- Films
- 23
- Avg rating
- 6.68
- Peak run
- 2016’19
- Oscar noms
- 1
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Riz by the numbers
Average
6.68
23 rated films
Vote weighted
6.78
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.79
rating spread
Career
21y
2006 to 2026
Total votes
2.91M
across every film
Best
7.8
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Worst
5.8
Fingernails
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 |  Digger | Ganesh | 7.3 | 16,956 |
| 2025 |  Hamlet | Hamlet | 5.9 | 1,015 |
| 2024 |  Relay | Ash | 7.0 | 41,454 |
| 2023 |  Fingernails | Amir | 5.8 | 10,929 |
| 2023 |  Nimona | Ballister Boldheart | 7.5 | 63,695 |
| 2021 |  Encounter | Malik Khan | 5.9 | 11,777 |
| 2020 | Mogul Mowgli | Zed | 6.6 | 3,487 |
| 2019 |  Sound of Metal | Ruben Stone | 7.7 | 190K |
| 2018 |  Venom | Carlton Drake | 6.6 | 619K |
| 2018 |  The Sisters Brothers | Hermann Kermit Warm | 6.9 | 76,151 |
| 2016 | City of Tiny Lights | Tommy Akhtar | 5.6 | 2,564 |
| 2016 |  Una | Scott | 6.2 | 12,266 |
| 2016 |  Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Bodhi Rook | 7.8 | 767K |
| 2016 |  Jason Bourne | Aaron Kalloor | 6.6 | 261K |
| 2014 |  Nightcrawler | Rick | 7.8 | 684K |
| 2012 |  Ill Manors | Aaron | 7.1 | 11,688 |
| 2012 |  The Reluctant Fundamentalist | Changez Khan | 6.8 | 15,446 |
| 2011 |  Day of the Falcon | Ali | 6.6 | 13,286 |
| 2011 | Trishna | Jay | 6.0 | 3,476 |
| 2010 |  Four Lions | Omar | 7.3 | 92,151 |
Better together?
Riz Ahmed's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Riz Ahmed
2 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- WonBest Live Action Short · Academy Awards 2022Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed
- NominatedBest Actor · Academy Awards 2021Riz Ahmed
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.