Salman Rushdie
Acting·June 19, 1947 — 79 years old·Mumbai, India
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
Bridget Jones's Diary
2001·6.7
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000·8.0
The Daily Show
1996·6.4
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015·6.1
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003·6.1
Then She Found Me
2007·5.6
Have I Got News for You
1990·7.2
Midnight's Children
2012·5.4
W1A
2014·7.7
Orwell: 2+2=5
2025·7.2
The One Show
2006·4.4
Bosch: The Garden of Dreams
2016·7.1
Filmography · 50
—Next PeopleTVCreator2026Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman RushdieSelf · Novel2025Orwell: 2+2=5Self (archive footage)2024Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass DarklySelf - Interviewed Guest2019Einübung ins Paradies - Nachdenken über 1989Self2019Salman Rushdie: Death on a TrailSelf - Writer2018Angela Carter: Of Wolves & WomenHimself - Contributor2016Bosch: The Garden of DreamsSelf2015Mylène Farmer : sur les pas d'une icôneSelf2015Das Literarische QuartettTVSelf2015Concerning the Bodyguardvoice2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertTVSelf2014The HitchSelf (archive footage)2014W1ATVSelf2014River of FundamentWake Guest2012Midnight's ChildrenNarrator (voice) · Screenplay · Book · Executive Producer2009Amos Oz: The Nature of DreamsSelf2009La Traversée du désirSelf2009The Satanic Verses AffairHimself2008Markus LanzTVSelf2007365 Day ProjectSelf2007Then She Found MeDr. Masani2007Der Unbequeme - Der Dichter Günter GrassSelf2007Shrink RapTVSelf2006The One ShowTVSelf - Guest20059/11/03: A Day in the Life of New York2004The Culture ShowTVSelf2003Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The RutlesSelf - Interviewee2003Real Time with Bill MaherTVSelf2001Bridget Jones's DiarySalman Rushdie2000The Beatles RevolutionSelf2000Curb Your EnthusiasmTVSalman Rushdie2000Dirty PicturesSelf1999WintertijdTVSelf1999In the Footsteps of Bruce ChatwinSelf1999BeckmannTVSelf1998Sternstunde PhilosophieTVSelf1998Sabine ChristiansenTVSelf1997RubyTVSelf1996The Daily ShowTVSelf1995KulturzeitTVself1995Lo + plusTVSelf - Guest1992MorgenmagazinTVSelf1991DAS!TVSelf1990Have I Got News for YouTVSelf1989ZDF-MittagsmagazinTVSelf1989Prisoners of GravityTVSelf1986Writers in Conversation: Edward Said with Salman RushdieHimself1985The Painter & The PestSelf (Narrator)19743 nach 9TVSelf