Rizwan ‘Riz’ Ahmed was born on the 1st December 1982, in London, England, and is a Primetime Emmy Award-winning actor, who is probably best known for starring in the role of Nasir Khan in “The Night Of” TV series. He is also widely recognized for appearing in movies “Nightcrawler” (2014) and “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (2016), as well as for being a rapper who, under the alias Riz MC, is popular for his studio albums “Microscope” and “Cashmere”.
Have you ever wondered how much wealth this multitalented artist has accumulated so far? How rich Riz Ahmed is? According to sources, it is estimated that the total of Riz Ahmed’s net worth, as of early 2018, revolves around the sum of $3 million which has been primarily acquired through his career in the entertainment industry, active since 2006.
Riz Ahmed Net Worth $3 Million
Riz was born in the London district of Wembley, and apart from English, is also of Pakistani and Indian ancestry. He matriculated from Merchant Taylors’ School, Northwood, before enrolling at Oxford University’s Christ Church college from which he graduated with a PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) degree. Later Riz continued his education at the prestigious Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, where he studied acting. His acting debut occurred in September 2006, when he appeared on stage in Asian Dub Foundation’s opera “Gaddafi: A Living Myth”, which was followed by starring in the critically acclaimed stage play “Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train” at the Lighthouse Theatre. These engagements, besides helping him to dive into the world of acting, also provided the basis for Riz Ahmed’s current net worth.
His on-camera debut occurred later in 2006, when he appeared in the award-winning documentary drama movie “The Road to Guantanamo”. Subsequently his first television appearance followed when he appeared in two episodes of “The Path to 9/11” mini-series. In the course of the next several years, Ahmed added several more notable roles to his acting portfolio, including the TV series “Wired” and “Dead Set”, in addition to movies “Shifty” (2008) and “Four Lions” (2010), for which he was honored with the British Independent Film Award nominations for The Best Actor. It is certain that all these achievements helped Riz Ahmed to add to his net worth.
Prior to earning another British Independent Film Award nomination for his performance in the drama movie “Ill Manors” (2012), Riz appeared in the historical drama movie “Centurion” (2010), and in 2011 Jean-Jacques Annaud’s “Day of the Falcon”. Although he portrayed the leading role in critically acclaimed thriller “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” (2012), the real breakthrough in Ahmed’s career occurred in 2014 when he starred alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in the Oscar-nominated crime drama “Nightcrawler”. All these memorable engagements contributed to Riz Ahmed’s wealth, as well as his popularity.
Besides appearing in “Jason Bourne” movie, portraying the leading role in crime thriller film “City of Tiny Lights”, and appearing in “The OA” TV series, in 2016 Riz Ahmed earned the prestigious Primetime Emmy Award for his appearance in the leading role of Nasir ‘Naz’ Khan in the HBO mini TV series “The Night Of”. Among his most recent acting engagements are the 2016 blockbuster movie “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”, and the recurring role of Paul-Louis in te “Girls” TV series. Doubtlessly, all these accomplishments have helped Riz Ahmed to enlarge the size of his revenues by a large margin.
Despite being a noted actor, Ahmed is also a successful musician – he has been into rapping since his teenage years, and so far has won numerous rap battles. He released his debut single “Post 9/11 Blues” which, due to politically sensitive references, was later banned. Riz’s debut studio album “Microscope” hit the charts in 2011. As a member of the Swet Shop Boys duo, he also released the “Cashmere” album in 2014 which was followed by another solo mixtape in 2016 entitled “Englistan”. All these endeavors have made an impact on Riz Ahmed’s net worth for sure.
When it comes to his personal life, Riz Ahmed has managed to keep it quite private as there aren’t any relevant details of his romantic connections or love affairs, if any. He is actively involved in several charitable issues, such as raising funds for Syrian refugee children and Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Ahmed is very active on several social media networks, where he is followed collectively by over 460,000 fans.
