Riz Ahmed
Rizwan Ahmed (born 1 December 1982),[1] also known as Riz MC,[2] is a British actor, musician, and activist.[3][4] As an actor, he has won a Primetime Emmy Award and has received nominations for two Golden Globe Awards, two Emmy Awards and three British Independent Film Awards. He was initially known for his work in independent films such as The Road to Guantanamo (2006), Shifty (2008), Four Lions (2010), Trishna (2011), Ill Manors (2012), and The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013), as well as television series such as Britz (2007) and Dead Set (2008), before his breakout role in the film Nightcrawler (2014).
Riz Ahmed | |
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_(cropped).jpg.webp) Ahmed at the premiere of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in 2016 | |
| Born | Rizwan Ahmed 1 December 1982 London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Merchant Taylors' School |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation |
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| Years active | 2006–present |
| Spouse(s) | Fatima Farheen Mirza (m. 2021) |
| Musical career | |
| Also known as | Riz MC |
| Genres | |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | Tru Thoughts |
| Associated acts | |
In 2016, he appeared in the action film Jason Bourne, and played Bodhi Rook in the Star Wars Anthology film Rogue One. He also starred as a young man accused of murder in the HBO miniseries The Night Of, earning critical acclaim. At the 2017 Emmy Awards, he received two nominations, for his performance in The Night Of and his guest role in Girls; he won the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for the former, becoming the first Asian male to win an acting Emmy,[5] and the first Muslim and first Asian to win a lead acting Emmy.[6][7] He went on to play Carlton Drake in the film Venom (2018), and Ruben Stone in Sound of Metal (2020) which earned him his second Golden Globe nomination (after The Night Of).
As a musician, he was a member of the Swet Shop Boys, earned critical acclaim with the hip hop albums Microscope and Cashmere, and earned commercial success charting on the US Billboard 200 topping Hamilton Mixtape, with his song "Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)" winning an MTV Video Music Award. In 2020, Ahmed released The Long Goodbye, a critically acclaimed album with an award winning accompanying short film.[8] As an activist, he is known for his political rap music, has been involved in raising awareness and funds for Rohingya and Syrian refugee children, and has advocated for representation at the House of Commons. In 2017, he was included on the front cover of the annual Time 100 list of the world's most influential people.[3]
Early life
Rizwan Ahmed was born on 1 December 1982 in Wembley, in the London borough of Brent, to a British Pakistani family.[4] His parents are of Muhajir background.[9] His father is a shipping broker.[10] His parents moved to England from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, during the 1970s.[4] He is a descendant of Sir Shah Muhammad Sulaiman, the first Muslim to become the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court during the colonial era.[11] Shah Sulaiman also composed Urdu poetry, penned some of the first critical articles on Einstein's theory of relativity,[12][13] and was related to Mulla Mahmud Jaunpuri (d. 1652), one of the most important philosopher–scientists from the region during the Mughal Empire.[14]
Ahmed attended Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, through a scholarship programme. He graduated from Christ Church, Oxford University, with a degree in PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics), which he has said he found to be a bizarre experience.[15] He later studied acting at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.[4]
Acting career
2000s
Ahmed's film career began in the Michael Winterbottom film The Road to Guantanamo, in which he played the part of Shafiq Rasul, a member of the Tipton Three. 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.[16] 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.[17]
In 2007, he portrayed Sohail Waheed in the Channel 4 drama, Britz. Ahmed then portrayed Riq in the five-part horror thriller Dead Set for E4 and Manesh Kunzru in ITV1's Wired in 2008. In July 2009, he appeared in Freefall alongside Sarah Harding.[4] He featured in the title role of the 2009 independent film Shifty, directed by Eran 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 the 2008 British Independent Film Awards.[18]
2010s
Continuing 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. Ahmed also had a supporting role in Neil Marshall's historical thriller Centurion.[19] In 2012, he starred as one of the leading roles in the London-based film Ill Manors, directed by Plan B. Ahmed received his third British Independent Film Award nomination for Best Actor. He assumed the lead role in Mira Nair's adaptation of the best-selling novel by Mohsin Hamid, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, alongside Kate Hudson, Kiefer Sutherland, Om Puri, Shabana Azmi, and Liev Schreiber.[20]
Ahmed is also known for his stage performances such as in the Asian Dub Foundation opera Gaddafi and a starring role as psychotic serial-killer-turned-born-again-Christian Lucius in the Lighthouse Theatre's acclaimed production of Stephen Adly Guirgis's Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train (directed by Jack William Clift and Thomas Sweatman) as well as in Shan Khan's Prayer Room.[21]
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Ahmed directed and wrote a 2014 short film, Daytimer. It won the Best Live Action Short award at Nashville Film Festival, and was nominated for the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.[22] In 2014, Ahmed appeared in Dan Gilroy's Nightcrawler.[23] Ahmed received acclaim for his portrayal in the film and gained numerous awards nominations during awards season.[24] Riz Ahmed was one of seventy-five actors to audition for the role of Rick.[25] The British actor was attending a friend's wedding in Los Angeles, when his talent agent suggested 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.[26] Within the first minute of his audition tape, however, Gilroy felt confident in the actor's abilities.[25] To prepare for the role, Ahmed met with homeless people in Skid Row, and researched homeless shelters to "understand the system". He found that most of the people dealt with abandonment issues, and attempted to replicate this in Rick's abusive relationship with Lou.[26]
In 2016, he appeared in Rogue One, the first film in the new Star Wars anthology films as Bodhi Rook, a defected imperial pilot.[27] The film garnered critical acclaim and earned Ahmed a nomination for the Best Male Newcomer at the Empire Awards.[28] The film was a commercial success and became Disney's fourth of 2016 to earn $1 billion in ticket sales.[29] It is the second highest-grossing film of 2016, the third highest-grossing Star Wars film, and the 22nd highest-grossing film of all time, all unadjusted for inflation. In the United States, it was the top-grossing film of 2016.[30][31] Deadline Hollywood calculated 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.[32]
In 2016, Ahmed played the role of Nasir "Naz" Khan in the HBO miniseries The Night Of,[33] and once again received universal praise for his performance, earning him Emmy,[34] Golden Globe[35] and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.[36] He also appeared in the final season of Girls, earning him another Emmy nomination.[37] At the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards, Ahmed won the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his performance in The Night Of,[5][38] winning over Robert De Niro, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ewan McGregor, Geoffrey Rush and co-star John Turturro.[5] This made Ahmed the first Asian and first Muslim to win in the category, the first South Asian male to win an acting Emmy,[5] and the first Muslim and first South Asian to win a lead acting Emmy; the only previous South Asian to win an acting Emmy was British Asian actress Archie Panjabi for a supporting role in 2010.[6][39]
In 2017, it was rumoured that Ahmed was to play Hamlet in a Netflix adaptation of the Shakespeare play,[40] which Ahmed later confirmed.[41]
In 2018, Ahmed starred in Venom as Carlton Drake, the Life Foundation's leader experimenting on symbiotes.[42][43] Ahmed explained that Drake is trying to save the future of humanity when he discovers the symbiote,[43] with Fleischer adding that Drake has a positive goal but a "moral ambiguity" that leads to him testing his science on other people.[44]
As of 2018, films that Riz Ahmed has been involved in, have collectively grossed $2.4 billion at the worldwide box office.[45]
Following his mixtape under the same name, Ahmed's Englistan, an original TV series was commissioned by BBC Two and Left Handed Films in 2019.[46] The series will tell the story of three generations of a British Pakistani family.[47] Ahmed describes the series as "a period drama – unlike any other period drama you have seen before."[47] More currently, his production company secured a first look deal with Amazon.[48]
2020s
Ahmed then starred in American drama film Sound of Metal which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2019. The film was distributed by Amazon Studios and was released in 2020 to great acclaim. Ahmed portrayed a rock drummer who begins to lose his hearing. He starred alongside Olivia Cooke and Paul Raci. IndieWire film critic Eric Kohn praised his 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."[49] For his performance he has received a Golden Globe Award, and Independent Spirit Award nomination among various other nominations.
In 2021, Ahmed also executive produced the animated documentary film Flee which made it's international debut at the Sundance Film Festival. The film was universally praised, and has a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. The film was set to have a world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in 2020 but the festival was cancelled due the Covid 19 pandemic.[50]
Music career
Inspired by jungle and hip hop music, his music career began in his mid-teens, appearing on pirate radio and in freestyle rap battles.[51] While at university, Ahmed co-founded the Hit & Run night in Oxford, which has since moved to Manchester and gone on to become one of Manchester's leading underground music events.[52] At Oxford, he was also part of a 12-person jazz-house/electronica band called Confidential Collective.[51] After graduating, he competed in and won many rap battle competitions.[51] 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,[53] 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.[54]
In 2006, Ahmed recorded a satirical social-commentary rap track entitled "Post 9/11 Blues", which was leaked by friends and first gained popularity through the internet.[51] The song was initially banned from British airplay because the lyrics were deemed "politically sensitive", including satirical references to 9/11, terrorism, the post-9/11 climate, Iraq War, death of Jean Charles de Menezes, MI6, and Belmarsh prison.[55] The resulting press coverage, however, prompted some independent radio stations to play the track. He soon founded his own independent record label, Battered Records, officially releasing "Post 9/11 Blues" for the CD and MP3 formats in August 2006. He went on to win Best MC at the 2006 Asian Music Awards. He released his second single in 2007, the garage rap song "People Like People".[51] He was selected as a BBC Introducing artist in 2007, playing the Glastonbury Festival and the BBC Electric Proms. He opened the Meltdown Festival with Bristol-based trip-hop group Massive Attack at the Royal Festival Hall in 2008, and was appointed 'Emerging Artist in Residence' at the Southbank Centre in London. He played at the London Camp for Climate Action in August 2009.[21]
In 2011, he released his debut album, Microscope,[56] which was re-released with additional remixes in 2012.[57] On 1 December 2011, it was announced that Riz MC had signed to Tru Thoughts, an independent label in Brighton.[58] From Microscope, he released "Sour Times" which was accompanied by a video featuring Scroobius Pip, Plan B, Tom Hardy,[59] and Jim Sturgess.[52] Formed in 2014, Ahmed is half of the hip hop duo Swet Shop Boys along with Heems.[60] Their debut release, Swet Shop EP, was released in 2014.[61] The group's debut full-length effort, Cashmere, was released on 14 October 2016,[62] and received critical acclaim.[63] In 2016, he also released a mixtape, Englistan.[64] He was featured on the song "Immigrants (We Get The Job Done)" in The Hamilton Mixtape, which topped the Billboard 200 chart. 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 (with Rogue One) at the same time.[65] At the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), "Immigrants" won the award for Best Fight Against the System,[66] giving him the rare distinction of winning both the Emmy and VMA awards.[67]
The Riz Test
In 2018, Dr. Sadia Habib and Shaf Choudry, two friends in the UK, were inspired by Ahmed to think of the Riz Test which aims to identify the nature of Muslim representation in film and TV.[68] The test, which has been compared to the Bechdel test,[69] came about following a speech given by Ahmed in 2017 at the House of Commons, in which he addressed what he views as a lack of diversity in film and television.[70] Ahmed has spoken about the lack of accurate representation of Muslims in the arts, and often expresses these views on social media.[71]
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:[72][73]
- If a character is identifiably Muslim, is the character talking about, the victim of, or the perpetrator of terrorism?
- Presented as irrationally angry?
- Presented as superstitious, culturally backwards or anti-modern?
- Presented as a threat to a Western way of life?
- If the character is male, is he presented as misogynistic? or if female, is she presented as oppressed by her male counterparts?[73]
One of the tests' creators, Shaf Choudry, describes the test as not being "a scientific measure of Islamophobia, it’s more to prop conversation."[73]
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."[73][74]
Personal life
Ahmed is a Muslim. He has spoken candidly about negative stereotyping of Muslims, both in a personal and societal context.[75][76] As an activist, he has been involved in raising funds for Syrian refugee children and advocating representation at the House of Commons.[3] He has also been involved in raising awareness of the displacement of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, and raising funds for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.[77] In 2013, Ahmed provided journalist Hardeep Singh with a formal apology for a tweet he had published and agreed to pay him substantial damages for libel and his legal costs.[78][79] In 2016, he contributed an essay on racial profiling at airports, auditions and the implicit need to leave himself at a door to be waved through for the anthology book, The Good Immigrant.[80]
Ahmed lost an aunt and uncle during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.[81]
In January 2021, Ahmed revealed on the podcast "Grounded with Louis Theroux" that he had recently married.[82] Several days later, he revealed that he had married American novelist Fatima Farheen Mirza.[83][84]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | The Road to Guantanamo | 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 | N/A | 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 Drake / Riot | ||
| 2019 | Sound of Metal | Ruben Stone | Also executive producer |
| Weathering with You | Takai (voice) | English dub | |
| 2020 | Mogul Mowgli | Zed | Co-writer |
| 2021 | Flee | Executive producer | |
| TBA | Invasion | Post-production |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | The Path to 9/11 | Yosri | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | Berry's Way | Amir | Television film |
| 2007 | Britz | Sohail Wahid | 2 episodes |
| 2008 | Wired | Manesh Kunzru | 3 episodes |
| 2008 | 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 | The OA | Elias Rahim | 4 episodes |
| 2017 | Girls | Paul-Louis | 2 episodes |
Audiobooks
| Year | Title | Role | Production company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The Sandman | The Corinthian | Audible |
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Microscope (as Riz MC) |
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| The Long Goodbye |
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Mixtapes
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Englistan |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "The Post 9/11 Blues" | 2006 | Non-album single |
| "People Like People" | 2007 | |
| "Radar" | 2008 | Microscope |
| "Shifty" (with Sway & Plan B) | 2009 | Shifty |
| "Don't Sleep" | Non-album single | |
| "Hundreds and Thousands" | 2010 | |
| "Get on It" | ||
| "All of You" | 2011 | Microscope |
| "Mogambo"[85] | 2018 | The Long Goodbye |
Appearances
| 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) |
Accolades
See also
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