---
name: "Mahat M. Ali"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mahat-m-ali"
fi1m_id: "mahat-m-ali"
imdb_id: "nm5831544"
tmdb_id: 1266862
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:52:46.768177+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."
---

# Mahat M. Ali

## Identity

Mahat M. Ali

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mahat-m-ali
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mahat-m-ali
- **IMDb ID:** nm5831544
- **TMDB ID:** 1266862
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5831544/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1266862

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5831544/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1266862

## Streaming the US now

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

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Mahat M. Ali is a Somali-American actor. He is known for his role as Elmi in the 2013 film *Captain Phillips*, directed by Paul Greengrass.

Ali appeared in the film alongside Barkhad Abdi, Faysal Ahmed and Barkhad Abdirahman. He has an additional credit as Sharif in the 2014 short film *Neighborhoods*.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, thedickinsonpress.com, screenrant.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (1)

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

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

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/mahat-m-ali