Barkhad Abdi
Date of birth: 1985-04-10
Place of birth: Mogadishu, Somalia
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Μπαρκάντ Αμπντί, Barkhad Abdinasir Abdi, بارخاد عبدی
Biography
Barkhad Abdi (Somali: Barkhad Cabdi, IPA:[bàrxád̪ ʕábd̪ì]; born April 10, 1985) is a Somali-American actor. He made his acting debut as the pirate Abduwali Muse in the biographical drama film Captain Phillips (2013), which earned him a British Academy Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, along with Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. Following his breakthrough, Abdi appeared in the films Eye in the Sky (2015), Good Time (2017), The Pirates of Somalia (2017), and Blade Runner 2049 (2017). Outside of film, he was featured as a series regular on the second season of the Hulu horror anthology Castle Rock (2019) and had a recurring role in the Showtime satirical comedy series The Curse (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Barkhad Abdi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
Agent Game
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Captain Phillips
2013-10-10
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagge
Extortion
2017-01-02
A doctor desperately tries to save his wife and their 5 year old son after their vacation in the Bah
Eye in the Sky
2015-09-07
A UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Keny
Grimsby
2016-02-24
Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hool
The Pirates of Somalia
2017-12-08
After an inspiring chance encounter with his idol, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur uproots his life an
Wolf Who Cried Boy
2015-01-01
A battle of wills ensues when a streetwise teenager trespasses on a dangerous scrapper's territory.
Blade Runner 2049
2017-10-04
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long
Good Time
2017-08-11
After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir
2018-05-09
Ajatashatru Lavash Patel has lived all his life in a small Mumbai neighborhood tricking people with
America; I Too
2017-03-06
Three arrested and detained undocumented immigrants must navigate the system to fight impending depo
A Girl from Mogadishu
2019-11-14
The story of the life and times of Ifrah Ahmed, Somali-Irish campaigner against female genital mutil
Beneath a Sea of Lights
2020-12-01
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Tyson's Run
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