Captain Phillips

2013 PG-13 2h 14m

7.5 /10

7.4K

Genre

Action Drama Thriller

Plot

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

Director

Paul Greengrass

Writers

Billy Ray

Stars

Tom Hanks Barkhad Abdi Barkhad Abdirahman

Cast & Crew

Tom Hanks

Captain Richard Phillips

Captain Frank Castellano

USS Bainbridge VBSS Officer

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Giovanni Alabiso

Airport Passenger (uncredited)

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Devon Black

Able Seaman L. Haddock (uncredited)

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Joshua Brown

Burlington Airport TSA Agent (uncredited)

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Steve Campbell

Lieutenant Commander Scott Atherton (uncredited)

Bob Dio

TV News Reporter (uncredited)

Maria Dizzia

Allison McColl (uncredited)

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Herman Gambhir

US Maritime Officer (uncredited)

Georgia Goodman

US Maritime Aldington (uncredited)

Max Wrottesley

Sub Lieutenant P. Ashton (uncredited)

User Reviews See all 6

Geronimo1967

1 May 2024

Tom Hanks works particularly well in this gripping story of a real life pirate! Muse (Barkhad Abdi) is leading two small skiffs on an attack on the ep...

TitanGusang

1 Feb 2023

Captain Phillips was fantastic, from start to finish. The performances were great featuring one of Tom Hanks' best. His calmness under extreme pressur...

mooney240

20 Oct 2022

**Tension and chaos flood from incredible performances, making Captain Phillip’s powerful story riveting and compelling.** Captain Phillips is a te...

DoryDarko

19 Feb 2017

Let me begin by saying that Captain Phillips, as an action film, turned out to be much more than I had initially anticipated. I was expecting half dra...