You won't believe the sensible purchase the Oscar-nominated actor just made. Barkhad Abdi speaks onstage during the 25th annual Producers Guild of America Awards on Jan. 19, 2014 in Beverly Hills, ...

One day, Barkhad Abdi was driving taxicabs in Minneapolis and the next, he was on movie sets in Malta and Morocco, making his acting debut opposite Oscar winner Tom Hanks in the high-octane hostage ...

Amazon Prime Video subscribers are flocking to stream this thriller, which has long been described as one of the genre’s most ...

Four-and-a-half years after Somali pirates commandeered the 17,000-ton Maersk Alabama container ship, Sony is bringing the story to the screen with Captain Phillips, a $50 million drama that revolves ...

Barkhad Abdi, the Oscar-nominated star of Captain Phillips, reportedly earned just $65,000 (£38,880) for his role in the $55 million-budgeted Hollywood movie. The 28-year-old Somalian-born actor made ...

EXCLUSIVE: Jack Fessenden has set the cast for his new film, eco-noir Alfalfa. The list includes two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz (Weapons), Toby Huss (Halt and Catch Fire), Virginia Kull ...

This isn’t a Hollywood rags-to-riches story, yet. Despite being Oscar-nominated for his role in the movie Captain Phillips, actor Barkhad Abdi is allegedly broke. Suggested Reading These Young Leaders ...

There were some pretty nasty accusations flying round on what was otherwise a cordial affair at the Baftas last night; when Emma Thompson read out Barkhad Abdi’s name for the Best Supporting Actor ...

Planet 9 Productions has hired Barkhad Abdi, Amy Smart, and Rory Cochrane to star in the family drama “Tyson’s Run,” Variety has learned. “Tyson’s Run” started principal photography in Atlanta on July ...

He may have made waves in the smash hit Captain Phillips and earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor, but Somali American actor Barkhad Abdi is struggling to keep his head above water ...