---
name: "Barkhad Abdirahman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/barkhad-abdirahman"
fi1m_id: "barkhad-abdirahman"
imdb_id: "nm5831543"
tmdb_id: 1266859
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 June 1994"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:52:45.750562+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Barkhad Abdirahman

## Identity

Barkhad Abdirahman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/barkhad-abdirahman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** barkhad-abdirahman
- **IMDb ID:** nm5831543
- **TMDB ID:** 1266859
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5831543/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1266859

Actor. Born 5 June 1994 in Galkayo, Somalia.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 June 1994, Galkayo, Somalia
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5831543/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1266859

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Captain Phillips*](https://film.one/film/captain-phillips.md) (83)

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## Biography

Barkhad Abdirahman is a Somali-American actor. He made his screen debut as Bilal, one of the Somali pirates, in the 2013 film *Captain Phillips*, directed by Paul Greengrass. He was selected, along with three others from the Minneapolis Somali community, following an open casting call.

Abdirahman has appeared in the independent feature *A Stray* (2016), in which he played the lead role of Adan, and the short film *Watu Wote: All of Us* (2017). He was born in Galkayo, Somalia, and grew up in the Cedar-Riverside neighbourhood of Minneapolis.

*Sources: imdb.com, screenrant.com, grokipedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Captain Phillips* (2013), Fi1m 83, as Bilal — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-phillips.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Blight* (2024), as Brother (uncredited)
- *Ayaanle* (2022), as Ayaanle
- *First Person Plural* (2019), as Isma'il
- *Watu Wote: All of Us* (2017), as Cabdirashid Aadan
- *A Stray* (2016), as Adan
- *Captain Phillips* (2013), as Bilal — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-phillips.md)

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