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Rizwan "Riz" Ahmed (Urdu pronunciation: [ɾɪzˌwɑːnˈɛɦˌməd̪]; born 1 December 1982) is a British actor and rapper. He has received several awards, including an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award, with nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and two British Academy Film Awards. In 2017, he was named in the Time Listing of the most influential people in the world. After studying acting at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Ahmed began his acting career with independent films such as The Road to Guantanamo (2006), Shifty (2008), Four Lions (2010), Trishna (2011), and The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012). He had his break-out role in Nightcrawler (2014), which led to roles in the 2016 big-budget films Jason Bourne and Rogue One. For starring as a young man accused of murder in the HBO miniseries The Night Of (2016), Ahmed won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series. He received another Emmy nomination in the same year for his guest role in Girls. He went on to play Carlton Drake in the superhero film Venom (2018) and a drummer who loses his hearing in the drama film Sound of Metal (2019). The latter earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He produced, co-wrote, and starred in Mogul Mowgli (2020), which earned a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film. As a rapper, Ahmed is a member of the Swet Shop Boys and has earned critical acclaim with the hip hop albums Microscope and Cashmere and commercial success featuring in the Billboard 200 chart-topping Hamilton Mixtape, with his song "Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)" winning an MTV Video Music Award. His second studio album, The Long Goodbye, was accompanied by a short film of the same name, which won him the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. As an activist, Ahmed is known for his political rap music, has been involved in raising awareness and funds for Rohingya and Syrian refugee children, and has advocated 'BAME' representation at the House of Commons. Description above from the Wikipedia article Riz Ahmed, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Riz Ahmed
Carlton Drake
for Carlton Drake in Marvel Studios' Midnight Sons
Suggested by erentan
When the hell-lord Mephisto breaks an ancient seal to resurrect Lilith, the Mother of Demons, her monstrous brood, the Lilin, begin a supernatural siege that traditional heroes cannot withstand. Realizing the Avengers are outmatched against this occult terror, Doctor Stephen Strange turns to the forbidden "Tarot Deck of Destiny" to assemble the "Midnight Sons," a volatile alliance of the damned and the dark. Strange unites the reality-warping might of Wanda Maximoff (Scarlet Witch), the hellish heritage of Daimon Hellstrom, and the mystic arts of Doctor Voodoo to hold the magical barriers, while the dual spirits of vengeance, Johnny Blaze and Danny Ketch (Ghost Riders), scorch the earth with hellfire. Supported by the ancient knowledge of Agatha Harkness and the swamp-guardian Man-Thing, and armed by the tactical expertise of Whistler and Elsa Bloodstone, the team operates under the ominous guidance of the Tarot, where every card drawn dictates a sacrifice required to halt the apocalypse. On the visceral front lines, the battle turns into a carnage of monsters fighting monsters. Eddie Brock and Venom, representing the Tarot’s "Devil," emerge as the team's MVP; the Symbiote’s alien physiology renders him immune to Lilith’s corruption, allowing him to devour the demonic horde alongside the lethal precision of Frank Castle (The Punisher) and the ruthless blade of Eric Brooks (Blade). As Marc Spector (Moon Knight) and Layla El-Faouly (Scarlet Scarab) strike from the shadows and skies, Dane Whitman (Black Knight) wields the Ebony Blade alongside the feral rage of Jack Russell (Werewolf By Night) and the cunning of Hannibal King. In this bloody crusade, Venom acts as the unstoppable tank while the team unleashes their inner beasts, proving that to defeat the ultimate darkness of Mephisto and Lilith, the Marvel Universe needs its most terrifying nightmares.
