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 a...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Judy
2026
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 everythi...

Relay
2025
as Tom
Tom, a world class “fixer”, specializes in brokering lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten their ruin. He ke...

The Phoenician Scheme
2025
as Prince Farouk
Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon becom...

Fingernails
2023
as Amir
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...

Dammi
2023
as Mounir
Returning to Paris, a man moves through memories of his past and surreal fragments of the present, searching for connection with his estranged father....

Nimona
2023
as Ballister Boldheart (voice)
A knight framed for a tragic crime teams with a scrappy, shape-shifting teen to prove his innocence.

Mustache
2023
Executive Producer
It’s the mid-90’s in Northern California and 13-year-old Pakistani-American ILYAS is facing a major crisis — his parents yanked him out of his comfort...

Joyland
2022
Executive Producer
As a patriarchal family yearns for the birth of a son to continue their family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and fal...

You Resemble Me
2022
Executive Producer
Two sisters are abruptly separated, the eldest, Hasna, struggles to find her identity and place in the world.

Moshari
2022
Executive Producer
The end of the world forces two sisters together, inside a mosquito net, just to live on—but first they must survive each other.

Encounter
2021
as Malik Khan
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 d...

Flee
2021
Executive Producer
Recounted mostly through animation to protect his identity, Amin looks back over his past as a child refugee from Afghanistan as he grapples with a se...

Lines
2021
Six poems written by six young prisoners animated to tell their stories, thoughts, fears and hopes.

Sound of Metal
2020
as Ruben Stone
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 girlfrie...

Sound of Metal
2020
Executive Producer
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 girlfrie...

Mogul Mowgli
2020
as Zed
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 f...

Mogul Mowgli
2020
Story, Writer, Producer
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 f...

The Long Goodbye
2020
as Riz
A short about racism and Islamophobia in the UK.

The Long Goodbye
2020
Writer, Creator
A short about racism and Islamophobia in the UK.

Venom
2018
as Carlton Drake / Riot
Investigative journalist Eddie Brock attempts a comeback following a scandal, but accidentally becomes the host of Venom, a violent, super powerful al...

The Sisters Brothers
2018
as Hermann Kermit Warm
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...

The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
2017
as Self
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' is a 2017 documentary detailing the production of the standalone Star Wars film. The feature...

Una
2017
as Scott
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.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
as Bodhi Rook
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.

City of Tiny Lights
2016
as Tommy Akhtar
In the teeming, multicultural metropolis of modern-day London, a seemingly straightforward missing-person case launches a down-at-heel private eye int...

Jason Bourne
2016
as Aaron Kalloor
The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.

Nightcrawler
2014
as Rick
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 ...
Daytimer
2014
Director, Writer
1999, Naseem gives school and home the slip to attend his first daytime rave.

Out of Darkness
2013
as Male
A unique story told by nine different actors which explores the haunting of a conscience by lost souls that won't let go.

Closed Circuit
2013
as Nazrul Sharma
A high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex-lovers on the defense team - testing the limits of their loyalties and placing their ...

The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013
as Changez
In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Ill Manors
2012
as Aaron
Ensemble film revolving around characters living in Forest Gate, London. Over the course of a few days, six inter-linking stories explore issues of dr...

Black Gold
2011
as Ali
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 riva...

Trishna
2011
as Jay
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 pu...

Four Lions
2010
as Omar
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 t...

Centurion
2010
as Tarak
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 Leg...

Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam
2009
Three years in the making, this feature documentary follows the progression of the Muslim Punk scene: from its imaginary inception in a novel written ...

Rage
2009
as Vijay
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 inte...

Freefall
2009
as Gary
FREEFALL is the first drama to tackle the extraordinary financial crisis Britons are living through. Helmed by multiple BAFTA-winning director Dominic...
Baghdad Express
2008
as Talal
A young girl working in her father's Arabic restaurant is forced to decide which comes first - her dreams or her family.
Baghdad Express
2008
Original Music Composer
A young girl working in her father's Arabic restaurant is forced to decide which comes first - her dreams or her family.

Shifty
2008
as Shifty
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 d...

Britz
2007
as Sohail Wahid
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 ...

Banglatown Banquet
2006
as Razual
Middle-aged Muslim Bangladeshi women struggling for their freedom as they leave the familiarity of their Bangladeshi community and set out on a voyage...

The Road to Guantanamo
2006
as Shafiq
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 ye...

Exit West
N/A
as Saeed
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.
Violent Talent
N/A
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.
Hamlet
N/A
as Hamlet
Set in a modern-day London of economic and political uncertainty, the story follows the intersecting themes of familial honor, moral duty and dynastic...
Hamlet
N/A
Producer
Set in a modern-day London of economic and political uncertainty, the story follows the intersecting themes of familial honor, moral duty and dynastic...

Exit West
N/A
Executive Producer
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.