Actor of voice and screen, comedian, Jedi, Co-Founder of the AfroRithm Futures Group and host of The Afrofuturist Podcast. Ahmed is an executive producer, writer, director, producer, educator, and futurist.
Telly, GLAAD, Ovation and Annie award winner. Ahmed plays Jedi Master Kelleran Beq in The Mandalorian, the first CGI main character in movie history (Jar Jar Binks) and starred in the Broadway musical Stomp. He’s a Senior Fellow at USC’s Annenberg School for Journalism and Communication, Professor at USC School of Dramatic Arts, and VisitingProfessor at Stanford’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design.
Welcome Ahmed as he joins us for panels, autograph signing and selfies at his Blerdcon celebrity guest debut!
Blerdcon is the largest black nerd event on he eastern seaboard with 3 full days of round the clock activities from comedy shows, to cosplay contests, to over 100 panels and workshops, spades and uno tournaments, afterparties and the largest food truck rally anywhere!
Go to blerdcon.com to purchase your badges and guest engagements before they sell out!
