Riz Ahmed
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Rizwan Ahmed, also known as Riz Ahmed or MC Riz, is an MC and actor.
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[edit] Education
Riz was educated at Merchant Taylors School, a Public School in Middlesex. He graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.
[edit] Music
He released his first hip-hop single in 2006, Post 9/11 Blues: a controversial satire that was temporarily banned from British airplay.
[edit] Acting career
- He was a member of the Confidential Collective, but he received a scholarship for drama school and left in May 2005.
- He played the part of Shafiq Rasul, a member of the Tipton Three, in Michael Winterbottom's The Road to Guantanamo, and was detained by British intelligence while returning from its Berlin film premiere.
- A starring role in Shan Khan's "Prayer Room."
- A role in the Asian Dub Foundation series "Gadaffi."
