You won't believe the sensible purchase the Oscar-nominated actor just made. Barkhad Abdi speaks onstage during the 25th annual Producers Guild of America Awards on Jan. 19, 2014 in Beverly Hills, ...

One day, Barkhad Abdi was driving taxicabs in Minneapolis and the next, he was on movie sets in Malta and Morocco, making his acting debut opposite Oscar winner Tom Hanks in the high-octane hostage ...

EXCLUSIVE: Jack Fessenden has set the cast for his new film, eco-noir Alfalfa. The list includes two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz (Weapons), Toby Huss (Halt and Catch Fire), Virginia Kull ...

St. Louis Park natives Joel and Ethan Coen may have been shut out of the Oscars, but there were still a few Minnesota connections among this year's nominees. The biggest is, of course, Barkhad Abdi, ...

This isn’t a Hollywood rags-to-riches story, yet. Despite being Oscar-nominated for his role in the movie Captain Phillips, actor Barkhad Abdi is allegedly broke. Suggested Reading These Young Leaders ...

There were some pretty nasty accusations flying round on what was otherwise a cordial affair at the Baftas last night; when Emma Thompson read out Barkhad Abdi’s name for the Best Supporting Actor ...

*“Captain Phillips” star Barkhad Abdi will play a Detroit limo driver in the indie “The Wolf Who Cried Boy,” set to start shooting in the Motor City later this spring, reports Variety. The story ...

Planet 9 Productions has hired Barkhad Abdi, Amy Smart, and Rory Cochrane to star in the family drama “Tyson’s Run,” Variety has learned. “Tyson’s Run” started principal photography in Atlanta on July ...

Barkhad Abdi is reportedly in talks for a role in Judd Apatow's new comedy Trainwreck. The BAFTA winner is joined in negotiations by the likes of Tilda Swinton, Ezra Miller, Mike Birbiglia and Jon ...

He may have made waves in the smash hit Captain Phillips and earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor, but Somali American actor Barkhad Abdi is struggling to keep his head above water ...