Riz Ahmed
Riz Ahmed
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Riz Ahmed, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acted Movies
Director: Wes Anderson
Writers: Wes Anderson,
Cast: Benicio del Toro, Bryan Cranston, Jeffrey Wright, Mathieu Amalric, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Richard Ayoade, Riz Ahmed, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks,
Director: Christos Nikou
Writers: Sam Steiner,
Cast: Amanda Arcuri, Annie Murphy, Christian Meer, Clare McConnell, Jeremy Allen White, Jessie Buckley, Katy Breier, Luke Wilson, Nina Kiri, Riz Ahmed,
Director: Nick Bruno
Writers: Robert L. Baird,
Cast: Beck Bennett, Chloë Grace Moretz, Eugene Lee Yang, Frances Conroy, Indya Moore, Julio Torres, Lorraine Toussaint, Riz Ahmed, RuPaul, Sarah Sherman,
Director: Michael Pearce
Writers: Joe Barton,
Cast: Aditya Geddada, Antonio Jaramillo, Janina Gavankar, Keith Szarabajka, Lucian-River Chauhan, Misha Collins, Octavia Spencer, Riz Ahmed, Rory Cochrane, Shane McRae,
Director: Darius Marder
Writers: Abraham Marder,
Cast: Bill Thorpe, Chelsea Lee, Chris Perfetti, Domenico Toledo, Lauren Ridloff, Mathieu Amalric, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Riz Ahmed, Shaheem Sanchez,
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Writers: Kelly Marcel,
Cast: Jenny Slate, Malcolm C. Murray, Melora Walters, Michelle Williams, Peggy Lu, Reid Scott, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze, Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson,
Director: Jacques Audiard
Writers: Thomas Bidegain,
Cast: Allison Tolman, Carol Kane, Jake Gyllenhaal, Joaquin Phoenix, John C. Reilly, Patrice Cossonneau, Rebecca Root, Riz Ahmed, Rutger Hauer, Zac Abbott,
Director: Gareth Edwards
Writers: Tony Gilroy,
Cast: Alan Tudyk, Ben Mendelsohn, Diego Luna, Donnie Yen, Felicity Jones, Forest Whitaker, Guy Henry, Jiang Wen, Mads Mikkelsen, Riz Ahmed,
Director: Dan Gilroy
Writers: Dan Gilroy,
Cast: Ann Cusack, Bill Paxton, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kent Shocknek, Kevin Rahm, Michael Hyatt, Price Carson, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed, Sharon Tay,
Director: John Crowley
Writers: Steven Knight,
Cast: Anne-Marie Duff, Ciarán Hinds, Denis Moschitto, Eric Bana, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Jim Broadbent, Julia Stiles, Kenneth Cranham, Rebecca Hall, Riz Ahmed,
Director: Mira Nair
Writers: William Wheeler,
Cast: Haluk Bilginer, Kate Hudson, Kiefer Sutherland, Liev Schreiber, Martin Donovan, Meesha Shafi, Nelsan Ellis, Om Puri, Riz Ahmed, Shabana Azmi,
Director: Plan B
Writers: Plan B,
Cast: Anouska Mond, Dannielle Brent, Ed Skrein, Jo Hartley, Martin Serene, Mem Ferda, Natalie Press, Neil Large, Nick Sagar, Riz Ahmed,
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Writers: Menno Meyjes,
Cast: Akin Gazi, Antonio Banderas, Corey Johnson, Ériq Ebouaney, Freida Pinto, Liya Kebede, Lotfi Dziri, Mark Strong, Riz Ahmed, Tahar Rahim,
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Writers: Michael Winterbottom,
Cast: Chanchal Sharma, Freida Pinto, Harish Khanna, Leela Madhauram, Mita Vashisht, Neet Mohan, Pratiksha Singh, Riz Ahmed, Roshan Seth, Shweta Tripathi Sharma,
Director: Chris Morris
Writers: Simon Blackwell,
Cast: Adeel Akhtar, Arsher Ali, Benedict Cumberbatch, Craig Parkinson, Julia Davis, Kayvan Novak, Nigel Lindsay, Preeya Kalidas, Riz Ahmed, Wasim Zakir,
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Writers: Michael Winterbottom,
Cast: Afran Usman, Farhad Harun, Jason Salkey, Riz Ahmed, Shahid Iqbal, Sher Khan, Waqar Siddiqui,