Barkhad Abdirahman

Barkhad Abdirahman was born on Jun 15, 1994 in Kenya. Barkhad Abdirahman's big-screen debut came with Captain Phillips directed by Paul Greengrass in 2013, strarring Bilal. Barkhad Abdirahman is known for A Stray directed by Musa Syeed, Barkhad Abdirahman stars as Adan and Fathia Absie as . The upcoming new movie Barkhad Abdirahman plays is A Stray which will be released on Mar 14, 2016.

Barkhad Abdirahman, is a young aspiring actor that can be seen in a number of films. From he's debut role in Captain Philips, a 2013 Sony production. to his recently Oscar nominated film Watu Wote: All of us. Barkhad lived most of his life in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, in the south side of Minneapolis. Emerging from a predominantly low-income East African immigrant community, Barkhad was actively exposed to an environment that is rich and abundant in many forms of arts across a spectrum of many cultures. The Cedar-Riverside neighborhood houses the highest concentration of Somalis. The Somali Diaspora's manifestation in the arts of poetry has given them the name the nation of poets. A Stray, an independent film shot in the heart of Cedar-Riverside, starting Barkhad himself, gives viewers a glimpse of his actual background.