (2011) — Jay
  35. LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) — Self
  36. Mogul Mowgli (2020) — Zed
  37. Bait (2026) — Shah Latif
  38. Shifty (2008) — Shifty
  39. Rage (2009) — Vijay
  40. The Jonathan Ross Show (2011) — Self

Directed

  1. Daytimer (2014) — Director