Actor profile

Salman Rushdie

19th June 1947 Mumbai, India Acting

Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie FRSL is a British Indian novelist and essayist. His second novel, Midnight's Children, won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be "the best novel of all winners" on two separate occasions, marking the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize.

18 Movies 18 TV Shows 1 In Production 49 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Orwell: 2+2=5 poster

Orwell: 2+2=5 3rd October 2025 as Self (archive footage)

Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly poster

Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly 7th May 2024 as Self - Interviewed Guest

Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail poster

Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail 8th January 2019 as Self - Writer

Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women poster

Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women 4th August 2018 as Himself - Contributor

Bosch: The Garden of Dreams poster

Bosch: The Garden of Dreams 9th June 2016 as Self

Mylène Farmer : sur les pas d'une icône poster

Mylène Farmer : sur les pas d'une icône 8th December 2015 as Self

The Hitch poster

The Hitch 10th May 2014 as Self (archive footage)

River of Fundament poster

River of Fundament 12th February 2014 as Wake Guest

Midnight's Children poster

Midnight's Children 31st August 2012 as Narrator (voice)

Amos Oz: The Nature of Dreams poster

Amos Oz: The Nature of Dreams 30th April 2009 as Self

La Traversée du désir poster

La Traversée du désir 16th March 2009 as Self

The Satanic Verses Affair poster

The Satanic Verses Affair 7th March 2009 as Himself

365 Day Project poster

365 Day Project 31st December 2007 as Self

Then She Found Me poster

Then She Found Me 7th September 2007 as Dr. Masani

Der Unbequeme - Der Dichter Günter Grass poster

Der Unbequeme - Der Dichter Günter Grass 19th April 2007 as Self

Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles poster

Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles 16th August 2003 as Self - Interviewee

Bridget Jones's Diary poster

Bridget Jones's Diary 13th April 2001 as Salman Rushdie

Dirty Pictures poster

Dirty Pictures 27th May 2000 as Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 8th September 2015 as Self

W1A poster

W1A 19th March 2014 as Self

Markus Lanz poster

Markus Lanz 3rd June 2008 as Self

Shrink Rap poster

Shrink Rap 2nd April 2007 as Self

The One Show poster

The One Show 14th August 2006 as Self - Guest

The Culture Show poster

The Culture Show 11th November 2004 as Self

Real Time with Bill Maher poster

Real Time with Bill Maher 21st February 2003 as Self

Curb Your Enthusiasm poster

Curb Your Enthusiasm 15th October 2000 as Salman Rushdie

Wintertijd poster

Wintertijd 11th September 1999 as Self

Beckmann poster

Beckmann 25th January 1999 as Self

Ruby poster

Ruby 12th May 1997 as Self

The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show 22nd July 1996 as Self

Kulturzeit poster

Kulturzeit 2nd October 1995 as self

Lo + plus poster

Lo + plus 4th April 1995 as Self - Guest

Morgenmagazin poster

Morgenmagazin 19th July 1992 as Self

DAS! poster

DAS! 2nd January 1991 as Self

Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You 28th September 1990 as Self

Prisoners of Gravity poster

Prisoners of Gravity 21st August 1989 as Self

Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie poster

Coming soon

Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie 2nd October 2026 as Self