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Barkhad Abdi is a Somali and American actor, film director, and producer. Born on April 10, 1985, in Mogadishu, Somalia, he resides in Los Angeles. Abdi began his professional work in 2012 and has received a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He has also been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, and the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Abdi is a Muslim who speaks English. He attended Minnesota State University Moorhead. His fields of work include acting and film direction.
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Film & TV
Acting · Mogadishu, Somalia
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…
Known for
- Run — Ismael2025
- Magan's Fare — Magan2025
- The Curse — Abshir2023
- Carol & the End of the World — (voice)2023
- Agent Game — Omar2022
- Tyson's Run — Aklilu2022
- Blade Runner: Black Lotus — Doc Badger (voice)2021
- Beneath a Sea of Lights — Caweys2020
- Little America2020
- A Girl from Mogadishu — Hassan2019
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,951x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,215x
- Principal component analysis
· 2010 · cited 9,746x
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 7,994x
- Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
· 2023 · cited 4,069x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1985-04-10 ) April 10, 1985 (age 41) , Mogadishu , Somalia
- Education
- Minnesota State University, Moorhead
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 2013–present
- Awards
- Full list
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Encyclopedic overview
Barkhad Abdi (Somali: Barkhad Cabdi, IPA: [bàrxád̪ ʕábd̪ì]; born April 10, 1985) is a Somali 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 Actor 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 a recurring role in the Showtime satirical comedy series The Curse (2023).
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