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Film / 2013
Captain Phillips
Directed by
Paul Greengrass
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Tom HanksCaptain Richard Phillips
Barkhad AbdiMuse
Barkhad AbdirahmanBilal
Faysal AhmedNajee
Mahat M. AliElmi
Michael ChernusShane Murphy
David WarshofskyMike Perry
Corey JohnsonKen Quinn
Chris MulkeyJohn Cronan
Yul VazquezCaptain Frank Castellano
Max MartiniSEAL Commander
Catherine KeenerAndrea Phillips
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Omar BerdouniNemo
Mohamed AliAsad
Issak Farah SamatarHufan
Thomas GrubeMaersk Alabama Crew
Mark HoldenMaersk Alabama Crew
San ShellaMaersk Alabama Crew
Terence AndersonMaersk Alabama Crew
Marc AnwarMaersk Alabama Crew
David WebberMaersk Alabama Crew
Amr El-BayoumiMaersk Alabama Crew
Vincenzo NicoliMaersk Alabama Crew
Kapil ArunMaersk Alabama Crew
Louis MahoneyMaersk Alabama Crew
Peter LandiMaersk Alabama Crew
Angus MacInnesMaersk Alabama Crew
Ian RalphMaersk Alabama Crew
Kristian Hjordt BeckMaersk Alabama Crew
Kurt LarsenMaersk Alabama Crew
Bader ChoukoukoSomali Boy
Idurus ShiishPirate Leader
Azeez MohammedPirate Leader
Abdurazak Ahmed AdanPirate Leader
Duran Mohamed HassanAsad's Crew
Nasir JamaAsad's Crew
Kadz SouleimanAsad's Crew
Scott OatesNavy SEAL Group
David B. MeadowsNavy SEAL Group
Shad Jason HamiltonNavy SEAL Group
Adam WendlingNavy SEAL Group
Billy JenkinsNavy SEAL Group
Mark SemosNavy SEAL Group
Dean FranchukNavy SEAL Group
Rey HernandezNavy SEAL Group
Christopher StadulisNavy SEAL Group
Roger EdwardsNavy SEAL Group
John Patrick BarryNavy SEAL Group
Raleigh MorseNavy SEAL Group
Dale McClellanNavy SEAL Group
Hugh MiddletonNavy SEAL Group
Raymond CareNavy SEAL Group
Stacha HicksUKMTO Officer
Will BowdenUS Maritime Officer
Len Anderson IVUSS Bainbridge VBSS Officer
Giovanni AlabisoAirport Passenger (uncredited)
Devon BlackAble Seaman L. Haddock (uncredited)
Joshua BrownBurlington Airport TSA Agent (uncredited)
Steve CampbellLieutenant Commander Scott Atherton (uncredited)
Bob DioTV News Reporter (uncredited)
Maria DizziaAllison McColl (uncredited)
Herman GambhirUS Maritime Officer (uncredited)
Georgia GoodmanUS Maritime Aldington (uncredited)
Max WrottesleySub Lieutenant P. Ashton (uncredited)
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