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Riz Ahmed is an English actor and musician. He made her film debut with the 2006 docudrama film The Road to Guantánamo. In the following years, he participated in several independent British films including Shifty (2008), Four Lions (2010) and Ill Manors (2012), in which he was nominated on the British Independent Film Awards for Best Actor in a British Independent Film. His breakthrough came in 2014, when he starred in Nightcrawler and received critical acclaim for his performance. The supporting role of a young hustler desperate for money, earned him nominations for the Gotham Awards, London Film Critics' Circle and the Independent Spirit Awards. In the same year, Ahmed directed and wrote a 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.

In 2016, he appeared in Rogue One as Bodhi Rook, a defected imperial pilot. The fim earned Ahmed a nomination for the Best Male Newcomer at the Empire Awards. Ahmed played the role of Nasir "Naz" Khan in the HBO miniseries The Night Of, and also appeared in Girls, earning him nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award, and nominations for the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance in this first.

In 2020, Ahmed received critical acclaim for portraying a rock drummer who begins to lose his hearing in Sound of Metal. For his performance he has received a AACTA Award, British Academy Film Awards, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Critics Choice Award and Independent Spirit Award nominations for Best Actor. Ahmed also starred and scripted in Mogul Mowgli, getting three more nominations in British Independent Film Awards.