Riz Ahmed • Shooting Stars 2012
UK
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London-born Oxford graduate Riz Ahmed landed his first film acting role in Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross' The road to Guantanamo [+see also:
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He followed this in 2009 with Sally Potter's Rage [+see also:
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