Riz Ahmed

Judy

The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity's saviour before the disaster he’s unleashed destroys everything.

Release Date: 2026-10-02

Relay

Tom, a world class “fixer”, specializes in brokering lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten their ruin. He keeps his identity a secret through meticulous planning and always follows an exacting set of rules. But when a message arrives one day from potential client Sarah, needing Tom’s protection just to stay alive, the rules quickly start to change.

Release Date: 2025-08-21

Character: Tom

The Phoenician Scheme

The story of a family and a family business.

Release Date: 2025-05-23

Character: Prince Farouk

Fingernails

Anna and Ryan have found true love together. It’s been proven by a controversial test. There’s just one problem: Anna still isn’t sure. Then she meets Amir.

Release Date: 2023-10-27

Character: Amir

Vote Count: 176

Dammi

Returning to Paris, a man moves through memories of his past and surreal fragments of the present, searching for connection with his estranged father. On his journey, he meets a French-Algerian woman. As their intimacy grows, he is confronted with his shame and fears while exploring his lost Arab identity… Behind Paris is Algiers.

Release Date: 2023-08-02

Character: Mounir

Vote Count: 8

Nimona

A knight framed for a tragic crime teams with a scrappy, shape-shifting teen to prove his innocence.

Release Date: 2023-06-23

Character: Ballister Boldheart (voice)

Vote Count: 1166

Mustache

It’s the mid-90’s in Northern California and 13-year-old Pakistani-American ILYAS is facing a major crisis — his parents yanked him out of his comfortable Islamic private school and now he has to face life at public school. Ilyas’ fears about joining public school are made worse by insecurities due to his inescapable, prepubescent MUSTACHE. Ilyas hatches a hilarious plan to return to his old school — but he must also learn to accept himself.

Release Date: 2023-03-12

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Vote Count: 1

Joyland

As a patriarchal family yearns for the birth of a son to continue their family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for its transgender starlet.

Release Date: 2022-11-18

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Vote Count: 126

You Resemble Me

Two sisters are abruptly separated, the eldest, Hasna, struggles to find her identity and place in the world.

Release Date: 2022-11-04

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Vote Count: 7

Moshari

The end of the world forces two sisters together, inside a mosquito net, just to live on—but first they must survive each other.

Release Date: 2022-03-13

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Vote Count: 6

Flee

Recounted mostly through animation to protect his identity, Amin looks back over his past as a child refugee from Afghanistan as he grapples with a secret he’s kept hidden for 20 years.

Release Date: 2021-06-17

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Vote Count: 363

Sound of Metal

Metal drummer Ruben begins to lose his hearing. When a doctor tells him his condition will worsen, he thinks his career and life is over. His girlfriend Lou checks the former addict into a rehab for the deaf hoping it will prevent a relapse and help him adapt to his new life. After being welcomed and accepted just as he is, Ruben must choose between his new normal and the life he once knew.

Release Date: 2020-11-20

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Character: Ruben Stone

Vote Count: 2604

Mogul Mowgli

Zed, a young British rapper, is about to start his first world tour, when a crippling illness strikes him down, forcing him to move back in with his family. He tries to find himself between an international music career and Pakistani family traditions.

Release Date: 2020-10-30

Department: Writing

Job: Story

Character: Zed

Vote Count: 43

Una

When a young woman unexpectedly arrives at an older man's workplace, looking for answers, the secrets of the past threaten to unravel his new life.

Release Date: 2017-03-30

Character: Scott

Vote Count: 267

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.

Release Date: 2016-12-14

Character: Bodhi Rook

Vote Count: 15513

City of Tiny Lights

In the teeming, multicultural metropolis of modern-day London, a seemingly straightforward missing-person case launches a down-at-heel private eye into a dangerous world of religious fanaticism and political intrigue.

Release Date: 2016-09-12

Character: Tommy Akhtar

Vote Count: 83

Jason Bourne

The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.

Release Date: 2016-07-27

Character: Aaron Kalloor

Vote Count: 5815

Nightcrawler

When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.

Release Date: 2014-10-23

Character: Rick

Vote Count: 11001

Daytimer

1999, Naseem gives school and home the slip to attend his first daytime rave.

Release Date: 2014-10-16

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 3

Out of Darkness

A unique story told by nine different actors which explores the haunting of a conscience by lost souls that won't let go.

Release Date: 2013-10-08

Character: Male

Vote Count: 1

Closed Circuit

A high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex-lovers on the defense team - testing the limits of their loyalties and placing their lives in jeopardy.

Release Date: 2013-08-28

Character: Nazrul Sharma

Vote Count: 462

Ill Manors

Ensemble film revolving around characters living in Forest Gate, London. Over the course of a few days, six inter-linking stories explore issues of drug use, prostitution and urban poverty.

Release Date: 2012-06-06

Character: Aaron

Vote Count: 133

Black Gold

On the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib, Emir of Hobeika, lays down his peace terms to rival Amar, Sultan of Salmaah. The two men agree that neither can lay claim to the area of no man’s land between them called The Yellow Belt. In return, Nesib adopts Amar’s two boys Saleeh and Auda as a guarantee against invasion. Twelve years later, Saleeh and Auda have grown into young men. Saleeh, the warrior, itches to escape his gilded cage and return to his father’s land. Auda cares only for books and the pursuit of knowledge. One day, their adopted father Nesib is visited by an American from Texas. He tells the Emir that his land is blessed with oil and promises him riches beyond his wildest imagination. Nesib imagines a realm of infinite possibility, a kingdom with roads, schools and hospitals all paid for by the black gold beneath the barren sand. There is only one problem. The precious oil is located in the Yellow Belt.

Release Date: 2011-12-21

Character: Ali

Vote Count: 283

Trishna

When her father is killed in a road accident, Trishna's family expect her to provide for them. The rich son of an entrepreneur starts to restlessly pursue her affections, but are his intentions as pure as they seem?

Release Date: 2011-09-08

Character: Jay

Vote Count: 50

Baghdad Express

A young girl working in her father's Arabic restaurant is forced to decide which comes first - her dreams or her family.

Release Date: 2008-10-27

Department: Sound

Job: Original Music Composer

Character: Talal

Hamlet

Set in a modern-day London of economic and political uncertainty, the story follows the intersecting themes of familial honor, moral duty and dynastic corruption.

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Character: Hamlet

Exit West

A young refugee couple from a war-torn country hears rumours that there are doors in the city they live that serve as portals to other destinations.

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Character: Saeed

Defiance: Fighting the Far Right

In 1976, young Sikh Gurdip Singh Chaggar is murdered in west London. The National Front are rising. So young British Asians join forces to defend themselves.

Release Date: 2024-04-08

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 4

Encounter

A decorated Marine goes on a rescue mission to save his two young sons from an unhuman threat. As their journey takes them in increasingly dangerous directions, the boys will need to leave their childhoods behind.

Release Date: 2021-12-03

Character: Malik Khan

Vote Count: 431

Lines

Six poems written by six young prisoners animated to tell their stories, thoughts, fears and hopes.

Release Date: 2021-02-10

Vote Count: 1

The Long Goodbye

A short about racism and Islamophobia in the UK.

Release Date: 2020-03-06

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character: Riz

Vote Count: 61

The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan

The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan is a British late-night talk show which was broadcast on Channel 4. The show is hosted by British comedian Mo Gilligan.

Release Date: 2019-07-19

Character: Self

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 1

Venom

Investigative journalist Eddie Brock attempts a comeback following a scandal, but accidentally becomes the host of Venom, a violent, super powerful alien symbiote. Soon, he must rely on his newfound powers to protect the world from a shadowy organization looking for a symbiote of their own.

Release Date: 2018-09-28

Character: Carlton Drake / Riot

Vote Count: 16480

The Sisters Brothers

Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable secret that the Commodore wants to know, so he sends the Sisters brothers, two notorious assassins, to capture him on his way to California.

Release Date: 2018-09-19

Character: Hermann Kermit Warm

Vote Count: 1947

The Big Narstie Show

Grime legend and social media sensation Big Narstie hosts an anarchic studio show along with his co-host, and the hottest comedian in town, Mo Gilligan.

Release Date: 2018-06-29

Character: Self

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 4

The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'

The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'.

Release Date: 2017-04-04

Character: Self

Vote Count: 7

The OA

Prairie Johnson, blind as a child, comes home to the community she grew up in with her sight restored. Some hail her a miracle, others a dangerous mystery, but Prairie won’t talk with the FBI or her parents about the seven years she went missing.

Release Date: 2016-12-16

Character: Elias Rahim

Episode Count: 5

Vote Count: 1217

The Night Of

After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.

Release Date: 2016-07-10

Character: Nasir 'Naz' Khan

Episode Count: 8

Vote Count: 1122

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series and performances.

Release Date: 2015-08-02

Character: Self

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 17

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Once Craig Ferguson retires, James Corden will be taking over The Late Late Show. The show is a late night talk show that interviews celebrities and has its own bits. And of course, it's all hosted by James Corden.

Release Date: 2015-03-23

Character: Self

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 134

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and TV shows of the past year through candid conversations with today's hottest actors. Hosted by Variety Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis and Variety Chief Correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister, each episode brings together pairs of actors engaging in intimate one-on-one discussions about their craft and work.

Release Date: 2014-12-21

Character: Self

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 8

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.

Release Date: 2014-02-17

Character: Self

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 334

Off Camera with Sam Jones

Photographer and director Sam Jones sits down with the myriad professionals of television and movies, and other celebrities (great skateboarders, for example), to discuss their development before fame, their passions beyond their careers, and gives them a space to open up about their insight into their business and their own abilities. Filmed in black and white, with a few deep cushion chairs and sparse set, the show relies on Sam's ability to relate to the guests and their will to speak freely with him.

Release Date: 2014-02-06

Character: Self

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 4

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Release Date: 2013-04-24

Character: Changez

Vote Count: 217

The Jonathan Ross Show

The Jonathan Ross Show is a British chat show presented by Jonathan Ross. It was first broadcast on ITV on 3 September 2011 and currently airs on Saturday evenings following the conclusion of Ross' BBC One chat show, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, in July 2010.

Release Date: 2011-09-03

Character: Self

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 22

10 Minute Tales

The biggest names in writing, acting and directing come together in a series of shorts on Sky1 HD this festive period. Experience a novel Noel with these original, uplifting and highly creative slices of silent cinema that prove actions do speak louder than words. Starring Mackenzie Crook, Bill Nighy, Peter Capaldi, Ross Kemp, and a host of major stars, each of the 10 Minute Tales promises to be a unique and engaging look at life, loss, and love.

Release Date: 2009-12-21

Character: Joseph

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 2

Alan Carr: Chatty Man

Alan Carr: Chatty Man is a BAFTA award-winning British comedy chat show presented by comedian Alan Carr. The show features interviews with celebrity guests, sketches, topical chat and music.

Release Date: 2009-06-14

Character: Self

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 15

Wired

Louise Evans is a single mother who works as a customer advisor for big bucks investors at a slick, pin-striped bank. On a night out with her best friend Anna she's introduced to Anna's slippery new boyfriend Phillip. Phillip makes Louise an indecent proposal: accept a briefcase full of money in return for helping him to defraud one of the bank's richest clients.

Release Date: 2008-10-13

Character: Manesh Kunzru

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 12

The Path to 9/11

Beginning with the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center and ending on the morning of 9/11, the draws on detailed information from the 9/11 Commission Report to take viewers on an unforgettable journey through the events that presaged that fateful day -- to understand what went right and wrong, and what can be learned from this crucial eight-year period.

Release Date: 2006-09-10

Character: Yosri

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 14

The Play's the Thing

Release Date: 2006-06-12

Episode Count: 1

Banglatown Banquet

Middle-aged Muslim Bangladeshi women struggling for their freedom as they leave the familiarity of their Bangladeshi community and set out on a voyage of discovery.

Release Date: 2006-03-25

Character: Razual

Violent Talent

A man and his two oldest friends try to build a criminal empire in contemporary Chicago where he feels that crime might be the most honest job around.

Girls

The assorted humiliations, disasters and rare triumphs of four very different twenty-something girls: Hannah, an aspiring writer; Marnie, an art gallery assistant and cousins Jessa and Shoshanna.

Release Date: 2012-04-15

Character: Paul-Louis

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 386

Four Lions

Four Lions tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, and their competing ideologies clash, what emerges is an emotionally engaging (and entirely plausible) farce.

Release Date: 2010-05-07

Character: Omar

Vote Count: 1166

Centurion

Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon.

Release Date: 2010-02-15

Character: Tarak

Vote Count: 1433

Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam

Three years in the making, this feature documentary follows the progression of the Muslim Punk scene: from its imaginary inception in a novel written by a white-convert named Michael Muhammad Knight to a full-blown, real-life scene of Muslim punk bands and their fans.

Release Date: 2009-11-03

Vote Count: 5

Rage

A schoolboy uses his cellphone camera to shoot intimate interviews with people working at a New York fashion house and secretly posts them on the internet. Result: a bitterly funny expose of an industry in crisis, during a week in which an accident on the runway becomes a murder investigation, and denial leads to devastation.

Release Date: 2009-09-24

Character: Vijay

Vote Count: 24

Freefall

FREEFALL is the first drama to tackle the extraordinary financial crisis Britons are living through. Helmed by multiple BAFTA-winning director Dominic Savage, the film takes a startling and provocative look at the events that caused people's lives to spiral out of control. With pace, edge and real emotional punch, it gives a unique insight into how the country came so perilously close to the edge.

Release Date: 2009-07-13

Character: Gary

Vote Count: 9

Dead Set

Zombies are rampaging throughout Britain. Blissfully unaware of gory events outside, the Big Brother housemates are in for the ultimate eviction night...

Release Date: 2008-10-27

Character: Riq Rahman

Episode Count: 5

Vote Count: 293

Shifty

Shifty, a young crack cocaine dealer in London, sees his life quickly spiral out of control when his best friend returns home. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs, and with his family about to turn their back on him for good, Shifty must out-run and out-smart a rival drug dealer, intent on setting him up for a big fall.

Release Date: 2008-10-24

Character: Shifty

Vote Count: 33

Britz

Sohail is an ambitious law undergraduate who signs up with MI5 and, eager to play a part in protecting British security, begins an investigation into a terrorist cell. His sister Nasima is a medical student in Leeds who becomes increasingly alienated and angered by Britain's foreign and domestic policy after witnessing at first hand the relentless targeting of her Muslim neighbours and peers. With action set in Pakistan, Eastern Europe, London and Leeds, both feature-length episodes detail a tragic sequence of events from two distinct perspectives. At the heart of this thought-provoking drama is a revealing examination of British Muslim life under current anti-terror legislation. Britz ultimately asks whether the laws we think are making us safer, are actually putting us in greater danger.

Release Date: 2007-11-05

Character: Sohail Wahid

Vote Count: 11

Britz

Two British-born Muslim siblings are drawn in radically different directions after 9/11.

Release Date: 2007-10-31

Character: Sohail

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 2

The Road to Guantanamo

Part drama, part documentary, The Road to Guantánamo focuses on the Tipton Three, a trio of British Muslims who were held in Guantanamo Bay for two years until they were released without charge.

Release Date: 2006-03-09

Character: Shafiq

Vote Count: 119

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres.

Release Date: 2003-09-08

Character: Self - Performer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 158

Comedy Lab

Comedy Lab is a British television series which showcases pilots of experimental comedy shows. Series have been aired irregularly on Channel 4 and E4 since 1998. Several pilots first shown on Comedy Lab have gone on to spawn full series, most notably Trigger Happy TV, Fonejacker, That Peter Kay Thing, Meet the Magoons and FM. It also gave Jimmy Carr his first television appearance in Jimmy Carr's World of…Corporate Videos. The 2001 series features the episodes Knife and Wife, Orcadia, Daydream Believers: Brand New Beamer and Jimmy Carr's World of…Corporate Videos featuring Jimmy Carr. The 2008 series features the episodes Headwreckers, Mr and Mrs Fandango, Olivia Lee's Naughty Bits, Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool, Pappy's Fun Club, School of Comedy and Slaterwood. 2010's shows are iCandy, Happy Finish, Penelope Princess of Pets, Jack Whitehall Secret Census, Filth, Moviemash and Hung Out. The 2011 lineup includes: Anna & Katy, Totally Tom and Rick and Peter.

Release Date: 1998-11-01

Department: Crew

Job: Creator

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 5

Quarter Life

Shah Latif is a struggling actor on the cusp of landing the role of a lifetime, only to find himself thrust into a full blown existential crisis and trippy conspiracy thriller all at the same time.

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Character: Shah Latif

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late night, where he talks with an eclectic mix of guests about what is new and relevant in the worlds of politics, entertainment, business, music, technology, and more. Featuring bandleader Jon Batiste with his band Stay Human, the Emmy Award-nominated show is broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater. Stephen Colbert, Chris Licht, Tom Purcell, and Jon Stewart are executive producers. Barry Julien and Denise Rehrig serve as co-executive producers.must watch

Release Date: 2015-09-08

Character: Self

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 301

The Graham Norton Show

Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.

Release Date: 2007-02-22

Character: Self

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 262

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.

Release Date: 2003-01-26

Character: Self

Episode Count: 7

Vote Count: 164

The Daily Show

The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.

Release Date: 1996-07-22

Character: Self

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 564

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus spontaneous, hilarious and unpredictable talk.

Release Date: 1988-09-05

Character: Self

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 43

The Oscars

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.

Release Date: 1953-03-19

Character: Self

Episode Count: 4

Vote Count: 70