Barkhad Abdi
Birthday: Born in 1985-04-10 in Mogadishu, Somalia
Deathday: Alive
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.
TV Credits
Live from E!
Character: Self
The pre-show to the major award shows that airs on E! Entertainment Television. Live From the Red Carpet covers celebrity arrivals and gets you right up for a first-row seat to see the stars and all the excitement with live coverage of the fashion, flair, glitz and glamour....
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Character: Doc Badger (voice)
Los Angeles 2032. A young woman wakes up with no memories, and possessing deadly skills. The only clues to her mystery are a locked data device and a tattoo of a black lotus. Putting together the pieces, she must hunt down the people responsible for her brutal and bloody past to find the truth of her lost identity....
The Curse
Character: Abshir
An alleged curse disturbs the relationship of a newly married couple as they try to conceive a child while co-starring on their problematic new HGTV show....
Carol & the End of the World
Character: (voice)
As a planetary apocalypse looms, a woman struggling to embrace end-times chaos searches for meaning in her last months on Earth....
Castle Rock
Character: Abdi Howlwadaag
Based on the stories of Stephen King, the series intertwines characters and themes from the fictional town of Castle Rock....
Little America
Character:
Observe the funny, romantic, heartfelt, inspiring, and surprising stories of immigrants in America....
Family Guy
Character: Abduwali Muse (voice)
Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a brilliant but sadistic baby bent on killing his mother and taking over the world), Meg (the oldest, and is the most unpopular girl in town) and Chris (the middle kid, he's not very bright but has a passion for movies). The final member of the family is Brian - a talking dog and much more than a pet,...
Hawaii Five-0
Character: Roko Makoni
Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers him the chance to run his own task force (Five-0). Steve's team is joined by Chin Ho Kelly, Danny "Danno" Williams, and Kono Kalakaua....
Movie Credits
Agent Game
Character: Omar
Harris, a CIA interrogator at an Agency black site, finds himself the target of a rendition operation after being scapegoated for an interrogation gone horribly wrong. As the team tasked to bring Harris in begins to question their orders -- and each other --Olsen, a senior intelligence officer, and his subordinate, Visser, raise the stakes. Now, it's up to Harris and some newfound allies to uncover the truth and turn the tables....
Captain Phillips
Character: Muse
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years....
Extortion
Character: Miguel Kaba
A doctor desperately tries to save his wife and their 5 year old son after their vacation in the Bahamas takes an unexpected turn....
Eye in the Sky
Character: Jama Farah
A UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from “capture” to “kill.” As American pilot Steve Watts is about to engage, a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone, triggering an international dispute reaching the highest levels of US and British government over the moral, political, and personal implications of modern warfare....
Grimsby
Character: Tabansi Nyagura
Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plot....
The Pirates of Somalia
Character: Abdi
After an inspiring chance encounter with his idol, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur uproots his life and moves to Somalia looking for the story of a lifetime. Hooking up with a local fixer, he attempts to get embedded with the local Somali pirates, only to quickly find himself in over his head....
Wolf Who Cried Boy
Character: Reggie
A battle of wills ensues when a streetwise teenager trespasses on a dangerous scrapper's territory....
Blade Runner 2049
Character: Doc Badger
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years....
Good Time
Character: Dash the Park Security Guard
After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld to get his brother Nick out of jail....
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir
Character: Wiraj
Ajatashatru Lavash Patel has lived all his life in a small Mumbai neighborhood tricking people with street magic and fakir stunts. He sets out on a journey to find his estranged father but instead gets dragged on a never-ending adventure....
America; I Too
Character: Ahmed
Three arrested and detained undocumented immigrants must navigate the system to fight impending deportation....
A Girl from Mogadishu
Character: Hassan
The story of the life and times of Ifrah Ahmed, Somali-Irish campaigner against female genital mutilation and cutting....
Beneath a Sea of Lights
Character: Caweys
A Somali billboard repairman working in Dubai decides he wants to experience some of the products advertised on his billboards. It’s an experience that begins innocently enough, but quickly spins out of control, especially when a con man enters the picture....
Tyson's Run
Character: Aklilu
When fifteen-year-old Tyson attends public school for the first time, his life is changed forever. While helping his father clean up after the football team, Tyson befriends champion marathon runner Aklilu. Never letting his autism hold him back, Tyson becomes determined to run his first marathon in hopes of winning his father's approval. With the help of an unlikely friend and his parents, Tyson learns that with faith in yourself and the courage to take the first step, anything is possible....
Magan's Fare
Character: Magan
Magan, a ride-share driver, takes an older woman back to her nursing home, to discover that the facility has given up her bed. Magan must now figure out what to do and decide how far he will go to help her....