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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.

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2026 Judy

2025 Relay as Tom

2025 The Phoenician Scheme as Prince Farouk

2025 Violent Talent

2025 Exit West as Saeed Executive Producer

2025 Hamlet as Hamlet Producer

2023 Fingernails as Amir

2023 Dammi as Mounir

2023 Nimona as Ballister Boldheart (voice)

2023 Mustache Executive Producer

2022 Joyland Executive Producer

2022 You Resemble Me Executive Producer

2022 Moshari Executive Producer

2021 Encounter as Malik Khan

2021 Flee Executive Producer

2021 Lines

2020 Sound of Metal as Ruben Stone Executive Producer

2020 Mogul Mowgli as Zed Story, Writer, Producer

2020 The Long Goodbye as Riz Writer, Creator

2018 Venom as Carlton Drake / Riot

2018 The Sisters Brothers as Hermann Kermit Warm

2017 The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' as Self

2017 Una as Scott

2016 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Bodhi Rook

2016 City of Tiny Lights as Tommy Akhtar

2016 Jason Bourne as Aaron Kalloor

2014 Nightcrawler as Rick

2014 Daytimer Director, Writer

2013 Out of Darkness as Male

2013 Closed Circuit as Nazrul Sharma

2013 The Reluctant Fundamentalist as Changez

2012 Ill Manors as Aaron

2011 Black Gold as Ali

2011 Trishna as Jay

2010 Four Lions as Omar

2010 Centurion as Tarak

2009 Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam

2009 Rage as Vijay

2009 Freefall as Gary

2008 Baghdad Express as Talal Original Music Composer

2008 Shifty as Shifty

2007 Britz as Sohail Wahid

2006 Banglatown Banquet as Razual

2006 The Road to Guantanamo as Shafiq

Genres

7.87 Fantasy 1

7.87 Family 1

7.02 Science Fiction 4

6.95 Action 5

6.86 Adventure 6

6.83 Western 1

6.80 Horror 1

6.59 Music 3

6.49 Comedy 4

6.45 Drama 29

6.44 Crime 5

6.40 TV Movie 1

6.37 Romance 3

6.32 Documentary 3

6.12 Mystery 2

6.06 Thriller 10

5.88 Animation 3