Barkhad Abdi
Also Known As: Μπαρκάντ Αμπντί, Barkhad Abdinasir Abdi, بارخاد عبدی
Biography: Barkhad Abdi was born on April 10, 1985 in Mogadishu, Somalia, as Barkhad Abdinasir Abdi. He is an actor, known for Captain Phillips (2013), Eye in the Sky (2015) and Good Time (2017).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Mogadishu, Somalia
Birthday: April 10, 1985
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Agent Game
Overview: Harris, a CIA interrogator at an Agency black site, finds himself the target of a rendition operation after being scapegoated for an interrogation gone horribly wrong. As the team tasked to bring Harris in begins to question their orders -- and each other --Olsen, a senior intelligence officer, and his subordinate, Visser, raise the stakes. Now, it's up to Harris and some newfound allies to uncover the truth and turn the tables.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-04-08
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Captain Phillips
Overview: The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-10
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Extortion
Overview: A doctor desperately tries to save his wife and their 5 year old son after their vacation in the Bahamas takes an unexpected turn.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-01-02
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Eye in the Sky
Overview: A UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from “capture” to “kill.” As American pilot Steve Watts is about to engage, a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone, triggering an international dispute reaching the highest levels of US and British government over the moral, political, and personal implications of modern warfare.
Genres: Drama Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-07
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Grimsby
Overview: Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plot.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-02-24
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The Pirates of Somalia
Overview: After an inspiring chance encounter with his idol, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur uproots his life and moves to Somalia looking for the story of a lifetime. Hooking up with a local fixer, he attempts to get embedded with the local Somali pirates, only to quickly find himself in over his head.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-08
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Wolf Who Cried Boy
Overview: A battle of wills ensues when a streetwise teenager trespasses on a dangerous scrapper's territory.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-01
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Blade Runner 2049
Overview: Thirty 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. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-04
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Good Time
Overview: After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld to get his brother Nick out of jail.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-08-11
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The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir
Overview: Ajatashatru Lavash Patel has lived all his life in a small Mumbai neighborhood tricking people with street magic and fakir stunts. He sets out on a journey to find his estranged father but instead gets dragged on a never-ending adventure.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-09
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America; I Too
Overview: Three arrested and detained undocumented immigrants must navigate the system to fight impending deportation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-06
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A Girl From Mogadishu
Overview: The story of the life and times of Ifrah Ahmed, Somali-Irish campaigner against female genital mutilation and cutting.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-14
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Beneath a Sea of Lights
Overview: A Somali billboard repairman working in Dubai decides he wants to experience some of the products advertised on his billboards. It’s an experience that begins innocently enough, but quickly spins out of control, especially when a con man enters the picture.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-12-01
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Tyson's Run
Overview: When fifteen-year-old Tyson attends public school for the first time, his life is changed forever. While helping his father clean up after the football team, Tyson befriends champion marathon runner Aklilu. Never letting his autism hold him back, Tyson becomes determined to run his first marathon in hopes of winning his father's approval. With the help of an unlikely friend and his parents, Tyson learns that with faith in yourself and the courage to take the first step, anything is possible.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-03-04
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