Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One day, Barkhad Abdi was driving taxicabs in Minneapolis and the next, he was on movie sets in Malta and Morocco, making his ...

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Barkhad Abdi (middle) plays Muse, the leader of a band of Somali pirates who take over a freighter in Captain Phillips. Most kidnapping melodramas have final scenes — after their climaxes — that are, ...

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 ...

MINNEAPOLIS — When Barkhad Abdi and three other amateur Somali actors from Minnesota learned they had won major roles in a new Tom Hanks movie, they tore off their clothes and jumped into the Pacific ...

Planet 9 Productions has hired Barkhad Abdi, Amy Smart, and Rory Cochrane to star in the family drama “Tyson’s Run,” Variety has learned. “Tyson’s Run” started principal photography in Atlanta on July ...

Barkhad Abdi is reportedly in talks for a role in Judd Apatow's new comedy Trainwreck. The BAFTA winner is joined in negotiations by the likes of Tilda Swinton, Ezra Miller, Mike Birbiglia and Jon ...

Robert Pattinson is one of the biggest actors in the mix right now. This year alone, he has five movies coming out, which is a record for the actor who has already done more than 30 films. But there ...

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Receiving his awards at the Royal Opera House in London on February .6 from British actress Emma Thompson, Abdi the pirate told the audience, "I want to thank BAFTA for this honour. I want to thank ...