In 2012, he starred as one of the leading roles in the London-based film Ill Manors, directed by Plan B. Ahmed also had a supporting role in Neil Marshall's historical thriller Centurion. 2010s Ĭontinuing his film career, he featured in the 2009 Sally Potter production of Rage and in 2010, in Chris Morris' satire on terrorism, Four Lions, for which he received his second British Independent Film Award nomination for Best Actor. He was nominated for Best Actor at the 2008 British Independent Film Awards. Ahmed plays a charismatic young drug dealer in the film which sees a life in the day of this character. He featured in the title role of the 2009 independent film Shifty, directed by Eran Creevy. In July 2009, he appeared in Freefall alongside Sarah Harding.

Also that year he played a primary school teacher in Staffroom Monologues for the specialist channel Teachers TV. Ahmed then portrayed Riq in the five-part horror thriller Dead Set for E4 and Manesh Kunzru in ITV1's Wired in 2008. In 2007, he portrayed Sohail Waheed in the Channel 4 drama, Britz. Ahmed alleged that during questioning, police asked him whether he had become an actor to further the Islamic cause, questioned him on his views of the Iraq War, verbally abused him, and denied him access to a telephone. He and another actor involved in the film were detained at Luton Airport upon their return from the Berlin Film Festival where the film won a Silver Bear Award. Acting career 2000s Īhmed's film career began in the 2006 Michael Winterbottom film The Road to Guantánamo, in which he played the part of Shafiq Rasul, a member of the Tipton Three. He later studied acting at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Instead, Ahmed organised parties to celebrate cultures which did not conform to the dominant 'elitist, white' and ' black-tie' culture of Oxford. He experienced a culture shock at Oxford, nearly dropping out due to the isolating atmosphere. He graduated from Christ Church, Oxford University, with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE). Īhmed attended Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, through a scholarship programme.

Ahmed's father is a shipping broker, and he is a descendant of Shah Muhammad Sulaiman, the first Muslim Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court during British colonial rule in India. His parents moved to England from Karachi, Pakistan, during the 1970s. 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.Īs 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 representation at the House of Commons.Īhmed was born on 1 December 1982 in Wembley, a suburb in the London Borough of Brent, to a British-Pakistani family of Muhajir background. He produced, co-wrote, and starred in Mogul Mowgli (2020), which earned a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film.Īs 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. The latter earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. 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). He received another Emmy nomination in the same year for his guest role in Girls. 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, becoming the first Muslim and South Asian male to win an acting Emmy. He had his break-out role in Nightcrawler (2014), which led to roles in the 2016 big-budget films Jason Bourne and Rogue One. Īfter 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). In 2017, he was named in the Time 100 listing of the most influential people in the world. 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. Rizwan 'Riz' Ahmed ( Urdu pronunciation: born ( )1 December 1982) is a British actor and rapper.

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