Salman Rushdie

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

Bridget Jones's Diary

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

September 8, 2015

Real Time with Bill Maher

Bosch: The Garden of Dreams

June 9, 2016

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
—	Knife	Self
—	On Palestinian Identity: A Conversation with Salman Rushdie	Himself
2024	Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly	Self - Interviewed Guest
2019	Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail	Self - Writer
2019	Einübung ins Paradies - Nachdenken über 1989	Self
2018	Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women	Himself - Contributor
2016	Bosch: The Garden of Dreams	Self
2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self
2015	Mylène Farmer : sur les pas d'une icône	Self
2015	Concerning the Bodyguard	voice
2014	W1A	Self
2014	River of Fundament	Wake Guest
2014	The Hitch	Self (archive footage)
2012	Midnight's Children	Narrator (voice)
2009	La Traversée du désir	Self
2009	Amos Oz: The Nature of Dreams
2009	The Satanic Verses Affair	Himself
2008	Markus Lanz	Self
2007	Then She Found Me	Dr. Masani
2007	Shrink Rap	Himself
2007	365 Day Project
2007	Der Unbequeme - Der Dichter Günter Grass	Self
2006	The One Show	Self - Guest
2004	The Culture Show	Self
2003	Real Time with Bill Maher	Self
2003	The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch	Self - Interviewee
2001	Bridget Jones's Diary	Salman Rushdie
2000	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Salman Rushdie
2000	Dirty Pictures	Self
2000	The Beatles Revolution	Self
1999	Beckmann	Self
1999	In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin	Self
1998	Sabine Christiansen	Self
1997	Ruby	Self
1996	The Daily Show	Self
1995	Kulturzeit	self
1995	Lo + plus	Self - Guest
1991	DAS!	Self
1989	Prisoners of Gravity	Self
1989	ZDF-Mittagsmagazin	Self
1974	3 nach 9	Self

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
—	Next People	Creator
—	Knife	Novel
2012	Midnight's Children	Screenplay
2012	Midnight's Children	Book
2012	Midnight's Children	Executive Producer