RIX AHMED PROFESSIONAL

RIX AHMED PROFESSIONAL

Up next, Ahmed stars in director Darius MarderвЂ™s SOUND OF METAL about a professional drummerвЂ™s descent into unexpected hearing loss. He first garnered industry attention in festival favorites FOUR LIONS and NIGHTCRAWLER. He went on to star in successful feature films including DisneyвЂ™s ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY, Jacques AudiardвЂ™s THE SISTERS BROTHERS and most-recently Sony/MarvelвЂ™s VENOM. He became one of HollywoodвЂ™s most sought after artists following the explosive success of HBOвЂ™s THE NIGHT OF, written and created by the legendary Steven Zaillan, for which he won an Emmy Award, and was Golden Globe and SAG nominated.

Д®mmy award winner Riz Ahmed is a critically acclaimed actor, writer, creator, producer, musician, director and activist. His initiatives have garnered coverage and praise from such publications as BBC, NPR, Paper, and Variety. He is sponsoring a USC study, вЂњ Missing & Maligned: The Reality of Muslims in Popular Global Movies ,вЂќ writing вЂњ The Blueprint for Muslim Inclusion вЂќ in filmmaking and creating the Pillars Artist Fellowship for up-and-coming Muslim storytellers. Now an established star with projects like Rogue One, The Sound of Metal, and Mogul Mowgli under his belt, Ahmed is using his standing to advocate for better representation of Muslims in Hollywood, on and off camera. This ethos has served Ahmed well as he transitioned his career from rap battle champion to award-winning actor, writer, and director. Starring in the explosively successful The Night Of on HBO, Ahmed became the first man of Asian descent to win an acting award at the Emmys for his performance, and graced the cover of TIMEвЂ™s вЂњ100 Most Influential People.вЂќ Ahmed has had a dynamic career from the start, always choosing to lean into his passions, try new things, and advocate for others along the way.

RIZ AHMED is an Emmy award-winner making waves and garnering praise for his work as an actor, writer, producer, and activist.

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