Born 1985 (age 40) · Yemen
Appears in 9 titles

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.

Filmography

Captain Phillips
7.5
Captain Phillips
2013
as Najee
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
6.9
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
2018
as Bashiir
438 Days
7.1
438 Days
2019
as Abdullahi Hussein
Watu Wote: All of Us
6.3
Watu Wote: All of Us
2017
as Xassan Yacquub Cali
Capturing Captain Phillips
6.3
Capturing Captain Phillips
2014
as Self
A Stray
10.0
A Stray
2016
Gazelle
Gazelle
2025
as Ahmed
First Person Plural
First Person Plural
2019
as Faysal