Riz Ahmed
01 Dec 1982 (41 years old) in Wembley, London, England, UK
Rizwan "Riz" Ahmed (born 1 December 1982), also known as Riz MC, is a British actor and rapper. As an actor, he is best known for his roles in Nightcrawler, Sound of Metal, Rogue One, Venom, The Sister Brothers, and the HBO miniseries The Night Of. 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Relay as Tom
- 2023 · Fingernails as Amir
- 2023 · Dammi as Mounir
- 2023 · Nimona as Ballister Boldheart (voice)
- 2021 · Encounter as Malik Khan
- 2021 · Lines as
- 2020 · Sound of Metal as Ruben Stone
- 2020 · Mogul Mowgli as Zed
- 2020 · The Long Goodbye as Riz
- 2019 · The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan as Himself
- 2018 · Venom as Carlton Drake / Riot
- 2018 · The Sisters Brothers as Hermann Kermit Warm
- 2018 · The Big Narstie Show as Self
- 2017 · The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' as Self
- 2017 · Una as Scott
- 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
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Nightcrawler as Rick
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- 2013 · Out of Darkness as Male
- 2013 · Closed Circuit as Nazrul Sharma
- 2013 · The Reluctant Fundamentalist as Changez
- 2012 · Ill Manors as Aaron
- 2012 · Girls as Paul-Louis
- 2011 · Black Gold as Ali
- 2011 · Trishna as Jay
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- 2010 · Four Lions as Omar
- 2010 · Centurion as Tarak
- 2009 · 10 Minute Tales as Joseph
- 2009 · Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam as
- 2009 · Rage as Vijay
- 2009 · Freefall as Gary
- 2009 · Alan Carr: Chatty Man as Self
- 2008 · Baghdad Express as Talal
- 2008 · Dead Set as Riq
- 2008 · Shifty as Shifty
- 2008 · Wired as Manesh Kunzru
- 2007 · Britz as Sohail Wahid
- 2007 · Britz as Sohail
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · The Path to 9/11 as Yosri
- 2006 · The Play's the Thing (UK) as
- 2006 · Banglatown Banquet as Razual
- 2006 · The Road to Guantanamo as Shafiq
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self - Performer
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 2024 · The Phoenician Scheme as
- 2024 · Untitled Alejandro G. Iñárritu Film as
- 2024 · Exit West as Saeed
- 2024 · Violent Talent as
- 2024 · Hamlet as Hamlet
- 2024 · Quarter Life as Shah Latif