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Actor

1997-02-07 · Essex, England · Male

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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. More recently, he portrays Noa alongside Aimee Lou Wood in the 2025 series Film Club, and Dionysus in the 2024 series Kaos. For Kaos, Rizwan was nominated for the 2025 British Academy Television Awards for Best Male Comedy Performance. In the same year, he was also nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award. Rizwan is also a rapper under the alias El Huxley.

Rizwan is originally from Redbridge and lives in London.

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. As a child in Ilford, his mother encouraged the performing arts, but Rizwan was initially more interested in playing cricket than acting. 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.