1985 - Today
Barkhad Abdi (Somali: Barkhad Cabdi; born April 10, 1985) is a Somali-American actor. He made his acting debut as Somali 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). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barkhad Abdi has received more than 4,075,940 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Barkhad Abdi is the 8,709th most popular actor (down from 7,100th in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Somalia (down from 29th in 2019) and the most popular Somali Actor.
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Among actors, Barkhad Abdi ranks 8,709 out of 9,996. Before him are Thierry Neuvic, Jessica Lowndes, Loren Dean, Christian Chávez, James Duval, and Mackenzie Phillips. After him are Malachi Throne, Niki Karimi, Jordan Ladd, John Francis Daley, Michel Gill, and Sergei Puskepalis.
1970 - Present
HPI: 36.64
Rank: 8,703
1988 - Present
HPI: 36.64
Rank: 8,704
1969 - Present
HPI: 36.64
Rank: 8,705
1983 - Present
HPI: 36.64
Rank: 8,706
1972 - Present
HPI: 36.64
Rank: 8,707
1959 - Present
HPI: 36.64
Rank: 8,708
1985 - Present
HPI: 36.64
Rank: 8,709
1928 - 2013
HPI: 36.64
Rank: 8,710
1971 - Present
HPI: 36.64
Rank: 8,711
1975 - Present
HPI: 36.63
Rank: 8,712
1985 - Present
HPI: 36.63
Rank: 8,713
1960 - Present
HPI: 36.63
Rank: 8,714
1966 - 2022
HPI: 36.63
Rank: 8,715
Among people born in 1985, Barkhad Abdi ranks 298. Before him are Eva Amurri, Alexis, Andreas Ulmer, Nam Gyu-ri, Raffael, and Laia Costa. After him are John Francis Daley, Aoi Miyazaki, Amel Bent, Raven-Symoné, Hong Jin-young, and Rafael Aghayev.
1985 - Present
HPI: 36.81
Rank: 292
1985 - Present
HPI: 36.77
Rank: 293
1985 - Present
HPI: 36.72
Rank: 294
1985 - Present
HPI: 36.72
Rank: 295
1985 - Present
HPI: 36.71
Rank: 296
1985 - Present
HPI: 36.70
Rank: 297
1985 - Present
HPI: 36.64
Rank: 298
1985 - Present
HPI: 36.63
Rank: 299
1985 - Present
HPI: 36.62
Rank: 300
1985 - Present
HPI: 36.61
Rank: 301
1985 - Present
HPI: 36.59
Rank: 302
1985 - Present
HPI: 36.59
Rank: 303
1985 - Present
HPI: 36.56
Rank: 304
Among people born in Somalia, Barkhad Abdi ranks 35 out of 50. Before him are Mohamed Hussein Roble (1963), Faiza Jama Mohamed (1958), K'naan (1978), Ali Khalif Galaydh (1941), Ali Mohammed Ghedi (1952), and Mohamed Osman Jawari (1945). After him are Hawa Abdi (1947), Aden Madobe (1956), Abdirizak Haji Hussein (1924), Ilhan Omar (1982), Abdi Bile (1962), and Abdiweli Gaas (1967).
1963 - Present
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 29
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.39
Rank: 30
1978 - Present
HPI: 37.87
Rank: 31
1941 - 2020
HPI: 37.82
Rank: 32
1952 - Present
HPI: 37.73
Rank: 33
1945 - Present
HPI: 37.65
Rank: 34
1985 - Present
HPI: 36.64
Rank: 35
1947 - 2020
HPI: 36.31
Rank: 36
1956 - Present
HPI: 36.06
Rank: 37
1924 - 2014
HPI: 35.38
Rank: 38
1982 - Present
HPI: 34.52
Rank: 39
1962 - Present
HPI: 34.04
Rank: 40
1967 - Present
HPI: 33.96
Rank: 41
Among actors born in Somalia, Barkhad Abdi ranks 1.