List of Muslims in entertainment and the media

This is the list of the Muslims in entertainment and the media.

Comedy

• Ahmed Ahmed – standup comedian, actor^[1]
• Mo Amer – standup comedian^[2]
• Dave Chappelle – standup comedian (converted in 1998)^[3]
• Tissa Hami – standup comedian^[1]
• Maz Jobrani – standup comedian, actor^[4]
• Aasif Mandvi – comedian, actor^[5]
• Preacher Moss – standup comedian, comedy writer^[2]
• Dean Obeidallah – standup comedian^[1]
• Azhar Usman – standup comedian^[6][7][8]
• Maysoon Zayid – standup comedian, actress^[1]
• Said Durrah - standup comedian ^[9]

Film

• Aamir Khan the "C"
• – Actor, producer, director^[10]
• Shah Rukh Khan – Actor, producer, television presenter^[11]
• Salman Khan – Actor, Film Producer, Television Personality^[12]
• Nabil Abou-Harb – filmmaker, Writer/Director of "Arab in America".^[13]
• Shohreh Aghdashloo – Academy Award-nominated Iranian-born actress^[14]
• Moustapha Akkad – film director, producer^[15]
• Lewis Arquette – film actor, writer, and producer^[16][17]
• Sayed Badreya – actor, filmmaker^[18]
• Said Taghmaoui – actor^[19]
• Riz Ahmed – actor, rapper, MC.
• Mahershala Ali – actor, featured in the The Hunger Games film series and the TV series Luke Cage.^[20]

Journalism and Media

• Aaqil Ahmed – Commissioning editor for Religion and Multicultural programming at Channel 4^[21]
• Adil Ray – British radio and television presenter, for BBC Asian Network^[22]
• Adnan Nawaz – A News and Sports presenter working for the BBC World Service^[23]
• Ali Abbasi – Former Scottish TV presenter^[24]
• Anila Baig – A columnist at The Sun^[25]
• Mazher Mahmood^[26]
• Mehdi Hasan – Senior politics editor at the New Statesman and a former news and current affairs editor at Channel 4^[27]
• Mishal Husain – Currently an anchor for BBC World^[28]
• Riz Lateef – A news reader and the BBC Deputy News Manager^[29]
• Saira Khan – Was the runner-up on the first series of The Apprentice, and now a TV presenter on BBC's Temper Your Temper and Desi DNA^[30]
• Sarfraz Manzoor – A British writer, journalist, documentary maker, and broadcaster. He writes regularly for The Guardian, presents documentaries on BBC Radio 4.^[31]
• Shaf Rasul – A British Pakistani millionaire who is also a business column writer for The Scottish Sun newspaper^[32]
• Shereen Nanjiani – A radio journalist with BBC Radio Scotland^[33]
• Tazeen Ahmad – A British television and radio presenter and reporter^[34]
• Waheed Khan – Documentary television director working in British television^[35]
• Ajmal Masroor – Television presenter, politician, Imam,^[36] and UK Parliamentary candidate for Bethnal Green and Bow constituency representing Liberal Democrats in 2010 General Election.^[37] He is a television presenter on political and Islamic programmes on Islam Channel and Channel S.^[38]
• Kanak 'Konnie' Huq – Television presenter, best known for being the longest-serving female Blue Peter presenter.^[39][40]
• Lisa Aziz – News presenter, and journalist. Best known as the co-presenter of the Bristol-based ITV West Country nightly weekday news programme The West Country Tonight,^[41] one of the first Asian presenters to be seen on television.^[42] She won the Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy Best Television News Journalist Award.^[43][44]
• Nina Hossain – Journalist, newscaster, and sole presenter of ITV London's regional news programme London Tonight.^[45]
• Rizwan Hussain – Barrister, television presenter, philanthropist, international humanitarian worker, former Hindi music singer and producer. TV presenter for Islamic and charity shows on Channel S and Islam Channel.^[46]
• Tasmin Lucia-Khan – Journalist, presenter, and producer.^[47] Best known for delivering BBC Three's nightly hourly 'World News' bulletins on in 60 Seconds,^[48] and presenting E24 on the rolling news channel BBC News.^[49] Currently delivers news bulletins and breaking stories on ITV breakfast television programme Daybreak.^[50]
• A. N. M. Serajur Rahman – Journalist, broadcaster, and Bangladeshi nationalist.^[51]
• Faisal Islam – Economics editor and correspondent for Channel 4 News. He was named Young Journalist of the Year at the Royal Society of Television awards 2006.^[52]
• Fareena Alam – Editor of British Muslim Magazine Q News.^[53] She was named Media Professional of the Year by Islamic Relief in 2005 and at the Asian Women of Achievement Awards in 2006.^[54]
• Nurul Islam – Broadcast journalist, radio producer, and presenter best remembered for his work with the BBC World Service.^[55]
• Shamim Chowdhury – Television and print journalist for Al Jazeera English.^[56]
• Kristiane Backer – a German television presenter, television journalist and author residing in London.^[57]
• Tausif Malik – an Indian American Media personality, publisher, editor, creator of Muslim Spelling Bee Competitions, Muslim Hall of Fame, Shadi Made Easy, American Muslim TV, Global Muslim Observer, residing in Chicago. He has transformed community events into a Social Enterprise ^[58]
• Zeinab Badawi – BBC presenter of "Hard Talk"
• Shaman Butt – Producer/Correspondent Presstv, India
• Fareed Zakaria – Indian American journalist and author, host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS

Literature and art

• Reza Aslan – Iranian-American author of No god but God and Zealot, public intellectual, religious studies scholar
• Shahida Rahman – Award-winning author of Lascar, writer and publisher^[59]
• Muhammad Iqbal – One of the most important figures in Urdu literature, with literary work in both the Urdu and Persian languages.^[60]
• Hanif Kureishi – Playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker, novelist and short story writer^[11]
• Imtiaz Dharker – Poet and documentary filmmaker^[61]
• Moniza Alvi – Poet and writer^[62]
• Nadeem Aslam – Novelist^[63]
• Razia Iqbal – Arts correspondent for the BBC; born in East Africa and is of Muslim Punjabi origin.^[64]
• Qaisra Shahraz – Novelist, journalist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a director of Gatehouse Books^[65]
• Tariq Ali – Historian and novelist^[66]
• Eenasul Fateh (Aladin) – Cultural practitioner, magician and live artist, named International Magician of the Year in 1991, and winner of the 1997 Golden Turban Award from the Magic Academy of Bangalore, in India.^[67]
• Kaniz Ali – Makeup artist and freelance beauty columnist.^[68] She won Best Make-Up Artist category at the 2011 International Asian Fashion Awards.^[69]
• Rezia Wahid MBE – Award-winning textile artist whose work has been exhibited both in the UK and abroad.^[70]
• Ruby Hammer MBE – Fashion and beauty makeup artist,^[71] and founder of Ruby & Millie cosmetics brand.^[72]
• Ruh al-Alam – Islamic artist, and founder of Islamic calligraphic artwork project Visual Dhikr.^[73][73]
• Runa Islam – Film and photography visual artist, nominated for the Turner Prize 2008.^[74][75]
• G. Willow Wilson – an American comics writer, prose author, essayist, and journalist.^[76][77]
• Dr Ghulam Murshid – Author, scholar, and journalist. He's received numerous top literary awards from India and Bangladesh including the Bangla Academy award.^[78]
• Kia Abdullah – Novelist and journalist. She contributes to The Guardian newspaper^[79] and has written two novels: Life, Love and Assimilation^[80] and Child's Play.^[81]
• Mohammed Mahbub 'Ed' Husain – Writer of the book The Islamist on account of his experience for five years with the Hizb ut-Tahrir.^[82][83]
• Monica Ali – Author of Brick Lane a story based on a Bangladeshi woman.^[84]
• Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed – Author, lecturer, political scientist specialising in interdisciplinary security studies, and participant of the 9/11 Truth Movement.^[85]
• Rekha Waheed – Writer and novelist best known as the author of The A-Z Guide To Arranged Marriage.^[86]
• Roopa Farooki – Novelist.^[87]
• Tahmima Anam – Author of A Golden Age which was the Best First Book winner of the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize.^[88]
• Shamim Azad – Bilingual poet, storyteller and writer^[89]
• Ayad Akhtar – Writer, actor^[90][91]

Modeling

• Iman (Mohamed Abdulmajid) – Model and designer, Muslim originally from Somalia.^[92]

Music

Rapper Ice Cube performing in 2006.

• Ahmad Jamal – Jazz pianist^[93]
• Akil – Rapper. Formerly of the alternative hip-hop group Jurassic 5.^[94][95]
• Ahmet Ertegün – Songwriter and founder of Atlantic Records^[96]
• Akon – Singer^[97][98]
• Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Producer, DJ and rapper. Formerly of A Tribe Called Quest. He is a Sunni Muslim.^[99]
• Art Blakey – American jazz drummer and bandleader^[100]
• Bas – Rapper
• B.G. Knocc Out – Rapper from Compton, CA, (converted to Islam in 1999)^[101]
• Beanie Sigel – Rapper^{[94][102][103]}
• Big Daddy Kane – Rapper. He is a 5 percenter.^[104][105]
• Brother Ali – Rapper. Converted to Sunni Islam.^[99][106]
• Busta Rhymes – Hip-hop artist and rapper. He is a 5 percenter.^[99][107]
• Chali 2na – Rapper. Formerly of the alternative hip-hop group Jurassic 5, and of Ozomatli^[108]
• Dawud Wharnsby – Canadian singer-songwriter, poet^[109]
• DJ Khaled – Rap artist and DJ^[110][111]
• DJ Fozilla – House DJ, Rock Musician, Singer, Dancer
• Everlast – Rapper from the Irish-American hip-hop group House of Pain. Converted to Sunni Islam.^{[99][112][113]}
• Flesh N Bone – Rapper
• Freddie Gibbs – Rapper^[114]
• Freeway – Rapper, Sunni Muslim^{[99][103][115][116]}
• French Montana – Rapper
• Ghostface Killah – Rapper. Member of the hip-hip group the Wu-Tang Clan^[94][117]
• Hesham Watany (Maestrix) – Egyptian Music Producer / film music composer C^[118]
• Ice Cube – Rapper and producer.^[119]
• Jermaine Jackson – Singer, bass guitarist^[120][121]
• Jay Electronica – Rapper
• Junoon - Sufi Rock Band
• Kevin Gates – Rapper
• K'naan – Canadian rapper of Somali descent^[122]
• Lupe Fiasco – Rapper. He is a Sunni Muslim.^{[94][99][123]}
• Mark 7even – Rapper. Formerly of the alternative hip-hop group Jurassic 5^[95]
• MC Ren – Rapper^[124]
• Mos Def – Rapper. Initially joined the Nation of Islam before converting to Sunni Islam.^{[94][99][125]}
• Napoleon – Former member of Tupac Shakur's rap group the Outlawz, now a motivational Muslim speaker^[126]
• Nas – Rapper and 5 percenter^[94][127]
• Native Deen – Artist rap group^[128]
• Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – Pakistani traditional singer, helped popularise Qawwali singing throughout the non-Muslim world^[129]
• Q-Tip – Rapper. Formerly of A Tribe Called Quest. He is a Sunni Muslim.^[99][130]
• Rakim – 5 percenter, Rapper & former member of the hip-hop duo Eric B. & Rakim.^[127][131]
• Sami Yusuf – British singer-songwriter, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist musician of Iranian Azerbaijani descent
• Scarface – Rapper^[94][132]
• Swizz Beatz – Producer
• Raekwon – Rapper. Member of the hip-hip group the Wu-Tang Clan^{[133][134][135][136]}
• Rhymefest – Grammy award winning hip hop artist and co-writer of the single "Jesus Walks"^[137]
• T-Pain – singer, rapper^[138]
• Richard Thompson – British singer-songwriter.
• Vinnie Paz – Rapper in the hip-hop group Jedi Mind Tricks.^[139]
• Yazzi – Rapper and Grammy nominated songwriter. He is a Sunni Muslim.
• Yusef Lateef – Jazz musician and Grammy Award winner^[99][140]
• Yusuf Islam – commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, humanitarian, and education philanthropist.
• Zayn Malik – former member of One Direction

Television

• Mara Brock Akil – screenwriter, producer^[141]
• Rizwan Manji – actor^[142]
• Hasan Minhaj – actor, correspondent on The Daily Show
• Mehmet Oz – medical doctor, talk show host^[143]
• Kamran Pasha – screenwriter, producer^[144]
• Iqbal Theba – actor^[145]
• Bassem Youssef – Egyptian satirist and columnist, former host of Al-Bernameg

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