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Meet Riz Ahmed, the breakout star everyone will be talking about after his 'Star Wars' role

Jacob ShamsianDec 13, 2016, 02:15 IST

Riz Ahmed.Left: Disney. Right: Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP.

If the acting world has a breakout star of 2016, it's Riz Ahmed.

Since getting good reviews for a supporting role in "Nightcrawler" in 2014, Ahmed capitalized on the attention and captivated audiences as a less-innocent-than-he-looks murder accused in HBO's miniseries "The Night Of," and picked up a role in "Jason Bourne."

And he's not done yet. On December 16, Ahmed will be starring in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" as a pilot who plans to fly a crew into the middle of the Empire and steal away the plans for the Death Star.

Here's how the son of Pakistani immigrants became the breakout star of 2016.