Riz Ahmed
Also Known As: Riz MC, 리즈 아메드, Rizwan "Riz" Ahmed, Ριζ Άχμεντ, Rizwan Ahmed, ريز أحمد
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 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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Wembley, London, England, UK
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Birthday: December 01, 1982
Age: 42 years old
Gender: Male
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Shifty
Overview: Shifty, a young crack cocaine dealer in London, sees his life quickly spiral out of control when his best friend returns home. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs, and with his family about to turn their back on him for good, Shifty must out-run and out-smart a rival drug dealer, intent on setting him up for a big fall.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-24
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Relay
Overview: Tom, a world class “fixer”, specializes in brokering lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten their ruin. He keeps his identity a secret through meticulous planning and always follows an exacting set of rules. But when a message arrives one day from potential client Sarah, needing Tom’s protection just to stay alive, the rules quickly start to change.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-08-21
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The Road to Guantanamo
Overview: Part drama, part documentary, The Road to Guantánamo focuses on the Tipton Three, a trio of British Muslims who were held in Guantanamo Bay for two years until they were released without charge.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-09
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Centurion
Overview: Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-02-15
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Rage
Overview: A schoolboy uses his cellphone camera to shoot intimate interviews with people working at a New York fashion house and secretly posts them on the internet. Result: a bitterly funny expose of an industry in crisis, during a week in which an accident on the runway becomes a murder investigation, and denial leads to devastation.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-24
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Four Lions
Overview: Four Lions tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, and their competing ideologies clash, what emerges is an emotionally engaging (and entirely plausible) farce.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-05-07
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Trishna
Overview: When her father is killed in a road accident, Trishna's family expect her to provide for them. The rich son of an entrepreneur starts to restlessly pursue her affections, but are his intentions as pure as they seem?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-08
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Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam
Overview: Three years in the making, this feature documentary follows the progression of the Muslim Punk scene: from its imaginary inception in a novel written by a white-convert named Michael Muhammad Knight to a full-blown, real-life scene of Muslim punk bands and their fans.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-03
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Black Gold
Overview: On the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib, Emir of Hobeika, lays down his peace terms to rival Amar, Sultan of Salmaah. The two men agree that neither can lay claim to the area of no man’s land between them called The Yellow Belt. In return, Nesib adopts Amar’s two boys Saleeh and Auda as a guarantee against invasion. Twelve years later, Saleeh and Auda have grown into young men. Saleeh, the warrior, itches to escape his gilded cage and return to his father’s land. Auda cares only for books and the pursuit of knowledge. One day, their adopted father Nesib is visited by an American from Texas. He tells the Emir that his land is blessed with oil and promises him riches beyond his wildest imagination. Nesib imagines a realm of infinite possibility, a kingdom with roads, schools and hospitals all paid for by the black gold beneath the barren sand. There is only one problem. The precious oil is located in the Yellow Belt.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-21
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Dammi
Overview: Returning to Paris, a man moves through memories of his past and surreal fragments of the present, searching for connection with his estranged father. On his journey, he meets a French-Algerian woman. As their intimacy grows, he is confronted with his shame and fears while exploring his lost Arab identity… Behind Paris is Algiers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-08-02
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Ill Manors
Overview: Ensemble film revolving around characters living in Forest Gate, London. Over the course of a few days, six inter-linking stories explore issues of drug use, prostitution and urban poverty.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-06
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Britz
Overview: Sohail is an ambitious law undergraduate who signs up with MI5 and, eager to play a part in protecting British security, begins an investigation into a terrorist cell. His sister Nasima is a medical student in Leeds who becomes increasingly alienated and angered by Britain's foreign and domestic policy after witnessing at first hand the relentless targeting of her Muslim neighbours and peers. With action set in Pakistan, Eastern Europe, London and Leeds, both feature-length episodes detail a tragic sequence of events from two distinct perspectives. At the heart of this thought-provoking drama is a revealing examination of British Muslim life under current anti-terror legislation. Britz ultimately asks whether the laws we think are making us safer, are actually putting us in greater danger.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-05
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Nimona
Overview: A knight framed for a tragic crime teams with a scrappy, shape-shifting teen to prove his innocence.
Genres: Animation Family Action Science Fiction Adventure Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-06-23
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Freefall
Overview: FREEFALL is the first drama to tackle the extraordinary financial crisis Britons are living through. Helmed by multiple BAFTA-winning director Dominic Savage, the film takes a startling and provocative look at the events that caused people's lives to spiral out of control. With pace, edge and real emotional punch, it gives a unique insight into how the country came so perilously close to the edge.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-07-13
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Fingernails
Overview: Anna and Ryan have found true love together. It’s been proven by a controversial test. There’s just one problem: Anna still isn’t sure. Then she meets Amir.
Genres: Romance Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-10-27
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Out of Darkness
Overview: A unique story told by nine different actors which explores the haunting of a conscience by lost souls that won't let go.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-08
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Closed Circuit
Overview: A high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex-lovers on the defense team - testing the limits of their loyalties and placing their lives in jeopardy.
Genres: Mystery Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-08-28
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Nightcrawler
Overview: When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-23
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Una
Overview: When a young woman unexpectedly arrives at an older man's workplace, looking for answers, the secrets of the past threaten to unravel his new life.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-30
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Overview: A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-14
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The Phoenician Scheme
Overview: The story of a family and a family business.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-05-23
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Jason Bourne
Overview: The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-07-27
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City of Tiny Lights
Overview: In the teeming, multicultural metropolis of modern-day London, a seemingly straightforward missing-person case launches a down-at-heel private eye into a dangerous world of religious fanaticism and political intrigue.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-12
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Judy
Overview: The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity's saviour before the disaster he’s unleashed destroys everything.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2026-10-02
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Baghdad Express
Overview: A young girl working in her father's Arabic restaurant is forced to decide which comes first - her dreams or her family.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-27
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Banglatown Banquet
Overview: Middle-aged Muslim Bangladeshi women struggling for their freedom as they leave the familiarity of their Bangladeshi community and set out on a voyage of discovery.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-25
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The Sisters Brothers
Overview: Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable secret that the Commodore wants to know, so he sends the Sisters brothers, two notorious assassins, to capture him on his way to California.
Genres: Western Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-19
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Venom
Overview: Investigative journalist Eddie Brock attempts a comeback following a scandal, but accidentally becomes the host of Venom, a violent, super powerful alien symbiote. Soon, he must rely on his newfound powers to protect the world from a shadowy organization looking for a symbiote of their own.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-28
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Sound of Metal
Overview: Metal drummer Ruben begins to lose his hearing. When a doctor tells him his condition will worsen, he thinks his career and life is over. His girlfriend Lou checks the former addict into a rehab for the deaf hoping it will prevent a relapse and help him adapt to his new life. After being welcomed and accepted just as he is, Ruben must choose between his new normal and the life he once knew.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-11-20
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The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
Overview: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-04
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Overview: In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-24
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Mogul Mowgli
Overview: Zed, a young British rapper, is about to start his first world tour, when a crippling illness strikes him down, forcing him to move back in with his family. He tries to find himself between an international music career and Pakistani family traditions.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-30
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Exit West
Overview: A young refugee couple from a war-torn country hears rumours that there are doors in the city they live that serve as portals to other destinations.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
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The Long Goodbye
Overview: A short about racism and Islamophobia in the UK.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-03-06
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Encounter
Overview: A decorated Marine goes on a rescue mission to save his two young sons from an unhuman threat. As their journey takes them in increasingly dangerous directions, the boys will need to leave their childhoods behind.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-12-03
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Violent Talent
Overview: A man and his two oldest friends try to build a criminal empire in contemporary Chicago where he feels that crime might be the most honest job around.
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Original Language: en
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Lines
Overview: Six poems written by six young prisoners animated to tell their stories, thoughts, fears and hopes.
Genres: Drama Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-02-10
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Hamlet
Overview: Set in a modern-day London of economic and political uncertainty, the story follows the intersecting themes of familial honor, moral duty and dynastic corruption.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
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