Digger
2026 · Movie
as Ganesh
Riz Ahmed
1982-12-01
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Wembley, London, England, UK
Writers:
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Riz Ahmed, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Hamlet
2026 · Movie
as Hamlet
The Name of Action
2026 · Movie
as Self
Bait
2026 · TV Show
as Shah Latif
Saturday Night Live UK
2026 · TV Show
as Self - Host
Behind The Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions
2026 · TV Show
as Himself
Relay
2025 · Movie
as Ash
The Phoenician Scheme
2025 · Movie
as Prince Farouk
Together for Palestine
2025 · Movie
as Self
Dammi
2023 · Movie
as Mounir
Nimona
2023 · Movie
as Ballister Boldheart (voice)
Fingernails
2023 · Movie
as Amir
The Long Goodbye
2021 · Movie
as Riz
Encounter
2021 · Movie
as Malik Khan
Lines
2021 · Movie
Sound of Metal
2020 · Movie
as Ruben Stone
Mogul Mowgli
2020 · Movie
as Zed
The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan
2019 · TV Show
as Self
The Sisters Brothers
2018 · Movie
as Hermann Kermit Warm
Venom
2018 · Movie
as Carlton Drake / Riot
The Big Narstie Show
2018 · TV Show
as Self
Una
2017 · Movie
as Scott
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
2017 · Movie
as Self
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016 · Movie
as Bodhi Rook
Jason Bourne
2016 · Movie
as Aaron Kalloor
City of Tiny Lights
2016 · Movie
as Tommy Akhtar
The Night Of
2016 · TV Show
as Nasir 'Naz' Khan
The OA
2016 · TV Show
as Elias Rahim
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
2016 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · TV Show
as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · TV Show
as Self
Nightcrawler
2014 · Movie
as Rick
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · TV Show
as Self, Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · TV Show
as Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 · TV Show
as Self
Out of Darkness
2013 · Movie
as Male
Closed Circuit
2013 · Movie
as Nazrul Sharma
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013 · Movie
as Changez
Ill Manors
2012 · Movie
as Aaron
Girls
2012 · TV Show
as Paul-Louis
Trishna
2011 · Movie
as Jay
Black Gold
2011 · Movie
as Ali
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011 · TV Show
as Self
Centurion
2010 · Movie
as Tarak
Four Lions
2010 · Movie
as Omar
Rage
2009 · Movie
as Vijay
Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam
2009 · Movie
as Self
Freefall
2009 · Movie
as Gary
10 Minute Tales
2009 · TV Show
as Joseph
Shifty
2008 · Movie
as Shifty
No image
Baghdad Express
2008 · Movie
as Talal
Dead Set
2008 · TV Show
as Riq Rahman
Wired
2008 · TV Show
as Manesh Kunzru
Britz
2007 · Movie
as Sohail Wahid
Britz
2007 · TV Show
as Sohail
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · TV Show
as Self
The Road to Guantanamo
2006 · Movie
as Shafiq
Banglatown Banquet
2006 · Movie
as Razual
No image
The Play's the Thing
2006 · TV Show
The Path to 9/11
2006 · TV Show
as Yosri
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · TV Show
as Self - Musical Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV Show
as Self, Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996 · TV Show
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · TV Show
as Self
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
as Self
Exit West
· Movie
as Saeed
No image
Violent Talent
· Movie
No image
Growth
· Movie
No image
The Big Fix
· Movie
Crew Credits
Hamlet
2026 · Movie
Producer
Bait
2026 · TV Show
Executive Producer, Writer, Songs, Creator
Defiance: Fighting the Far Right
2024 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Mustache
2023 · Movie
Executive Producer
You Resemble Me
2022 · Movie
Executive Producer
Moshari
2022 · Movie
Executive Producer
Joyland
2022 · Movie
Executive Producer
The Long Goodbye
2021 · Movie
Writer
Flee
2021 · Movie
Executive Producer
Mogul Mowgli
2020 · Movie
Story, Writer, Producer
Sound of Metal
2020 · Movie
Executive Producer
No image
Daytimer
2014 · Movie
Director, Writer
No image
Baghdad Express
2008 · Movie
Songs
Exit West
· Movie
Executive Producer
