Riz Ahmed
Riz Ahmed
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.
Known For
Actor
as Saeed
as Hamlet
as Shah Latif
as Prince Farouk
as Tom
as Amir
as Mounir
as Ballister Boldheart (voice)
as Malik Khan
as Ruben Stone
as Zed
as Riz
as Carlton Drake / Riot
as Hermann Kermit Warm
as Self
as Scott
as Bodhi Rook
as Tommy Akhtar
as Aaron Kalloor
as Elias Rahim
as Nasir 'Naz' Khan
as Rick
as Self
as Self
as Male
as Nazrul Sharma
as Changez
as Aaron
as Paul-Louis
as Ali
as Jay
as Self
as Omar
as Tarak
as Vijay
as Gary
as Joseph
as Self
as Talal
as Shifty
as Riq
as Manesh Kunzru
as Sohail Wahid
as Sohail
as Self
as Razual
as Shafiq
as Yosri
as Self - Performer
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
Writer
as Story
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
Crew
as Creator
as Creator
Sound
as Original Music Composer
Director
as Director
Creator
as Creator