From Nightcrawler to Rogue One to Venom, Riz Ahmed has given us his talent not through showy pomp and circumstance but through his actual work.
This goes beyond film as he made history as the first Asian to first Asian actor to win an Emmy for his leading role in the HBO miniseries The Night Of.
On top of that, Ahmed’s spits serious fire as a solo rapper and as part of the group the Swet Shop Boys (check out their cover of “Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)” on the Hamilton Mixtape and you’ll thank me later) — all align with his advocacy and political activism.In his latest, Ahmed stars in Darius Marder’s feature film debut Sound of Metal in which he stars as a punk rock drummer who slowly goes deaf.
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