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In 2013, Ahmed appeared in the film Captain Phillips. He played Najee, a ship hijacker. Ahmed and three other actors were picked from among more than 700 participants at a 2011 casting call at the Brian Coyle Community Center in Cedar-Riverside, Minneapolis. According to the search casting director, Debbie DeLisi, the four were selected because ...
A worldwide search subsequently began to find the film's supporting Somali cast. From this search, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Faysal Ahmed, and Mahat M. Ali were chosen from among more than 700 participants at a 2011 casting call at the Brian Coyle Community Center in Cedar-Riverside, Minneapolis. The four actors were selected, according ...
Barkhad Abdi starred as the lead Somali pirate, Tom Hanks starred as Phillips and Faysal Ahmed as Najee in a Columbia film based on the hijacking and Phillips's book, scripted by Billy Ray, and produced by the team behind The Social Network. [9] The film, entitled Captain Phillips, was released on October 11, 2013, to widespread critical acclaim.
Faysal Ahmed (born 1985) – Somali-American actor; Walden L. Ainsworth (1886–1960) – admiral, U.S. Navy; Eddie Albert § (1906–2005) – actor, gardener and humanitarian activist; Frank Albertson (1909–1964) – actor; Grady Alderman § (1938–2018) – Minnesota Vikings football player; Cole Aldrich (born 1988) – Minnesota ...
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.
Sorry: A Love Story is an upcoming Pakistani romantic drama film. The film features Faysal Qureshi, Faryal Mehmood, Zahid Ahmed and Aamina Sheikh in leading roles. Sorry: A Love Story is written and directed by Sohail Javed.
November 2017, Absie reunites with Barkhad Abdirahman, this time playing him and Faysal Ahmed’s feisty mother at Eric Tretbar’s film, “First Person Plural” A modern-day Romeo and Juliet, starring Faysal Ahmed and Broadway great, Pearce Bunting among others. Absie begins the preproduction of a narrative called "Grapes Of Heaven" A ...
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