Nabhaan Rizwan

Nabhaan Rizwan
Born (1997-02-07) 7 February 1997
Essex, England
OccupationActor
Years active2017–present
RelativesMawaan Rizwan (brother)

Nabhaan Rizwan (born 7 February 1997) is a British actor known for crime drama Informer, his supporting roles in The Accident and 1917, and the miniseries Station Eleven.[1][2] More recently, he portrays Noa alongside Aimee Lou Wood in the 2025 series Film Club, and Dionysus in the 2024 series Kaos.[3] For Kaos, Rizwan was nominated for the 2025 British Academy Television Awards for Best Male Comedy Performance.[4] In the same year, he was also nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award.[5] Rizwan is also a rapper under the alias El Huxley.[6]

Rizwan is originally from Redbridge and now lives in London.[7]

Early life

Rizwan was born in the London Borough of Redbridge to Pakistani parents. Rizwan's mother, Shahnaz (née Ghazi) was a child actress and also starred as an adult in the Indian soap opera Yeh Hai Mohabbatein in the role of Santosh "Toshi" Bhalla. His father was a playwright and his brother, Mawaan, is an actor, writer and comedian.[8] As a child in Ilford, his mother encouraged the performing arts, but Rizwan was initially more interested in playing cricket than acting.[6] After completing his A-Levels, he did youth work and acted in theatre groups. His first audition landed him a starring role in 2018 BBC drama Informer.[9]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
2019 1917 Sepoy Jondalar
2020 Mogul Mowgli RPG[10]
2021 The Last Letter from Your Lover Rory[9]
2023 In Camera Aden[11]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2018 Informer Raza Shar 6 episodes
2019 The Accident Tim Das 4 episodes
2020 Industry Hari Dhar 2 episodes
2021–2022 Station Eleven Frank Chaudhary 10 episodes
2023–present Juice Isaac Jamshidi 12 episodes; also writer[12]
2024 Kaos Dionysus Main Role[13]
2025 Film Club Noa 6 episodes[14]
Dope Girls Silas Huxley Main Role

Theatre

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2021 Anna X Ariel Performed at Harold Pinter Theatre and The Lowry [15]

Music videos

Year Title Artist Ref.
2025 "All Over Me" Haim [16]

References

  1. ^ Fishwick, Samuel (6 November 2020). "Why the Hollywood A-list are queuing up to work with Nabhaan Rizwan". Evening Standard. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Who Is Nabhaan Rizwan? There's A Reason You May Not Recognise The Star Of New BBC Drama 'Informer'". Bustle. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Kaos star reveals chaos of Jeff Goldblum: "Never a dull moment" | Radio Times". www.radiotimes.com.
  4. ^ "Male Performance in a Comedy". Bafta. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  5. ^ "EE Rising Star Award". Bafta. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  6. ^ a b Mukhtar, Amel (10 November 2020). "Nabhaan Rizwan Is The Breakout Star Of 'Industry', Britain's Answer To 'The Wolf Of Wall Street'". British Vogue. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  7. ^ Lipson, Molly (26 October 2020). "Nabhaan Rizwan Is All About Intentionality". FLOOD. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Who is Nabhaan Rizwan? Everything you need to know about the rising star of BBC thriller Informer". Radio Times. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  9. ^ a b Burgum, Becky (17 August 2021). "'Industry' Actor Nabhaan Rizwan Talks Lena Dunham, Rapping And His New Must-See Summer Romance". ELLE. Archived from the original on 7 February 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  10. ^ Scott, A. O. (2 September 2021). "'Mogul Mowgli' Review: Rapping for Dear Life". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  11. ^ Dalton, Ben (28 September 2022). "Naqqash Khalid's 'In Camera' starring Nabhaan Rizwan, Amir El-Masry, Rory Fleck Byrne wraps UK shoot (exclusive)". Screen. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Juice cast and creator, Mawaan Rizwan, on the "trippy joyride" comedy". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  13. ^ "Where you recognise the cast of Netflix's KAOS". Cosmopolitan. 29 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Aimee Lou Wood to star alongside Nabhaan Rizwan and Suranne Jones in new BBC romantic comedy-drama Film Club". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  15. ^ "Gatsby, Ripley and the fake heiress: inside the tech fantasy Anna X". The Guardian. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  16. ^ @FilmUpdates (20 June 2025). "Nabhaan Rizwan in HAIM's music video for "All over me."" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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