# @esquire on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Db-lTkrGzMD
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69046065-esquire-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-13T11:01:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Esquire (@esquire) — https://gondola.cc/esquire

## Caption

#RizAhmed is guarded, thoughtful, empathetic, and funny. All these things have made him one of the most compelling actors of his generation.

Across two decades, he’s done political satires, westerns, Shakespeare, and he even made an appearance in a galaxy far, far away. He won an Oscar for “The Long Goodbye,” a short film attached to his album of the same name, because Ahmed has otherworldly MC powers too. But for him, success means something else entirely.

In our 2026 Mavericks of Hollywood issue, Ahmed previews his character in #Digger and delights in his newest role: dad. Read more at the link in our bio.

Story by Brady Langmann brady_langmann2
Photographed by Chantal Anderson chantalaanderson
Styled by Alfonso Fernandez Navas alfonsofn
Grooming by Michael Dueñas michaelduenas
Tailoring by Neli Abrahamyan 
Production by Hyperion hyperion.la
Directors of Video: kriceee amandakabbabe
Supervising Producer: bmurrayreal
Director of Photography: darrenkho
Senior Editor: sampxmiller
Esquire Executive Design Director: Martin Hoops mhoopsdesign
Esquire Visual Director: James Morris j_alexander_photo
Esquire Senior Entertainment Director: Andrea Cuttler angcutt
Esquire Editor-in-chief: Michael Sebastian michaeljsebastian

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## Tags

digger, rizahmed

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