Riz Ahmed

Actor, Writer, Producer and Musician

Riz Ahmed is an award-winning actor, producer, writer, and musician. Ahmed is an Academy Award and Emmy Award winner who recently starred in David Mackenzie’s thriller “Relay” and Wes Anderson’s “The Phoenician Scheme”. His upcoming projects include a comedy series written and produced for Amazon Prime Video, and Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s feature for Warner Bros, starring opposite Tom Cruise. Ahmed has won awards for his solo album “The Long Goodbye” and his production company Left-Handed Films, and in 2021, launched a multi-layered initiative for Muslim representation in media, in partnership with USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative.