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Barkhad Abdi

1985 - Today

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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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  • 4.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Barkhad Abdi ranks 8,709 out of 9,996Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Barkhad Abdi ranks 298Before 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.

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In Somalia

Among people born in Somalia, Barkhad Abdi ranks 35 out of 50Before 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).

Among ACTORS In Somalia

Among actors born in Somalia, Barkhad Abdi ranks 1

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