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Captain Phillips is a 2013 American biographical action-thriller film [4] [5] [6] directed by Paul Greengrass. Based on the 2009 Maersk Alabama hijacking , the film tells the story of Captain Richard Phillips , an American merchant mariner who was taken hostage by Somali pirates .
Barkhad Abdi (Somali: Barkhad Cabdi, [barxad ʕabdi]; [1] 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.
In 2013, he played the role of the U.S. Navy SEAL commander in Paul Greengrass's Academy Award-nominated film Captain Phillips. In 2013, Guillermo del Toro cast Martini and Rob Kazinsky as the Australian father-son pilot duo in Pacific Rim. [3] In 2014, Martini was cast in Legendary Pictures' supernatural thriller Spectral. [4]
Next weekend, the Oscar-winning actor comes to big screens in the titular role in Columbia Pictures' Captain Phillips. If you're Sony , you turn to Hollywood's top earner: Tom Hanks.
Barkhad Abdi is being praised for his villainous role in 'Captain Phillips,' but not everyone knows just how incredible his rise to fame has been. Abdi was a limo driver when he saw an ad on ...
The story of the incident was reported by Captain Richard Phillips, who had been master of the vessel at the time of the incident, in the 2010 book A Captain's Duty, which he co-wrote with Stephan Talty. The book was later adapted as the U.S. 2013 film Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks.
(Reuters) - Two American security workers have been found dead on the Maersk Alabama, a ship made famous by the Hollywood movie "Captain Phillips" in 2013, an oil and shipping group said on Wednesday.
Captain Phillips: Best Supporting Actor: Nominated Most Promising Performer: Nominated Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Year Nominated work Category