Riz Ahmed
British actor and rapper
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| 2025 | Signed Artists for Palestine UK letters: one calling on Keir Starmer to halt arms sales to Israel before the general election, and another criticizing the BBC for pulling the documentary Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone. |
| 2025 | Scheduled to appear in 'The Phoenician Scheme' as Prince Farouk (post-production) |
| 2024 | Set to star in 'Relay' as Ash |
| 2023 | Signed the Artists4Ceasefire letter addressed to then U.S. President Joe Biden, calling for an end to conflict. |
| November 2023 | Joined Mustache through his company Left Handed Films after the film won the SXSW audience award. |
| October 27 2023 | Starred in Fingernails, released by Apple Original Films. |
| June 30 2023 | Released Nimona on Netflix, voicing the character Ballister Boldheart. |
| 2022 | Released the song 'Promises' on the album Give Me the Future |
| 2021 | Voiced Amin Nawabi in 'Flee' as an executive producer, and starred in 'Encounter' as Malik Khan |
| 2021 | Executive produced the animated documentary Flee, which was nominated for Best International Feature Film, Best Documentary Feature, and Best Animated Feature at the 94th Academy Awards. |
| November 2021 | Received the Richard Harris Award for significant contributions to British films. |
| August 2021 | Named head of the Platform Prize jury for the Toronto International Film Festival. |
| February 2021 | Won Best Debut Screenwriter at the British Independent Film Awards for Mogul Mowgli, a film where he stars as a British-Pakistani rapper. |
| 2020 | Riz Ahmed married American novelist Fatima Farheen Mirza. |
| 2020 | Riz Ahmed voiced the character of The Corinthian in the Audible adaptation of 'The Sandman' |
| 2020 | Released Sound of Metal, receiving multiple award nominations including Academy Award, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, BAFTA, Critics Choice, and Independent Spirit Award nominations. Became the first Muslim and British Pakistani actor nominated for Best Actor. |
| 2020 | Riz Ahmed voiced the character of Omar Khaled in the Audible audio production 'Assassin's Creed: Gold' |
| 2020 | Released the non-album single 'Once Kings' |
| 2020 | Produced, co-wrote, and starred in Mogul Mowgli, which received a BAFTA Award nomination for Outstanding British Film. |
| March 6 2020 | Released second studio album 'The Long Goodbye', made available as a digital download and streaming release through the Mongrel label. |
| 2019 | Performed at Ninja TED: A benefit for the Vancouver Food Bank, singing 'Stand Up' and 'Let the Sunshine In' |
| 2019 | Starred in Sound of Metal as a drummer who loses his hearing, earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. |
| 2018 | Played Carlton Drake in the superhero film Venom. |
| 2018 | Sadia Habib and Shaf Choudry develop the 'Riz Test', a method to evaluate Muslim representation in media, inspired by Ahmed's advocacy for better representation. |
| 2018 | His TV series Englistan was commissioned by BBC Two and Left Handed Films, telling the story of three generations of a British Pakistani family. |
| 2018 | Released the song 'Mogambo' from the album The Long Goodbye |
| 2017 | Riz Ahmed delivers a speech at the House of Commons addressing the lack of diversity and representation of Muslims in film and television, which inspired the creation of the Riz Test. |
| 2017 | Won Best Fight Against the System at the MTV Video Music Awards for 'Immigrants (We Get The Job Done)'. |
| 2017 | Named in Time magazine's list of most influential people in the world. |
| 2017 | Guest appeared in the TV series Girls, playing the character Paul-Louis in 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Appeared in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Bodhi Rook, earning a nomination for Best Male Newcomer at the Empire Awards. |
| 2016 | Starred in Jason Bourne and Rogue One, major big-budget films. |
| 2016 | Contributed an essay on racial profiling to the anthology 'The Good Immigrant', discussing experiences of discrimination at airports, auditions, and the need to suppress one's identity to be accepted. |
| 2016 | Won Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series for HBO's The Night Of. |
| 2016 | Began appearing in The OA TV series as Elias Rahim, featuring in 5 episodes through 2019 |
| 2016 | Contributed 'Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)' to The Hamilton Mixtape |
| 2016 | Received Emmy nomination for guest role in Girls. |
| October 14 2016 | Released Swet Shop Boys' full-length album Cashmere, which received critical acclaim. |
| May 26 2016 | Released the mixtape 'Englistan' under his Riz MC label, distributed as a digital download |
| 2014 | Breakthrough role in Nightcrawler, which led to more prominent film opportunities. |
| 2014 | Directed and wrote the short film Daytimer, which won Best Live Action Short at Nashville Film Festival and was nominated for the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival. |
| 2014 | Formed hip hop duo Swet Shop Boys with Heems and released their debut Swet Shop EP. |
| 2013 | Ahmed provided a formal apology to journalist Hardeep Singh Kohli for a previous tweet where he called Singh a 'bigot' and falsely accused him of attempted assault. He agreed to pay substantial damages for libel and legal costs. |
| 2012 | Starred in The Reluctant Fundamentalist. |
| 2012 | Starred in the London-based film Ill Manors, directed by Plan B, earning his third British Independent Film Award nomination for Best Actor. |
| 2012 | Appeared in 'Ill Manors' as Aaron and 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' as Changez Khan |
| 2011 | Appeared in the film Trishna. |
| 2011 | Riz Ahmed appeared in The Fades TV series, playing the role of Neil in an unaired pilot episode |
| 2011 | Starred in 'Black Gold' as Ali and 'Trishna' as Jay |
| December 1 2011 | Signed to Tru Thoughts independent label and released debut album Microscope. |
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