2020
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3 days ago · Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, Barkhad Abdi made his debut in Captain Phillips. He won a BAFTA award for this breakthrough role and was nominated for Academy Award, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild.
2 days ago · The American-Somali actors who were chosen from a casting call prepared for months to portray Somali pirates opposite Tom Hanks, who is one of the biggest and most respected actors in the industry. Barkhad Abdi, who played the pirate leader Abduwali Muse in the movie, shared it at the time (via Archive)
5 days ago · Abduwali Muse (Barkhad Abdi), the leader of the pirates, immediately takes action and orders Phillips to find the rest of his crew, all of whom are hiding due to Phillips' orders.
5 days ago · A fictionalized version of real-life events, the film follows Captain Phillips and his crew as they fight for their lives against a group of Somali pirates led by Abduwali Muse. Besides Hanks, Barkhad Abdi and Catherine Keener also star.
1 day ago · In June, Mackenzie Davis and Barkhad Abdi were cast, with David Dastmalchian, Hiam Abbass and Lennie James joining in July. Jared Leto was added to the cast in August. In March 2017, Edward James Olmos confirmed he was in the film in a sequence playing original character Gaff.
4 days ago · Tom Hanks stars as the titular sea Captain Richard Phillips, alongside a cast which consists of David Warshofsky, Corey Johnson, Barkhad Abdi, Faysal Ahmed, and Mahat M. Ali, as well as...
3 days ago · Watch On. As its 92% Rotten Tomatoes score indicates, “American Hustle” was well received upon release in December 2013. However, its reputation has taken a hit over the past decade after a ...
