Riz Ahmed
Acting
Born: Dec 01, 1982
From: Wembley, London, England, UK
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digger | 2026 | — | |
| Relay | Ash | 2025 | 6.928 |
| The Phoenician Scheme | Prince Farouk | 2025 | 6.501 |
| Dammi | Mounir | 2023 | 6.0 |
| Nimona | Ballister Boldheart (voice) | 2023 | 7.852 |
| Fingernails | Amir | 2023 | 5.947 |
| Sound of Metal | Ruben Stone | 2020 | 7.699 |
| The Sisters Brothers | Hermann Kermit Warm | 2018 | 6.836 |
| Venom | Carlton Drake / Riot | 2018 | 6.825 |
| Una | Scott | 2017 | 6.0 |
| The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' | Self | 2017 | 5.6 |
| Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Bodhi Rook | 2016 | 7.505 |
| Jason Bourne | Aaron Kalloor | 2016 | 6.376 |
| City of Tiny Lights | Tommy Akhtar | 2016 | 5.2 |
| Nightcrawler | Rick | 2014 | 7.708 |
| Out of Darkness | Male | 2013 | 8.0 |
| Closed Circuit | Nazrul Sharma | 2013 | 5.905 |
| Ill Manors | Aaron | 2012 | 6.278 |
| Trishna | Jay | 2011 | 5.9 |
| Black Gold | Ali | 2011 | 6.5 |
| Centurion | Tarak | 2010 | 6.236 |
| Four Lions | Omar | 2010 | 7.0 |
| Rage | Vijay | 2009 | 3.5 |
| Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam | Self | 2009 | 5.6 |
| Freefall | Gary | 2009 | 6.1 |
| Shifty | Shifty | 2008 | 5.8 |
| Baghdad Express | Talal | 2008 | — |
| Britz | Sohail Wahid | 2007 | 8.0 |
| The Road to Guantanamo | Shafiq | 2006 | 6.887 |
| Banglatown Banquet | Razual | 2006 | — |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1982 |
| From | Wembley, London, England, … |