Barkhad Abdi
How a childhood in Somalia helped one guy co-star with Tom Hanks in ‘Captain Phillips’
You wouldn’t wish anyone to have a childhood that started in war-torn Somalia. But in the real-life story of pirates who commandeered a US cargo ship and were pursued by US Navy SEALs, Barkhad Abdi says his few early years in Somalia helped him in his co-starring role.