Riz Ahmed

Riz Ahmed: Biography in Details

Who is Riz Ahmed?

Riz Ahmed is an English actor as well as a rapper who is active in the entertainment field since 2006.

He is best known for his appearance on Rogue One, The Night Of, Four Lions, Nightcrawler, and Jason Bourne.

Riz Ahmed’s early life, childhood, education

English actor Riz Ahmed was born in Wembley, London to a British Pakistani family.

He was born on 1 December 1982 and named Rizwan Ahmed.

His grandparents moved to England from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan during the India-Pakistan partition in the 1970s.

His parents’ names are not available. It is known that he is a mummy’s boy. Riz Ahmed is of Pakistani ethnicity and has English nationality.

Ahmed studied at Merchant Taylors’ School, Northwood, and graduated from Oxford University with a degree in PPE (Philosophy, Politics, and Economics).

Then he attended London’s Central School of Speech and Drama. He stands 1.73 m tall.

Riz Ahmed’s Career, Profession

Talking about the career journey of Riz Ahmed, he is active in the entertainment field since 2006 and he is still active in it.

In 2006, he debuted in the movie The Road to Guantanamo portraying the character of Shafiq. In the same year, he also appeared as Yosri in two episodes of The Path to 9/11.

His career took on a successful path with the notable role of Shifty in the movie Shifty.

For the role, Riz Ahmed was also nominated for British Independent Film Award for Best Actor.

He has spread her wings equally at ease with both forms of media. With his impressive acting, he has been successful in impressing his fans and critics.

In 2010, he appeared in the movie Four Lions in the role of Omar and Aaron in the film Ill Manors in 2012.

In 2014, he was known to the world as Rick in the film Nightcrawler.

On 2016, he appeared in the television miniseries The Night of as Nasir Khan and for the role, he was nominated for Golden Globe and SAG Award.

Besides his acting career, Riz Ahmed is also a rapper who has released several singles, mixtapes, and albums.

He formed the hip-hop group Swet Shop Boys with Heems of Das Racist. He launched his first album Microscope in 2011 and his mixtape Englistan in 2016.

How much does Riz Ahmed earn?

His success in his career path has paid him well financially making Riz Ahmed’s net worth estimated to be $3 million.

He is currently engaged in filming The Sisters Brothers in which he will appear as Morris.

Controversy

Riz Ahmed suffered controversy when he was typecasted as a terrorist.

Body Measurements

Riz Ahmed has a height of  5 feet 8 inches (1.72m) with a body weight of 70 kg.

His hair color is black and his eye color is dark brown.

Is Riz Ahmed active on social media?

He is active on social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Riz Ahmed has more than 65.8k followers on Facebook, he has around 177k followers on Twitter, and more than 321k followers on Instagram.

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