---
name: "Shahid Ahmed"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shahid-ahmed"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-19T12:44:43.317985+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Shahid Ahmed

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 2007–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 72 (1), 2020s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105982061, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1693067/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2972

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*28 Weeks Later*](https://film.one/film/28-weeks-later.md) (72)

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## Biography

Shahid Ahmed is a British actor. His film credits include the role of Jacob in *28 Weeks Later* (2007), Saleem Ahmed Khan in *Syriana* (2005) and Adnan Al-Mansur in *American Assassin* (2017).

On television he has appeared as Asif in *Shameless* (2008), Sarfraz Jawad in *Time* (2021) and in series including *Ackley Bridge* (2019) and *This England* (2022).

*Sources: imdb.com, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Time* (2021), Fi1m 82, as Sarfraz Jawad — [page](https://film.one/tv/time-2021.md)
- *28 Weeks Later* (2007), Fi1m 72, as Jacob — [page](https://film.one/film/28-weeks-later.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Time* (2021), series, as Sarfraz Jawad — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/time-2021.md)
- *American Assassin* (2017), as Adnan Al-Mansur
- *ID2: Shadwell Army* (2016), as Kash
- *Radical Hardcore* (2015), Actor
- *Catch Me Daddy* (2015), as Taxi Driver
- *28 Weeks Later* (2007), as Jacob — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/28-weeks-later.md)
- *Mischief Night* (2006), as Eyepatch Imam
- *Waterloo Road* (2006), series, as Paramedic
- *Syriana* (2005), as Saleem Ahmed Khan
- *Yasmin* (2004), as Faysal
- *Shameless* (2004), series, as Asif — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *Buried* (2003), series, as Kamid

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