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Riz Ahmed

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Rizwan Ahmed(Urdu pronunciation:[ɾɪzˌwɑːnˈɛɦˌməd̪];born(1982-12-01)1 December 1982) is a British actor and rapper. He has receivedseveral awards,including anAcademy Awardand aPrimetime Emmy Awardwith nominations for twoGolden Globe Awardsand twoBritish Academy Film Awards.In 2017, he was named in theTime 100listing of the most influential people in the world.[1]

Riz Ahmed
Ahmed in 2018
Born
Rizwan Ahmed

(1982-12-01)1 December 1982(age 41)
London,England
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Actor
  • rapper
Years active2006–present
Spouse
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(m.2020)​
AwardsFull list
Musical career
Also known asRiz MC
Genres
Years active2006–present
Labels
Member ofSwet Shop Boys

After studying acting at theRoyal Central School of Speech and Drama,Ahmed began his acting career with independent films such asThe Road to Guantanamo(2006),Shifty(2008),Four Lions(2010),Trishna(2011), andThe Reluctant Fundamentalist(2012). He had his break-out role inNightcrawler(2014), which led to roles in the 2016 big-budget filmsJason BourneandRogue One.For starring as a young man accused of murder in theHBOminiseriesThe Night Of(2016), Ahmed won thePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series.He received another Emmy nomination in the same year for his guest role inGirls.He went on to playCarlton Drakein the superhero filmVenom(2018) and a drummer who loses his hearing in the drama filmSound of Metal(2019). The latter earned him a nomination for theAcademy Award for Best Actor.He produced, co-wrote, and starred inMogul Mowgli(2020), which earned a nomination for theBAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film.

As a rapper, Ahmed is a member of theSwet Shop Boys,and has earned critical acclaim with thehip hopalbumsMicroscopeandCashmere,and commercial success featuring in theBillboard200chart-toppingHamilton Mixtape,with his song "Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)"winning anMTV Video Music Award.His second studio album,The Long Goodbye,was accompanied by a short film of the same name, which won him theAcademy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.

As an activist, Ahmed is known for hispolitical rapmusic, has been involved in raising awareness and funds forRohingyaandSyrian refugeechildren, and has advocated ‘BAME’ representation at theHouse of Commons.

Early life and education

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Ahmed was born on 1 December 1982[2]inWembley,a suburb in theLondon Borough of Brent,to aBritish-Pakistanifamily ofMuhajirbackground.[3][4][5]His parents moved to England fromKarachi,Pakistan, during the 1970s.[4]Ahmed's father is a shipping broker,[6]and he is a descendant ofShah Muhammad Sulaiman,the firstMuslimChief Justice of theAllahabad High CourtduringBritish colonial rule in India.[7]

Ahmed attendedMerchant Taylors' School, Northwood,through a scholarship programme. He graduated fromChrist Church,Oxford University,with a degree inPhilosophy, Politics and Economics(PPE). He experienced a culture shock at Oxford, nearly dropping out due to the isolating atmosphere. Instead, Ahmed organised parties to celebrate cultures which did not conform to the dominant "elitist, white" and "black-tie"culture of Oxford.[8]He later studied acting at theRoyal Central School of Speech and Drama.[4]

Acting career

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2000s

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Ahmed's film career began in the 2006Michael WinterbottomfilmThe Road to Guantánamo,in which he played the part ofShafiq Rasul,a member of theTipton Three.He and another actor involved in the film were detained atLuton Airportupon their return from theBerlin Film Festivalwhere the film won a Silver Bear Award.[9]Ahmed alleged that during questioning, police asked him whether he had become an actor to further theIslamiccause, questioned him on his views of theIraq War,verbally abused him, and denied him access to a telephone.[10]

In 2007, he portrayed Sohail Waheed in theChannel 4drama,Britz.Ahmed then portrayed Riq in the five-part horror thrillerDead SetforE4and Manesh Kunzru in ITV1'sWiredin 2008. Also that year he played a primary school teacher in Staffroom Monologues for the specialist channelTeachers TV.In July 2009, he appeared inFreefallalongsideSarah Harding.[4]He featured in the title role of the 2009 independent filmShifty,directed byEran Creevy.Ahmed plays a charismatic young drug dealer in the film which sees a life in the day of this character. He was nominated for Best Actor at the2008 British Independent Film Awards.[11]

2010s

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Continuing his film career, he featured in the 2009Sally Potterproduction ofRageand in 2010, inChris Morris' satire on terrorism,Four Lions,for which he received his secondBritish Independent Film Awardnomination for Best Actor. Ahmed also had a supporting role inNeil Marshall's historical thrillerCenturion.[12]In 2012, he starred as one of the leading roles in the London-based filmIll Manors,directed byPlan B.Ahmed received his thirdBritish Independent Film Awardnomination for Best Actor. He assumed the lead role in Mira Nair's adaptation of the best-selling novel byMohsin Hamid,The Reluctant Fundamentalist,alongside Kate Hudson, Kiefer Sutherland, Om Puri, Shabana Azmi, and Liev Schreiber.[13]

Ahmed is also known for his stage performances such as in theAsian Dub FoundationoperaGaddafiand a starring role as psychotic serial-killer-turned-born-again-Christian Lucius in the Lighthouse Theatre's acclaimed production ofStephen Adly Guirgis'sJesus Hopped the 'A' Train(directed by Jack William Clift and Thomas Sweatman) as well as in Shan Khan'sPrayer Room.[14]

Ahmed at the 2014 Toronto Film Festival

Ahmed directed and wrote a 2014short film,Daytimer.It won the Best Live Action Short award atNashville Film Festival,and was nominated for the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at theSundance Film Festival.[15]In 2014, Ahmed appeared inDan Gilroy'sNightcrawler.[16]Ahmed received acclaim for his portrayal in the film and gained numerous awards nominations during awards season.[17]Riz Ahmed was one of seventy-five actors to audition for the role of Rick.[18]The British actor was attending a friend's wedding in Los Angeles, when histalent agentsuggested he meet Gilroy to discuss the film's script. Gilroy told Ahmed that he had seen his previous work; he was not fit for the role, but still allowed him to audition.[19]Within the first minute of his audition tape, however, Gilroy felt confident in the actor's abilities.[18]To prepare for the role, Ahmed met with homeless people inSkid Row,and researchedhomeless sheltersto "understand the system". He found that most of the people dealt withabandonmentissues, and attempted to replicate this in Rick's abusive relationship with Lou.[19]

In 2016, he appeared inRogue One,the first film in the newStar Warsanthology films asBodhi Rook,a defected imperial pilot.[20]The film garnered critical acclaim and earned Ahmed a nomination for theBest Male Newcomerat theEmpire Awards.[21]The film was a commercial success and became Disney's fourth of 2016 to earn $1 billion in ticket sales.[22]It is thesecond highest-grossing film of 2016,the third highest-grossingStar Warsfilm, and the22nd highest-grossing film of all time,all unadjusted for inflation. In the United States, it was thetop-grossing film of 2016.[23][24]Deadline Hollywoodcalculated the net profit of the film to be $319.6 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues for the film, making it the 3rd most profitable release of 2016.[25]

In 2016, Ahmed played the role of Nasir "Naz" Khan in theHBOminiseriesThe Night Of,[26]and once again received universal praise for his performance, earning himEmmy,[27]Golden Globe[28]andScreen Actors Guild Awardnominations.[29]He also appeared in the final season ofGirls,earning him anotherEmmy nomination.[30]At the69th Primetime Emmy Awards,Ahmed won the award forOutstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Moviefor his performance inThe Night Of,[31][32]winning overRobert De Niro,Benedict Cumberbatch,Ewan McGregor,Geoffrey Rushand co-starJohn Turturro.[31]This made Ahmed the firstAsianand firstMuslimto win in the category, the firstSouth Asianmale to win an acting Emmy,[31]and the first Muslim and first South Asian to win a lead acting Emmy; the only previous South Asian to win an acting Emmy wasBritish AsianactressArchie Panjabifor a supporting role in 2010.[33][34]

Ahmed at the premiere ofRogue Onein 2016

In 2017, it was rumoured that Ahmed was to playHamletin aNetflixadaptation of theShakespeareplay,[35]which Ahmed later confirmed.[36]

In 2018, Ahmed starred inVenomin the dual role ofCarlton Drake,theLife Foundation's leader experimenting onsymbiotes,andRiot,a symbioteteam leaderallied with Drake who seeks toinvade Earth.[37][38]Ahmed explained that Drake is trying to save the future of humanity when he discovers the symbiote,[38]with Fleischer adding that Drake has a positive goal but a "moral ambiguity" that leads to him testing his science on other people.[39]

As of 2018, films that Riz Ahmed had been involved in had collectively grossed$2.4 billionat the worldwide box office.[40]

Following his mixtape under the same name, Ahmed'sEnglistan,an original TV series was commissioned byBBC Twoand Left Handed Films in 2018.[41]The series will tell the story of three generations of a British Pakistani family.[42]Ahmed describes the series as "a period drama – unlike any other period drama you have seen before."[42]More currently, his production company secured a first look deal with Amazon.[43]

2020s

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Ahmed starred in the American drama filmSound of Metal,which was distributed byAmazon Studiosand released in 2020, after having premiered at theToronto International Film Festivalin 2019. Ahmed plays a drummer who loses his hearing. The film co-starsOlivia Cookeas his girlfriend, andPaul Racias the leader of a Deaf retreat.IndieWirefilm critic Eric Kohn praised Ahmed's performance, writing "Ahmed's so believable that he keeps the suspense of the drama in play even as it pushes into contrived circumstances during the prolonged final act, and eventually takes a melodramatic plunge."[44]For his performance he has receivedAcademy Award,Golden Globe Award,Screen Actors Guild Award,BAFTA Award,Critics Choice Award,andIndependent Spirit Awardnominations. He is the first Muslim and British Pakistani actor to be nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Actor.

In 2021, Ahmed also executive produced the animated documentary filmFleewhich made its international debut at theSundance Film Festival.The film was universally praised by critics and nominated forBest International Feature Film,Best Documentary FeatureandBest Animated Featureat the94th Academy Awards.[45][46]

In February 2021, Ahmed was nominated and won in the best debut screenwriter category for the filmMogul Mowgliat the delayedBritish Independent Film Awards 2020.[47]Starring in the main role as a British-Pakistani rapper,The Guardianfilm critic Wendy Ide praised his "blistering performance" on screen.[48]

In August 2021, Ahmed was named as head of thePlatform Prizejury for the2021 Toronto International Film Festival.[49]In November 2021, Ahmed was announced as a recipient of the Richard Harris Award, which is given to an actor or actress who has "contributed significantly to British films throughout their career".[50]

The Long Goodbyealso was adapted into a short film, directed byAneil Karia.It wonBest Live Action Short Filmat the94th Academy Awards.

Ahmed voiced Ballister Boldheart inNimona,which released on June 30, 2023 on Netflix.[51]He also starred inFingernails,which was released on October 27, 2023, byApple Original Films.[52]He has an upcoming role in the independent filmRelay.

In November 2023 Riz Ahmed and his company Left Handed Films joined the 2023 SXSW audience award winnerMustache.

Music career

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See also:Swet Shop Boys
Ahmed performing at Occupy London NYE Party 2011.

Inspired byjungleandhip hop music,his music career began in his mid-teens, appearing onpirate radioand infreestyle rapbattles.[53]While at university, Ahmed co-founded the Hit & Run night inOxford,which has since moved toManchesterand gone on to become one of Manchester's leading underground music events.[54]At Oxford, he was also part of a 12-personjazz-house/electronicaband called Confidential Collective.[53]After graduating, he competed in and won manyrap battlecompetitions.[53]He competed as Riz MC on JumpOff TV's "Spin the Mic" freestyle rap battle contest in 2006. He beat contestants Stig and Skilla Mic,[55]before a controversial loss to contest winner Whatshisface; according to JumpOff TV, Riz was at a disadvantage due to racial double standards from the crowd.[56]

In 2006, Ahmed recorded a satirical social-commentary rap track entitled "Post 9/11 Blues", which he wrote after being detained in Luton.[57]It was leaked by friends and first gained popularity through the internet.[53]The song was initially banned from British airplay because the lyrics were deemed "politically sensitive", including satirical references to9/11,terrorism,thepost-9/11climate,Iraq War,death of Jean Charles de Menezes,theMI6,andBelmarsh prison.[58]The resulting press coverage, however, prompted someindependent radiostations to play the track. He soon founded his ownindependent record label,Battered Records, officially releasing "Post 9/11 Blues" for theCDandMP3formats in August 2006. He went on to win Best MC at the 2006Asian Music Awards.He released his second single in 2007, thegaragerap song "People Like People".[53]He was selected as aBBC Introducingartist in 2007, playing theGlastonbury Festivaland theBBC Electric Proms.He opened theMeltdown FestivalwithBristol-based trip-hop groupMassive Attackat theRoyal Festival Hallin 2008, and was appointed 'Emerging Artist in Residence' at theSouthbank Centrein London. He played at the LondonCamp for Climate Actionin August 2009.[14]

In 2011, he released his debut album,Microscope,[59]which was re-released with additional remixes in 2012.[60]On 1 December 2011, it was announced that Riz MC had signed toTru Thoughts,an independent label inBrighton.[61]FromMicroscope,he released "Sour Times" which was accompanied by a video featuringScroobius Pip,Plan B,Tom Hardy,[62]andJim Sturgess.[54]Formed in 2014, Ahmed is half of the hip hop duoSwet Shop Boysalong withHeems.[63]Their debut release,Swet ShopEP, was released in 2014.[64]The group's debut full-length effort,Cashmere,was released on 14 October 2016,[65]and received critical acclaim.[66]In 2016, he also released a mixtape,Englistan.[67]He was featured on the song "Immigrants (We Get The Job Done)"inThe Hamilton Mixtape,which topped theBillboard200chart. This put him in the unique position of sitting at number-one on both the Billboard 200 album chart and the movie box office chart (withRogue One) at the same time.[68]At the2017 MTV Video Music Awards(VMAs), "Immigrants" won the award forBest Fight Against the System,[69]giving him the rare distinction of winning both the Emmy and VMA awards.[70]

The Riz Test

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In 2018, Sadia Habib and Shaf Choudry, two researchers in the UK, were inspired by Ahmed to determine a method to quantify the nature of Muslim representation in film and TV.[71]Ultimately they came up with a test they named "The Riz Test", which has been compared to theBechdel test.[72]The test came about following a speech given by Ahmed in 2017 at theHouse of Commons,in which he addressed what he views as a lack of diversity in film and television.[73]Ahmed has spoken about the lack of accurate representation of Muslims in the arts, and often expresses these views on social media.[74]

The Riz Test has five parts which, according to the creators, serve to highlight and combat the stereotypes of Muslims found in characters in films and on TV:[75][76]

  1. If a character is identifiably Muslim, is the character talking about, the victim of, or the perpetrator of terrorism?
  2. Presented as irrationally angry?
  3. Presented as superstitious, culturally backwards or anti-modern?
  4. Presented as a threat to a Western way of life?
  5. If the character is male, is he presented as misogynistic? or if female, is she presented as oppressed by her male counterparts?[76]

One of the tests' creators, Shaf Choudry, describes the test as not being "a scientific measure of Islamophobia, it’s more to prop conversation."[76]

Ahmed acknowledged the test in 2018, expressing his surprise at the test being named after him and writing on Twitter that he was "glad to see this" and that he thought it was "much needed."[76][77]

Activism

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As a Muslim, Ahmed has spoken candidly about negative stereotyping of Muslims, both in a personal and societal context.[78][79]

As an activist, he has been involved in raising funds forSyrian refugeechildren and advocating representation at theHouse of Commons.[1]He has also been involved in raising awareness of the displacement ofRohingya MuslimsfromMyanmar,afterRohingya genocide,[80]and raising funds forRohingya refugees in Bangladesh.[81]

In 2013, Ahmed provided journalistHardeep Singh Kohliwith a formal apology for a tweet he had published in which he called Singh a "bigot" and falsely accused him of attempted assault. Ahmed also agreed to pay him substantial damages for libel and his legal costs.[82][83]

In 2016, he contributed an essay onracial profilingat airports, auditions and the implicit need to leave himself at a door to be waved through for the anthologyThe Good Immigrant.[84]

During theIsrael-Hamas war,Ahmed called for Israel to stop its "indiscriminate bombing of Gaza’s civilians and vital infrastructure, thedenial of food, water and electricity,the forced displacement of people from their homes ", which he called" morally indefensiblewar crimes".[85]

Personal life

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Ahmed is married to American novelistFatima Farheen Mirza.[86][87]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2006 The Road to Guantánamo Shafiq
2008 Shifty Shifty
Baghdad Express Talal Short film
2009 Rage Vijay
2010 Four Lions Omar
Centurion Tarak
2011 Black Gold Ali
Trishna Jay
2012 Ill Manors Aaron
The Reluctant Fundamentalist Changez Khan
2013 Closed Circuit Nazrul Sharma
Out of Darkness Male Short film
2014 Daytimer — Director, writer; Short film
Nightcrawler Rick
2016 Jason Bourne Aaron Kalloor
Una Scott
City of Tiny Lights Tommy Akhtar
Rogue One Bodhi Rook
2018 The Sisters Brothers Hermann Kermit Warm
Venom Carlton DrakeandRiot(voice)
2019 Sound of Metal Ruben Stone Also executive producer
Weathering with You Takai (voice) English dub
2020 Mogul Mowgli Zed Also co-writer and producer
The Long Goodbye Riz Short film; also co-writer
2021 Flee Amin Nawabi (voice) Also executive producer
Encounter Malik Khan
2023 Nimona Ballister Boldheart (voice)
Fingernails Amir
2024 Relay Tom Post-production
TBA Hamlet Prince Hamlet Post-production; also producer
The Phoenician Scheme Filming

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2006 The Path to 9/11 Yosri 2 episodes
Berry's Way Amir Television film
2007 Britz Sohail Wahid 2 episodes
2008 Wired Manesh Kunzru 3 episodes
Staffroom Monologues Primary Teacher "How Are You?" Episode for Teachers TV
Dead Set Riq 5 episodes
2009 Freefall Gary Television film
2011 The Fades Neil Episode: "Episode 1" - Unaired Pilot
2016 The Night Of Nasir Khan Miniseries; 8 episodes
2016–19 The OA Elias Rahim 5 episodes
2017 Girls Paul-Louis 2 episodes

Audiobooks

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Year Title Role Production company
2020 The Sandman The Corinthian Audible
Assassin's Creed: Gold Omar Khaled

Discography

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See also:Swet Shop Boys discography

Studio albums

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List of albums, with selected details
Title Album details
Microscope
(as Riz MC)
  • Released: 31 January 2011[59]
  • Label: Confirm/Ignore[59]
  • Formats: Digital download
The Long Goodbye
  • Released: 6 March 2020[88]
  • Label: Mongrel
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming

Mixtapes

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List of mixtapes, with selected details
Title Album details
Englistan
  • Released: 26 May 2016
  • Label: Riz MC
  • Formats: Digital download

Singles

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List of singles, showing year released and album name
Title Year Album
"The Post 9/11 Blues" 2006 Non-album single
"People Like People" 2007
"Radar" 2008 Microscope
"Shifty"(withSway&Plan B) 2009 Shifty
"Don't Sleep" Non-album single
"Hundreds and Thousands" 2010
"Get on It"
"All of You" 2011 Microscope
"Mogambo"[88] 2018 The Long Goodbye
"Once Kings"[89] 2020 Non-album single

Appearances

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Title Year Album
"Flush" 2010 Beautiful Losers
"Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)" 2016 The Hamilton Mixtape
"Stand Up" 2019 Ninja TED: A benefit for the Vancouver Food Bank
"Let the Sunshine In"(with Full Ninja TED cast)
"Promises" 2022 Give Me the Future

Accolades

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Main article:List of awards and nominations received by Riz Ahmed

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Footnotes

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  1. ^abSelf-ownedindie hip-hoplabel.

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