
Salman Rushdie
Known for Acting · 49 credits
- Born
- 1947-06-19 (age 78)
- Place of birth
- Mumbai, India
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (23)

The Daily Show
1996
as Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self

Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self

Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Salman Rushdie

DAS!
1991
as Self

Morgenmagazin
1992
as Self

Markus Lanz
2008
as Self

The One Show
2006
as Self - Guest

Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self
3 nach 9
1974
as Self

Beckmann
1999
as Self
ZDF-Mittagsmagazin
1989
as Self

Kulturzeit
1995
as self
Sabine Christiansen
1998
as Self

The Culture Show
2004
as Self

Prisoners of Gravity
1989
as Self

Lo + plus
1995
as Self - Guest

W1A
2014
as Self

Ruby
1997
as Self

Shrink Rap
2007
as Self

Wintertijd
1999
as Self
Sternstunde Philosophie
1998
as Self
Das Literarische Quartett
2015
as Self
Movies (26)

Bridget Jones's Diary
2001
as Salman Rushdie
Writers in Conversation: Edward Said with Salman Rushdie
1986
as Himself

Then She Found Me
2007
as Dr. Masani

Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie
2026
as Self

Dirty Pictures
2000
as Self

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

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

River of Fundament
2014
as Wake Guest

Bosch: The Garden of Dreams
2016
as Self

Midnight's Children
2012
as Narrator (voice)
The Beatles Revolution
2000
as Self

365 Day Project
2007
as Self

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

La Traversée du désir
2009
as Self

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

The Hitch
2014
as Self (archive footage)

Mylène Farmer : sur les pas d'une icône
2015
as Self
In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
1999
as Self

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

The Satanic Verses Affair
2009
as Himself

Amos Oz: The Nature of Dreams
2009
as Self
9/11/03: A Day in the Life of New York
2005
Einübung ins Paradies - Nachdenken über 1989
2019
as Self

Der Unbequeme - Der Dichter Günter Grass
2007
as Self
Concerning the Bodyguard
2015
as voice
The Painter & The Pest
1985
as Self (Narrator)
About Salman Rushdie
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. With 49 credits spanning from 1974 to 2026, Salman Rushdie has appeared in 26 films and 23 TV shows.
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Most Popular Salman Rushdie Movies
- Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) — as Salman Rushdie
- Writers in Conversation: Edward Said with Salman Rushdie (1986) — as Himself
- Then She Found Me (2007) — as Dr. Masani
- Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie (2026) — as Self
- Dirty Pictures (2000) — as Self
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