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Barkhad Abdi Wiki Biography

• Barkhad Abdi was born in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia, on 10 April 1985. 
• He is a director and producer, best known for his Captain Phillips film debut. 
• He has received several award nominations for his performances, including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Motion Picture Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. 
• He also received a BAFTA Award, and all of his efforts have helped to bring his net worth to where it is today. 
• Sources report a net value of $100,000 as of mid-2016, mainly gained through his work in acting. 
• In addition to films, he has also started acting in TV shows and recently started directing a film and many music videos so far. 
• It is still relatively early in his film career and his wealth is expected to grow as he goes on with it. 
• Abdi’s family fled to Yemen when he was six years old because of the Somali Civil War. 
• Then, in 1999, they relocated to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where a Somali community was established by the family. 
• For his performance, he earned a BAFTA Award, apart from six other awards, and received several other nominations as well. 
• He was paying $65,000 for the role, which greatly increased his net worth. 
• After the film, he went back to work again at his brother’s shop. 
• More opportunities were given to Barkhad, including scripts for different television shows. 
• Abdi is known for philanthropic work, apart from his profession. 
• He became an Ambassador to Adeso, an NGO for the environment. 
• He keeps any relationship private for his own personal life. 
• It is understood that in Los Angeles, Barkhad still resides. 
• He stated in one interview that he experienced the beginning of the Somali Civil War, and was unable to attend primary school because of it. 
• IMDB Wikipedia “Captain Phillips” $100 Thousand 1985 Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Actor Actors April 10 BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Barkhad Abdi Barkhad Abdi Net Worth Barkhad Abdinasir Abdi Beatrix Potter Chauffeur Disc jockey Film director Film producer Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Helen Mirren History of the Jews in Europe Ken Burns Mogadishu Nazism PBS September 6 Somali-American actor and director Somalia Tom Hanks United States of America 

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• When I was leaving Yemen to come to America, things were tough. My dad had just been laid off, and it was a challenge. When I lived in Yemen, I thought America was a perfect place. Everything was bigger and better. I dreamed big. The American dream, you know? You have to work hard for your dream to come true.
• What I believe will make my acting career successful going forward is hard work. I like to challenge myself. Then it’s the people I meet and choosing the projects I want to work on correctly. There’s a lot of characters I can play.
• I was never interested in becoming an actor. I was directing videos. I was never into acting. I was into shooting music videos. I’ve only ever been behind the camera. Never in front of it.
• I used to play football all the time. In the U.S., people don’t play football, so I had to learn basketball. Looking back, that’s what I like about my life – doing new things, having a new perspective.
• When you work with a great director, you realise you are far from being a director.
• I like ‘The Usual Suspects’. Great film. I also like ‘Scarface’, films like that. Lots of gangster films. I really like watching all kinds of films, dramas, romance. I’ll watch comedies. I like Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Denzel Washington, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle. I’d like to meet them.
• It is weird. A lot of people try to ask me political questions. I’m not a politician.
• I left Somalia when I was seven years old, but I witnessed a whole year in a war.
• I just want to keep acting and better my craft and see how far it goes.
• I would DJ pool parties in Minneapolis, but I never swam there!
• I don’t see myself only as a Somali character. I think of myself as an actor, and if the job fits me and I like the story, I will go for it.
• I was lucky enough to have parents that took me out from country to country and go to school and learn how to be a better person.

Barkhad Abdi Important Facts

• $65,000
• Formerly worked with his brother in a mobile phone store and also as DJ.
• Is one of four children. He has two brothers and a sister. He is the second oldest.
• His father is a teacher.
• Was working as a chauffeur when he was cast in Captain Phillips (2013). He had no previous acting experience or any aspirations to become an actor.
• When he was seven years old, his family moved from Somalia to Yemen to escape the civil war. His family moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota when he was age 14.

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