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Riz Ahmed
Riz Ahmed’s screen credits include Rick in Nightcrawler, Bodhi Rook in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and Ganesh in Digger.
Born December 1, 1982 Wembley, London, England, UK5 movies on MoviHero
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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. …
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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.
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- 2026HamletProducer · Hamlet
- 2026The Name of ActionSelf
- 2025Together for PalestineSelf
- 2025RelayAsh
- 2025The Phoenician SchemePrince Farouk
- 2023FingernailsAmir
- 2023DammiMounir
- 2023NimonaBallister Boldheart (voice)
- 2023MustacheProducer
- 2022JoylandProducer
- 2022You Resemble MeProducer
- 2022MoshariProducer
- 2021EncounterMalik Khan
- 2021FleeProducer
- 2021The Long GoodbyeWriter · Riz
- 2021LinesActor
- 2020Sound of MetalProducer · Ruben Stone
- 2020Mogul MowgliWriter · Producer · Zed
- 2018The Sisters BrothersHermann Kermit Warm
- 2017The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'Self
- 2017UnaScott
- 2016City of Tiny LightsTommy Akhtar
- 2014DaytimerDirector · Writer
- 2013Out of DarknessMale
- 2013Closed CircuitNazrul Sharma
- 2013The Reluctant FundamentalistChangez
- 2012Ill ManorsAaron
- 2011Black GoldAli
- 2011TrishnaJay
- 2010Four LionsOmar
- 2010CenturionTarak
- 2009Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk IslamSelf
- 2009RageVijay
- 2009FreefallGary
- 2008Baghdad ExpressTalal
- 2008ShiftyShifty
- 2007BritzSohail Wahid
- 2006Banglatown BanquetRazual
- 2006The Road to GuantanamoShafiq
- Exit WestProducer · Saeed
- GrowthActor
- The Big FixActor
- Violent TalentActor
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