Riz Ahmed
Date of birth: 1982-12-01
Place of birth: Wembley, London, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Riz MC, Rizwan "Riz" Ahmed, Rizwan Ahmed, Ριζ Αχμέντ, रिज़ अहमद
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.
Movie Credits
Shifty
2008-10-24
Shifty, a young crack cocaine dealer in London, sees his life quickly spiral out of control when his
Relay
2025-08-21
A broker of lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten them bre
The Road to Guantanamo
2006-03-09
Part drama, part documentary, The Road to Guantánamo focuses on the Tipton Three, a trio of British
Centurion
2010-02-15
Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, march
Rage
2009-09-24
A schoolboy uses his cellphone camera to shoot intimate interviews with people working at a New York
Four Lions
2010-05-07
Four Lions tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory t
Trishna
2011-09-08
When her father is killed in a road accident, Trishna's family expect her to provide for them. The r
Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam
2009-11-03
Three years in the making, this feature documentary follows the progression of the Muslim Punk scene
Black Gold
2011-12-21
On the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib,
Dammi
2023-08-02
Returning to Paris, a man moves through memories of his past and surreal fragments of the present, s
Ill Manors
2012-06-06
Ensemble film revolving around characters living in Forest Gate, London. Over the course of a few da
Britz
2007-11-05
Sohail is an ambitious law undergraduate who signs up with MI5 and, eager to play a part in protecti
Nimona
2023-06-23
A knight framed for a tragic crime teams with a scrappy, shape-shifting teen to prove his innocence.
Freefall
2009-07-13
FREEFALL is the first drama to tackle the extraordinary financial crisis Britons are living through.
Fingernails
2023-10-27
Anna and Ryan have found true love together. It's been proven by a controversial test. There's just
Out of Darkness
2013-10-08
A unique story told by nine different actors which explores the haunting of a conscience by lost sou
Closed Circuit
2013-08-28
A high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex-lovers on the defense team - testin
Nightcrawler
2014-10-23
When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the li
Una
2017-01-05
When a young woman unexpectedly arrives at an older man's workplace, looking for answers, the secret
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016-12-14
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a ne
The Phoenician Scheme
2025-05-23
Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As
Jason Bourne
2016-07-27
The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about
City of Tiny Lights
2016-09-12
In the teeming, multicultural metropolis of modern-day London, a seemingly straightforward missing-p
Digger
2026-09-30
The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity's saviour be
Baghdad Express
2008-10-27
A young girl working in her father's Arabic restaurant is forced to decide which comes first - her d
Banglatown Banquet
2006-03-25
Middle-aged Muslim Bangladeshi women struggling for their freedom as they leave the familiarity of t
The Sisters Brothers
2018-09-19
Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable secret
Venom
2018-09-28
Investigative journalist Eddie Brock attempts a comeback following a scandal, but accidentally becom
Sound of Metal
2020-11-20
Metal drummer Ruben begins to lose his hearing. When a doctor tells him his condition will worsen, h
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
2017-04-04
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' is a 2017 documentary detailing the produc
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013-04-24
In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11
Mogul Mowgli
2020-10-30
Zed, a young British rapper, is about to start his first world tour, when a crippling illness strike
Exit West
A young refugee couple from a war-torn country hears rumours that there are doors in the city they l
The Long Goodbye
2020-03-06
A short about racism and Islamophobia in the UK.
Encounter
2021-12-03
A decorated Marine goes on a rescue mission to save his two young sons from an unhuman threat. As th
Violent Talent
A man and his two oldest friends try to build a criminal empire in contemporary Chicago where he fee
Lines
2021-02-10
Six poems written by six young prisoners animated to tell their stories, thoughts, fears and hopes.
Hamlet
2026-02-06
Set in a modern-day London of economic and political uncertainty, the story follows the intersecting
Together for Palestine
2025-09-17
Broadcast of the "Together for Palestine" charity concert organized by Brian Eno along with several
Growth
The founder of a Snapchat-like social media platform races to deal with the company's exponential gr
The Big Fix
Follows a former Interpol cop in a bureaucratic role at FIFA who uncovers an international match-fix