Faysal  Ahmed

Faysal Ahmed

Born 1985-07-11 (age 40) Yemen
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Biography

In a professional capacity, Ahmed served as a Youth Program Coordinator at the Bedlam Theater in Minneapolis. He worked there on plays and poetry. He has also participated in an enrollment push for MNsure, a health insurance program in Minnesota. Ahmed and three other actors were picked from among more than 700 participants at a 2011 casting call at the Brian Coyle Community Center in Cedar-Riverside, Minneapolis. According to the search casting director, Debbie DeLisi, the four were selected because they were "the chosen ones, that anointed group that stuck out." In early 2014, he revealed that he was going to Los Angeles by the spring season in order to continue his acting career. In 2016 he partook in A Stray that was directed by Musa Syeed.

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Known For

Captain Phillips
Captain Phillips

2013

as Najee

Sicario: Day of the Soldado
438 Days
438 Days

2019

as Abdullahi Hussein

A Stray
Capturing Captain Phillips
Watu Wote: All of Us
Watu Wote: All of Us

2017

as Xassan Yacquub Cali

Gazelle
Gazelle

2025

as Ahmed

First Person Plural
First Person Plural

2019

as Faysal