Riz Ahmed

Riz Ahmed is the first Asian artist to win an Emmy for acting, a political activist, musician and a big fan of Eminem's work, whose songs he once recorded on a cassette on top of a video from his parents' wedding. Controversial, original and extraordinary, he persistently storms the cinematic Olympus, and he succeeds perfectly.

Little is known about the early years in the actor's biography. Born in London on December 1, 1982, in the Wembley area, famous for the arena of the same name and the stadium. The actor's full name is Rizwan, which, together with the "anti-British" surname, provoked questions about the artist's nationality.

Ahmed's parents are immigrants from Karachi, Pakistan's Sindh province. He belongs to the Muhajirs, Urdu-speaking Muslim emigrants and their descendants, who moved from India to the newly formed state of Pakistan after the partition of British India.

There is no information about the closest relatives - parents- but in the distant ancestors of the actor there are historical figures: the first Indian judge Shah Mohammad Sulaiman and the eminent philosopher Mullah Mahmoud Yaunpuri.

He was educated at the old private school Merchant Taylors' School, founded in the 16th century. He continued his studies at the equally prestigious aristocratic college Christ Church, one of the largest at the University of Oxford. He received a degree in philosophy, politics and economics.

To study acting, he enrolled at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, alumni of laurence Olivier, Vanessa Redgrave, Judi Dench, Kit Harington.

The actor's filmography began with the film "The Road to Guantanamo", shot by directors Mat Whitecross and Michael Winterbottom in 2006.

Arriving at the wedding of friends in Pakistan, the members of the Tipton Troika ended up in Afghanistan, then fell under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Government and for two years were held in Guantanamo Bay, tortured and humiliated in an attempt to obtain a confession of links with terrorists. Reese played prisoner Shafiq Rasool. The film also starred real participants of the events. The work won the prize of the Berlin Film Festival.

In 2008 he starred in the film "The Catcher", which tells the story of days in the life of a drug dealer from the London outskirts. For the title role Of Shifty was first nominated for the British Independent Film Award.

A year later, he starred with Sally Potter in Fury, where his filming partners were Jude Law and Judi Dench. In 2010, two films were released: the comedy with political overtones "Four Lions" and the historical drama "Centurion" by Neil Marshall about the IX Spanish Legion, played by Michael Fassbender and Olga Kurylenko.

In 2011, two films were released, where the actor starred with the charming Frida Pinto, who was widely known for her role in the Oscar-winning "Slumdog Millionaire". The first is the adventure drama "Black Gold", which also united Antonio Banderas, Mark Strong, Takhar Rahim in the story about the events of the 1930s in the Arabian Peninsula.

The second film is "Beauty from the Slums", where the characters Ahmed and Pinto connected romantic feelings. The film, based on Thomas Hardy's novel "Tess of the D'Erbervilles," was directed by Michaelo Winterbottom, with whom Reese worked in his debut film.

In the five years since 2012, he has appeared in nine films that have finally cemented Ahmed's status as a Hollywood hero in the "new wave." He received four nominations for several awards for his role as Rick in Stringer. The thriller, which also starred Jake Gyllenhaal, received an Oscar nomination for screenplay.

Participation in another spy film about Bourne with Matt Damon and Alicia Vikander - "Jason Bourne" - brought to the piggy bank Reese the role of a cia technician. The drama "Una" with Rooney Mara received positive reviews from critics. Epic "Out of One. Star Wars: Stories" in 2016 allowed him to touch the universe of George Lucas and become Bodhi Ruch, a resourceful pilot from the planet Jed.

In the list of works of the actor not only full-length pictures, but also serials, where he played both episodic and key characters. In 2007, BAFTA laureate Peter Kosminsky invited Reese to participate in the two-part drama Britz, which is about the aggression of the second generation of Muslims against the country in which they were born (in the example of the attacks in London). The main role of Nasir Khan in the mini-series "One Night" made the actor the first winner of the Emmy for acting, which was native of Asia.

In 2018, a comic book-based film was released, telling the story of one of the Marvel Universe's supervillains, "Venom." The character of Eddie Brock, merged with a dangerous symbiot, played by Tom Hardy, and the role of the insidious head of the corporation Carlton Drake received Ahmed.

Curiously, for a long time in the press there were rumors that Reese will play symbiot-supervillain Carnage. A curious move on the part of the director was noticed by the audience, because in the comics Drake depicts a 50-year-old white man, which does not fit the portrait of Reese.

In addition to acting, Reese is fond of music, writes songs and performs under the name Riz MC. Favorite genre - rap, admires eminem's work and considers the composition My Name Is grandiose. It is noteworthy that the favorite rapper recorded the track especially for "Venom" where Reese was filmed.

He releases albums both solo (MICroscope, Englistan) and as part of the hip-hop duo Swet Shop Boys with Himanshu Suri. For some of the songs, the artist shoots a video. For example, Plan B and Jim Sturgess collaborated with him in the Sour Times music video. In addition, the actor is often invited to hold musical events. For example, he led a cult festival at Glastonbury, performed with a conference for Massive Attack.

The actor does not like to spread about personal life. The Web does not have reliable information about the marital status of the artist - his wife or lover. The man has no children. A little open the veil of secrecy photos and "Storise" which he publishes in the official account of Instagram.

Now the artist is working on a promo film, released with his participation in 2018. One of them is the comedy western "The Sisters Brothers", where colleagues are Joaquin Phoenix and Jake Gyllenhaal, with whom he has already worked on "Stringer".

The tape was presented to the public at the Venice Festival. The second film is "Venom." In the interview, the actor talks a lot about his character and notes that he does not position him as a supervillain:

2006 - "The Road to Guantanamo" 2008 - Shifty 2009 - "Rage" 2010 - "Four Lions" 2010 - Centurion 2011 - "Black Gold" 2011 - "Beauty from the Slums" 2012 - "Unfavorable quarters" 2014 - Stringer 2016 - "Jason Bourne" 2016 - "Una" 2016 - "The Outgoe One. Star Wars: Stories" 2018 - "The Sisters Brothers" 2018 - Venom

2011 - MICroscope 2016 - Englistan 2016 - Cashmere

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Riz Ahmed Net Worth 2021

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Riz Ahmed Net Worth 2019

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Riz Ahmed Net Worth 2017

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Riz Ahmed Net Worth 2016

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