Pioneers - Riz Ahmed
Time|May 1 - 8,2017

The passionate polymath.

Lin-Manuel Miranda
Pioneers - Riz Ahmed

Look! Riz Ahmed is over here on HBO, turning in a stunning, tell-your-friends the-next-day performance as Naz, the aching center of The Night Of.

Look! Now Riz Ahmed is over there, playing Bodhi Rook in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, defecting to the Rebel Alliance and breaking our collective heart!

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