The Most Famous
ACTORS from Somalia
This page contains a list of the greatest Somali Actors. The pantheon dataset contains 13,578 Actors, 1 of which were born in Somalia. This makes Somalia the birth place of the 132nd most number of Actors behind Burkina Faso, and Brunei.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Somali Actors of all time. This list of famous Somali Actors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Barkhad Abdi (b. 1985)
With an HPI of 39.95, Barkhad Abdi is the most famous Somali Actor. His biography has been translated into 37 different languages on wikipedia.
Barkhad Abdi (Somali: Barkhad Cabdi, [barxad ʕabdi]; born April 10, 1985) is a Somali–American actor. He made his acting debut as the pirate Abduwali Muse in the biographical drama film Captain Phillips (2013), which earned him a British Academy Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, along with Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. Following his breakthrough, Abdi appeared in the films Eye in the Sky (2015), Good Time (2017), The Pirates of Somalia (2017), and Blade Runner 2049 (2017). Outside of film, he was featured as a series regular on the second season of the Hulu horror anthology Castle Rock (2019) and a recurring role in the Showtime satirical comedy series The Curse (2023).
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Somali actors born between 1985 and 1985. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Somali actors include Barkhad Abdi.
