
Cast
Riz Ahmed
Acting
Cast
Riz Ahmed
Known for
Acting
Born
1982-12-01
From
Wembley, London, England, UK
Also known as Riz MC, Rizwan 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.

Nightcrawler
as Rick

Venom
as Carlton Drake / Riot

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Bodhi Rook

Jason Bourne
as Aaron Kalloor

The Phoenician Scheme
as Prince Farouk

Nimona
as Ballister Boldheart (voice)

Relay
as Ash

Digger

Centurion
as Tarak

Sound of Metal
as Ruben Stone

Black Gold
as Ali

Hamlet
as Hamlet

The Sisters Brothers
as Hermann Kermit Warm

Closed Circuit
as Nazrul Sharma

Four Lions
as Omar

The Reluctant Fundamentalist
as Changez

Encounter
as Malik Khan

Trishna
as Jay

Rage
as Vijay

Fingernails
as Amir

The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
as Self

Ill Manors
as Aaron

Una
as Scott

Mogul Mowgli
as Zed

Britz
as Sohail Wahid

Freefall
as Gary

City of Tiny Lights
as Tommy Akhtar

The Name of Action
as Self

Exit West
as Saeed

Dammi
as Mounir

Shifty
as Shifty

The Road to Guantanamo
as Shafiq

Baghdad Express
as Talal

Violent Talent

The Long Goodbye
as Riz

Growth

Together for Palestine
as Self

The Big Fix

Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam
as Self

Banglatown Banquet
as Razual

Lines

Out of Darkness
as Male