Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One day, Barkhad Abdi was driving taxicabs in Minneapolis and the next, he was on movie sets in Malta and Morocco, making his ...

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 ...

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 ...

Almost anybody with internet access knows what Barkhad Abdi’s face looks like, even if they haven’t seen his movies. “I am the captain now,” goes the dialogue paired with his threatening visage. If ...

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 ...

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. Barkhad Abdi, who went from working in his brother's cellphone ...

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 ...

Barkhad Abdi, best supporting actor nominee for his role in "Captain Phillips", arrives at the 86th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California March 2, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES - Tags: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Set to shoot this fall in Southwestern Utah, the film follows Lance (Butz), a sprinkler contractor in a drought-stricken desert ...