ACTOR

Riz Ahmed

1982 - Today

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Rizwan Ahmed (Urdu pronunciation: [ɾɪzˌwɑːn ˈɛɦˌməd̪]; born (1982-12-01)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 100 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Riz Ahmed has received more than 11,930,558 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Riz Ahmed is the 9,145th most popular actor (down from 7,283rd in 2019), the 6,103rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,089th in 2019) and the 1,016th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Riz Ahmeds by language

Over the past year Riz Ahmed has had the most page views in the with 1,009,649 views, followed by Spanish (44,646), and German (39,288). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (328.24%), Southern Azerbaijani (149.20%), and Belarusian (103.52%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Riz Ahmed ranks 9,145 out of 13,578. Before him are Jerry Paris, Stacy Martin, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Wendy Richard, Kate Flannery, and Melody Thomas Scott. After him are Nicholas Parsons, Simu Liu, Deidre Hall, Ben Miles, Ricky Whittle, and Kevin Corrigan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Riz Ahmed ranks 322. Before him are Kim Dong-jin, Leandro Barbosa, Modeste M'bami, María José Martínez Sánchez, Yakubu, and Yoshimasa Hosoya. After him are Vladlen Tatarsky, Denis Buntić, Michael Umaña, Aleksei Berezutski, Fabián Estoyanoff, and Nadir Belhadj.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Riz Ahmed ranks 6,103 out of 8,785. Before him are Clemence Dane (1888), Yasmin Le Bon (1964), Leslie Benzies (1971), Thomas Shadwell (1642), Peter Serafinowicz (1972), and Wendy Richard (1943). After him are Paolo Nutini (1987), Nicholas Parsons (1923), Nick Fry (1956), Eoin MacNeill (1867), Ben Miles (1966), and Jacqui Smith (1962).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Riz Ahmed ranks 1,016. Before him are Nick Moran (1969), Max Irons (1985), George MacKay (1992), Freya Allan (2001), Peter Serafinowicz (1972), and Wendy Richard (1943). After him are Nicholas Parsons (1923), Ben Miles (1966), Ricky Whittle (1981), Felicity Kendal (1946), Martin Clunes (1961), and Charlie Heaton (1994).

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