Nabhaan Rizwan Ethnicity

Nabhaan Rizwan is an English actor and singer. He has acting credits in Kaos (2024), Station Eleven (2021-2022), and Mogul Mowgli (2020).

He was born on 7 February 1997 in Essex, England. The 27-year-old actor has made 14 acting appearances to date per IMDb.

Quick Info

Real NameNabhaan Rizwan
Age27 [as of 2024]
BirthplaceRedbridge, Essex, England
EducationN/A
Height5 feet 7.75 inches [172 cm]
Weight75 kg [approx.]

Ethnicity

Nabhaan Rizwan is of Pakistani descent. He is a British citizen.

His mother’s name is Shahnaz Rizwan. She is an actress known for her Pakistani films and Indian soap operas.

Her most prominent role was Mrs. Bhalla in the Indian soap opera Yeh Hai Mohabbatein. Across four years, she appeared in 632 episodes. Per the VeenaBhabhiTV YouTube channel, her husband is Rizwan Siddiqui.

Nabhaan has an elder brother named Mawaan Rizwan. Per Wikipedia, he also has an elder sister. His brother, Mawaan, is an actor-comedian known for appearances in Juice (2023), Two Weeks to Live (2020), Next of Kin (2018), etc.

His grandfather Ahmed Ghazi fought for the British Empire during their rule in India.

Personal Life

Though born in Redbridge, Rizwan was raised in Ilford. Growing up, his interests were sports, especially cricket.

However, his focus shifted to acting after making a few theatre appearances. His theatre credits include The Undergrowth at the Royal Court Theatre and Little Revolution at Almeida Theatre.

Career

Nabhaan Rizwan‘s debut acting performance was in the TV series Informer. Though it was his debut role, he played the role of Raza Shar in all the episodes.

In 2019, he acted in the short film Grey Suits Us, the TV series The Accident, and the movie 1917. Following this, he appeared as RPG in the feature film Mogul Mowgli.

He played the lead role of Frank Chaudhary in the HBO Max original Station Eleven in 2021. That year, he also acted in two movies namely The Last Letter from Your Lover and Anna X.

In 2022, he appeared in the music video of his brother Mawaan’s song Are You Checking Me Out or Are You Just a Racist? A year later, he acted as Isaac in the BBC Three comedy series Juice which also featured his real-life brother in the role of Jamma.

In 2024, he played Dionysus in the Netflix TV series Kaos. It featured experienced acting personalities such as Jeff Goldblum, Janet McTeer, Stephen Dillane, etc. His future acting projects include the BBC One TV series Dope Girls.

As a singer, he released his debut EP Fantastic Planet in July 2021. It was launched under his own record label MASSOLIT.

Unknown Facts

  • He wrote and performed the song Pussy Fried Chicken in the movie Mogul Mowgli.
  • He co-own the Best Ensemble in a Limited Series in 2022.
  • Rizwan has almost 20k followers on Instagram.
  • He modeled for various brands including Gucci.

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Photo credit: @nabhaanr – Instagram.