Ali is a Somali-American actor from Minneapolis. While not much is specifically known about his background, in 2013 he was cast in Paul Greengrass' biographical survival thriller film Captain Phillips, based on the Maersk Alabama hijacking that had occurred in 2009, off the coast of the Horn of Africa. Ali is a close friend of the actors who he would co-star with in the film; Barkhad Abdi, Faysal Ahmed, and Barkhad Abdirahman.
as Yi Xing‘s Father (voice)
as Captain Aoshima (voice)
as Noah Reppert
as Jupiter
as Complainer Samurai / Yoshi (voice)
as Walt
as Additional Voices (voice)
as Rafa
as Li Fung
as Mr. Wilson
as Chris
as Father
as Security Chief
as Brian (uncredited)
as Randy Kwan
as Walt Yoshida
as Jason
as Dylyn
as Darren