Riz Ahmed

Actor and producer. Born 1 December 1982 in Wembley, London, England, UK.

Titles on Fi1m16 acting · 1 producing

Average Fi1m scoreas actor · 16 titles

Oscar1 won · 1 nominated

Born

1 December 1982, Wembley, London, England, UK

Active

2007–present

Frequently works with

Bassam Tariq, Jake Gyllenhaal

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

75Fi1m

71Critics

We rate Riz’s work 3 points above the press, across 15 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above6

60 to 798

Under 602

Of 16 reviewed titles as actor.

In numbers

Lead roles: 8 of 15 billed first or second
Reviewed: 12 films, 4 series
Screen time: 22 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $2.4bn across 9 films with figures
Academy Awards: 1 Oscar1 won · 1 nominated
Active: 2007–present

Genres

Drama10
Comedy6
Action4
Adventure4
Crime4
Science Fiction3

Best and worst on Fi1m

94BestFour Lions2010

51WorstVenom2018

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

132000s

192010s

192020s

Directors most worked with

Bassam Tariq2 titles

Co-stars most worked with

Jake Gyllenhaal2 titles

Awards

Academy Awards1 won · 1 nominated

Won2022Best Live Action Short Film · The Long Goodbye
Nominated2021Best Actor · Sound of Metal

Primetime Emmy Awards1 won

Won2017Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · The Night Of

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.