Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One day, Barkhad Abdi was driving taxicabs in Minneapolis and the next, he was on movie sets in Malta and Morocco, making his ...

Almost anybody with internet access knows what Barkhad Abdi’s face looks like, even if they haven’t seen his movies. “I am the captain now,” goes the dialogue paired with his threatening visage. If ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --Barkhad Abdi, the Somali immigrant who was a Twin Cities limo driver before playing a pirate in "Captain Phillips," won an award at the British Academy Awards over the weekend.

He'd never acted before, and now suddenly after his first ever role as the chief pirate in Captain Phillips, Barkhad Abdi is up for an Oscar—and 27 other awards. Senior Editor and Writer When I ask ...

Barkhad Abdi, Michael Fassbender, June Squibb and Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o are among the 271 artists and executives invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, AMPAS announced ...