Barkhad Abdi
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Born in Mogadishu to Somali parents, Abdi spent his early childhood in Yemen before his family immigrated to Minneapolis in 1999, where he completed high school and attended Minnesota State University Moorhead while working in his brother’s mobile-phone shop, as a limousine driver and a DJ. His first screen role arrived after a worldwide casting search, landing him the part of pirate leader Abduwa…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
