Riz Ahmed
Actor, Productor, Escritor, Director
1 de diciembre de 1982 (43 años)
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. 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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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.
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Filmography
| 2026 | Digger · as Ganesh |
| 2026 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Full Cast Audio Edition · as Severus Snape |
| 2026 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Full-Cast Edition - Book 6 · as Severus Snape |
| 2026 | Bait · as Shah Latif |
| 2026 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: Full-Cast Edition - Book 5 · as Severus Snape |
| 2026 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Full Cast Audio Edition · as Severus Snape |
| 2026 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Full-Cast Edition - Book 3 · as Severus Snape |
| 2025 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Full-Cast Edition - Book 2 · as Severus Snape |
| 2025 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Full-Cast Edition - Book 1 · as Severus Snape |
| 2025 | Hamlet · as Hamlet |
| 2025 | The Phoenician Scheme · as Prince Farouk |
| 2024 | Relay · as Ash |
| 2023 | Fingernails · as Amir |
| 2023 | Dammi · as Mounir |
| 2023 | Nimona · as Ballister Boldheart (voice) |
| 2022 | |
| 2021 | Encounter · as Malik Khan |
| 2020 | Mogul Mowgli · as Zed |
| 2020 | The Long Goodbye · as Riz |
| 2019 | Sound of Metal · as Ruben Stone |
| 2018 | Venom · as Carlton Drake / Riot |
| 2018 | The Sisters Brothers · as Hermann Kermit WarmEn Plex |
| 2016 | Una · as ScottEn Plex |
| 2016 | The OA · as Elias Rahim |
| 2016 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story · as Bodhi Rook |
| 2016 | City of Tiny Lights · as Tommy Akhtar |
| 2016 | Jason Bourne · as Aaron Kalloor |
| 2016 | The Night Of · as Nasir 'naz' Khan |
| 2014 | Nightcrawler · as RickEn Plex |
| 2013 | Out of Darkness · as Male |
| 2013 | Closed Circuit · as Nazrul Sharma |
| 2012 | The Reluctant Fundamentalist · as Changez |
| 2012 | Ill Manors · as Aaron |
| 2012 | Girls · as Paul-Louis |
| 2011 | Day of the Falcon · as AliEn Plex |
| 2011 | The Fades · as Neil |
| 2011 | Trishna · as JayEn Plex |
| 2010 | Four Lions · as Omar |
| 2010 | Centurion · as Tarak |
| 2009 | 10 Minute Tales · as Joseph |
| 2009 | Rage · as Vijay |
| 2009 | Freefall · as Gary |
| 2008 | Dead Set · as Riq Rahman |
| 2008 | Shifty · as Shifty |
| 2008 | Wired · as Manesh KunzruEn Plex |
| 2007 | Britz · as Sohail Wahid |
| 2007 | Britz · as Sohail |
| 2006 | The Path to 9/11 · as Yosri |
| 2006 | Banglatown Banquet · as Razual |
| 2006 | The Road to Guantanamo · as Shafiq |
| 2026 | Bait · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | |
| 2024 | Defiance: Fighting the Far Right · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Mustache · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Joyland · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Moshari · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | You Resemble Me · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Flee · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | |
| 2019 | Sound of Metal · as Executive Producer |
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| 2020 | |
| 2014 |
| 2014 |
| 2026 | Bait · as Songs |
| 2020 | Mogul Mowgli · as Story |
| 1998 | Comedy Lab · as Creator |