This is a list of notable Muslims in entertainment and the media outside Muslim-majority countries

Comedy

Prince Abdi (born 1972) – British standup comedian, actor Baba Ali (born 1974) – Iranian-American comedian, games developer, businessman, and actor Ahmed Ahmed (born 1970)– American standup comedian, actor Mo Amer (born 1981) – Palestinian American standup comedian, actor Humza Arshad (born 1985) – English comedian Aristotle Athari (born 1991) — ְAmerican comedian and actor Sadia Azmat (born 1990) – English comedian Dave Chappelle (born 1973) – American standup comedian Jamel Debbouze (born 1975) – French Moroccan comedian, actor, singer Said Durrah (born 1982) – American standup comedian Fatiha El-Ghorri (born 1981) – British comedian, writer Negin Farsad (born 1978) – American comedian, director Dina Hashem – American comedian Maz Jobrani (born 1972) – American standup comedian, actoriranian.com (1 February 2006) Axis of evil comedy show Retrieved on 2009-06-18. Zainab Johnson (born 1992) – African American comedian Hasan Minhaj (born 1985) – American standup comedian Jeff Mirza (born 1964) – British comedian, actor Riaad Moosa (born 1977) – South African comedian, actor, doctor Preacher Moss (born 1967) – American standup comedian, comedy writer Zahra Noorbakhsh (born 1980) – Iranian-American standup comedian, writer, actor, podcast host Dean Obeidallah (born 1969) – American standup comedian Aamer Rahman (born 1982) – Australian standup comedian Omar Regan (born 1975) – American standup comedian, actor, musician Ali Shahalom (born 1992) – English comedian, television presenter Jay Shareef (born 1982) – British comedian, broadcaster Ali Siddiq (born 1973) – American comedian Azhar Usman (born 1975) – American standup comedianAzhar Usman BBC – Religion and Ethics (BBC). Retrieved on 2009-06-18.America's Funniest Muslim America Abroad Media. Retrieved on 2009-06-18. Ramy Youssef (born 1991) – American standup comedian, actor Bilal Zafar (born 1991) – British comedian Maysoon Zayid (born 1974) – American standup comedian, actress

Film and television

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1914-1987) – Indian director, novelist, screenwriter, journalist, Palme d'Or winner Nabil Abou-Harb (born 1984)– American filmmaker, writer-director of Arab in AmericaThe South Magazine: Arab in America , 2007-03-18 Riz Ahmed (born 1982)– British actor, rapper, MC, activist, first Muslim actor to win Emmy for The Night Of. Mahershala Ali (born 1974) – American actor, first Muslim actor to win Oscar (for Moonlight) Mara Brock Akil (born 1970) – American screenwriter, producer Moustapha Akkad (1930-2005) – Syrian American film director, producer. Retrieved 2009-06-18. Yasmine Allas (born 1967) – Somali–Dutch actress, writer Kinda Alloush (born 1982) – Syrian British actress Humza Arshad (born 1985) – British actor, comedian Lewis Arquette (1935-2001) – American film actor, writer, and producer Afshan Azad (born 1988) – British actress, model, and media personality Shabana Azmi (born 1950) – Indian actress in Bollywood films Sayed Badreya (born 1957) – Egyptian American actor, filmmaker Aslı Bayram (born 1981) – German actress, writer Leïla Bekhti (born 1984) – French actress Fady Elsayed (born 1993) – British actor Zehra Fazal – American voice actress Tan France (born 1983) – British American fashion designer, television personality Tania Gunadi (born 1983) – Indonesian actress in Hollywood Manal Issa (born 1992) – Lebanese-French actress Jaafar Jackson (born 1996) – American actor Dipika Kakar (born 1985) – Indian television actress Ronnie Khalil (born 1977) – American actor, comedian Aamir Khan (born 1965) – Indian actor, producer, director,. Retrieved 2015-10-11. Academy Award nominee Irrfan Khan (1967-2005) – Indian actor Guz Khan (born 1986) – British actor, comedian Mehboob Khan (1907-1964) – Indian director, producer, actor, writer, Academy Award nominee Saif Ali Khan (born 1970) – Indian actor, producer Salman Khan (born 1965) – Indian actor, film producer, television personality Shah Rukh Khan (born 1965) – Indian actor, producer, television presenter Dilip Kumar (Muhammad Yusuf Khan) (1922-2021) – Indian actor, producer, activist Karim Leklou (born 1982) – French actor Ali Louis Bourzgui (born 1999) – American actor and singer Madhubala (1933-1969) – Indian actress Mammootty (born 1951) – Indian Malayali actor Aasif Mandvi (born 1966) – British comedian, actor Rizwan Manji (born 1974) – Canadian actor Iman Meskini (born 1997) - Norwegian actress Ramzan Miah (born 1993) – British actor, model, and dancer Shebz Miah (born 1997) – British actor Mumtaz (born 1947) – Indian actress Kylie Padilla (born 1993) - Filipino actress, singer and model (converted to Islam from early childhood) Rommel Padilla (born 1965) - actor, politician, farmer and former musician (converted to Islam in 1999) Robin Padilla (born 1969) - Filipino actor and politician (converted to Islam in 1995) Kamran Pasha (born 1972) – American screenwriter, producer Tahar Rahim (born 1981) – French actor Waheeda Rehman (born 1938) – Indian actress in Bollywood films Dulquer Salmaan (born 1983) – Indian actor Shakila (1935-2017) – Indian actress in Bollywood films Shyama (1935-2017) – Indian actress in Bollywood films Ali Suliman (born 1977) – Palestinian-British actor Omar Sy (born 1978) – French actor Assa Sylla (born 1996) – French actress, writer Tabu (born 1971) – Indian actress in Bollywood films Saïd Taghmaoui (born 1973) – French-American actor Iqbal Theba (born 1963) – Pakistani American actor Bassem Youssef (born 1974) – Egyptian American satirist and columnist, former host of Al-Bernameg Zarina Wahab (born 1959) - Indian actress in Bollywood films

Journalism and media Ali Abbasi (1961–2004) – former Scottish TV presenter Tazeen Ahmad (1971-2019) – British television and radio presenter and reporterInterview with Tazeen Ahmad Channel 4, 22 June 2009 Fareena Alam (born 1978) – Editor of British Muslim Magazine Q News. She was named Media Professional of the Year by Islamic Relief in 2005 and at the Asian Women of Achievement Awards in 2006. Lisa Aziz (born 1962) – British 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, one of the first Asian presenters to be seen on television. She won the Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy Best Television News Journalist Award. Kristiane Backer (born 1965) – German television presenter, television journalist and author residing in London. Zeinab Badawi (born 1959) – Sudanese British BBC presenter of "Hard Talk" Cenk Uygur (born 1970) – American host on The Young Turks Shamim Chowdhury – English television and print journalist for Al Jazeera English. Mehdi Hasan (born 1979) – British American senior politics editor at the New Statesman and a former news and current affairs editor at Channel 4 Ginella Massa (born 1987) – Canadian host of Canada Tonight on CBC News. Canada’s first hijab wearing national news anchor. Nina Hossain – English journalist, newscaster, and sole presenter of ITV London's regional news programme London Tonight. Kanak 'Konnie' Huq (born 1975) – British television presenter, best known for being the longest-serving female Blue Peter presenter. Mishal Husain (born 1973) – British, currently an anchor for BBC World Rizwan Hussain (born 1973) – British 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. Zahid Hussain (author) (born 1972) – British writer and poet Faisal Islam (born 1977) – British economics editor and correspondent for Channel 4 News. He was named Young Journalist of the Year at the Royal Society of Television awards 2006. Nurul for Islam (1928–2006) – British Bangladesh broadcast journalist, radio producer, and presenter best remembered for his work with the BBC World Service. Saira Khan (born 1970) – British runner-up on the first series of The Apprentice, and now a TV presenter on BBC's Temper Your Temper and Desi DNA Tasmin Lucia-Khan (born 1980) – British journalist, presenter, and producer. Best known for delivering BBC Three's nightly hourly 'World News' bulletins on in 60 Seconds, and presenting E24 on the rolling news channel BBC News. Currently delivers news bulletins and breaking stories on ITV breakfast television programme Daybreak. Mazher Mahmood (born 1963) – British journalist Fatima Manji (born 1985) – British television journalist, Britain's first hijab-wearing TV newsreader Sarfraz Manzoor (born 1971) – British writer, journalist, documentary maker, and broadcaster. He writes regularly for The Guardian, presents documentaries on BBC Radio 4. Ajmal Masroor (born 1971) – British television presenter, politician, Imam, and UK Parliamentary candidate for Bethnal Green and Bow constituency representing Liberal Democrats in 2010 General Election. He is a television presenter on political and Islamic programmes on Islam Channel and Channel S. Shereen Nanjiani (born 1961) – British radio journalist with BBC Radio Scotland Adnan Nawaz – news and sports presenter working for the BBC World Service Amna Nawaz (born 1979) – Pakistani-American anchor and correspondent for PBS Newshour. Mehmet Oz (born 1960) – American medical doctor, talk show host A. N. M. Serajur Rahman (1934–2015) – British journalist, broadcaster, and Bangladeshi nationalist. Tahera Rahman (born 1991) – American newscaster for WHBF-TV and KLJB. Widely covered by the media for being the first American hijabi Muslim newscaster. Adil Ray (born 1991) – British radio and television presenter, for BBC Asian Network Fareed Zakaria (born 1964) – Indian American journalist and author, host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS

Literature and art Kia Abdullah (born 1982) – English novelist and journalist. She contributes to The Guardian newspaper and has written two novels: Life, Love and Assimilation and Child's Play. Nafeez Ahmed (born 1978) – British author, lecturer, political scientist specialising in interdisciplinary security studies, and participant of the 9/11 Truth Movement. Hamja Ahsan (born 1981) – British writer and activist Ayad Akhtar (born 1970) – American writer, actor Kaniz Ali (born 1985) – British makeup artist and freelance beauty columnist. She won Best Make-Up Artist category at the 2011 International Asian Fashion Awards. Monica Ali (born 1967) – British author of Brick Lane a story based on a Bangladeshi woman. Tariq Ali (born 1943) – British historian and novelist Arif Ali-Shah – British film and screenplay writer Moniza Alvi (born 1954) – Pakistani British poet and writer Tahmima Anam (born 1975) – British author of A Golden Age which was the Best First Book winner of the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize. Nadeem Aslam (born 1966)– British-Pakistani novelist Reza Aslan (born 1972) – Iranian-American author of No god but God and Zealot, public intellectual, religious studies scholar Shamim Azad (born 1952) – British bilingual poet, storyteller and writer Volume 2, Issue 31 Sunara Begum (born 1984) – English visual artist and filmmaker Imtiaz Dharker – British poet and documentary filmmaker Rama Duwaji (born 1997) – American artist, First Lady of New York City Roopa Farooki – British novelist. Ruby Hammer MBE – British fashion and beauty makeup artist, and founder of Ruby & Millie cosmetics brand. Mohammed Mahbub 'Ed' Husain (born 1974) – British writer of the book The Islamist on account of his experience for five years with the Hizb ut-Tahrir. Razia Iqbal (born 1962) – Ugandan arts correspondent for the BBC; born in East Africa and is of Muslim Punjabi origin. Runa Islam (born 1970) – British film and photography visual artist, nominated for the Turner Prize 2008.