Actor
Barkhad Abdi
Born April 10, 1985 in Mogadishu, Somalia18 films
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.
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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).
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First watchBlade Runner 204920177.6as Doc BadgerThirty 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.View filmEssential films
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18 films as actor- TBAAlfalfa
- TBASynthetic
- TBAMaalstroomBahdoon
- 2025RunIsmael
- 2025Magan's FareMagan
- 2022Agent GameOmar
- 2022Tyson's RunAklilu
- 2020Beneath a Sea of LightsCaweys
- 2019A Girl from MogadishuHassan
- 2018The Extraordinary Journey of the FakirWiraj
- 2017The Pirates of SomaliaAbdi
- 2017Blade Runner 2049Doc Badger
- 2017Good TimeDash the Park Security Guard
- 2017ExtortionMiguel Kaba
- 2016GrimsbyTabansi Nyagura
- 2015Eye in the SkyJama Farah
- 2015Wolf Who Cried BoyReggie
- 2013Captain PhillipsMuse