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Barkhad Abdi

Highest Rated: 95% Eye in the Sky (2015)

Lowest Rated: 21% Agent Game (2022)

Birthday: Apr 10, 1985

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Birthplace: Mogadishu, Somalia

Somali-born Barkhad Abdi gave one of the most indelible performances of 2013, playing a real-life pirate who overtook an American freighter in the harrowing thriller "Captain Phillips" from director Paul Greengrass. Despite having never acted before, Abdi's soulful presence underscored the desperation of hijacker Abduwali Muse, who abducted American captain Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks) in an ill-fated attempt to gain a fortune in ransom money. Like the Cambodian doctor Haing S. Ngor did for his role in "The Killing Fields" (1984), Abdi drew on his own real-life experiences as a witness to the violence in Somalia for his performance and earned an Oscar nomination for his efforts. In the process, Abdi not only delivered a stellar performance which launched a promising acting career, but also put a sympathetic face on the conditions that drove many of his countrymen to commit criminal acts like those depicted in the film.

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Highest rated movies

95% 82% Eye in the Sky Watchlist
93% 89% Captain Phillips
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91% 82% Good Time Watchlist
89% 80% A Girl From Mogadishu
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88% 89% Blade Runner 2049 Watchlist 67% 86% Tyson's Run Watchlist 63% 70% The Pirates of Somalia Watchlist 59% 83% The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Watchlist 21% 69% Agent Game Watchlist
53% Extortion
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
21% 69% Agent Game Omar (Character) - 2022
67% 86% Tyson's Run Aklilu (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet 57% Beneath a Sea of Lights Caweys (Character) - 2020
89% 80% A Girl From Mogadishu Hassan (Character) - 2019
59% 83% The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Wiraj (Character) $56.7K 2018
63% 70% The Pirates of Somalia Abdi (Character) - 2017
88% 89% Blade Runner 2049 Doc Badger (Character) $91.5M 2017
91% 82% Good Time Dash (Character) $2.0M 2017
No Score Yet 53% Extortion Miguel Kaba (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 100% Men in the Arena Unknown (Character) - 2015
95% 82% Eye in the Sky Jama Farah (Character) $18.7M 2015
93% 89% Captain Phillips Muse (Character) $107.1M 2013

TV

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97% 85% Little America Mohamed (Character) 2022
88% 79% Castle Rock Abdi Omar (Character) 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Guest 2017
No Score Yet 64% Family Guy Abduwali Muse (Guest Voice) 2016
No Score Yet 69% Hawaii Five-0 Unknown (Guest Star) 2015
No Score Yet 42% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tavis Smiley Guest 2014