Riz Ahmed
Riz Ahmed
Rizwan "Riz" Ahmed, also known as Riz MC, is an English actor and rapper. He is known for his acclaimed work in films such as The Road to Guantanamo, Shifty, Four Lions, Trishna, Ill Manors and Nightcrawler...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth1 December 1982
lying games drug
First, you have stereotypes, and that will be the black drug dealer, the east Asian kung fu master, the Middle Eastern terrorist in 'True Lies.' Then you have stuff that takes place on culturally specific terrain, that engages with it, but actually subverts assumptions. 'Smashes' stereotypes. That's where I've come into the game.
believe eye voice
The camera or the microphone in the booth is merciless. If you don't believe what you're saying, it hears it. If you don't believe it, it sees it in your eyes, it hears it in your voice that there isn't the conviction there.
people trying acting
The music I make and the process of acting, for me, are both about trying to understand people and get inside what makes us tick. That's the main thing that excites me. Our sense of who we really are and what drives us.
up-to-you bandwagon our-lives
Bandwagons roll through our lives. Its up to you whether you jump on them unquestioningly or jump on them to overturn them and subvert them.
men rights people
You know my parents, man, they're just the most loving, encouraging… They're like those people who define themselves through their role as parents before people in their own rights.
jobs phones people
No-one gets a job at 16 and stays in it until 60 any more; we're connected to more people simultaneously than ever before, whether online or on our phones. We wear so many different hats within one day, one week, a lifetime.
character reflection acting
My music is a very personal reflection of me, whereas, acting a role, thats a reflection of another character.
I don't think any of us like to be reduced to just one label.
people doubt acting
The only people who have doubts about the sincerity of my music are people who come to it relatively late, off the back of having seen me in a film. Acting is about being other people, and music is about being myself.