Barkhad Abdirahman

Actor, known for Captain Phillips, Watu Wote: All of Us, Ayaanle

Originally born in the city of Galkayo, a city located in the north-central region of Somalia. Barkhad lived most of his life in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, in the south side of Minneapolis. Emerging from a predominantly low-income East African immigrant community, Barkhad was actively exposed to an environment…