JamesG
12-23-2014, 05:26 PM
Captain Phillips Star Barkhad Abdi Heads to "Hawaii Five-0"
by Natalie Abrams
Dec 23, 2014
Captain Phillips star Barkhad Abdi has landed a guest-starring role on "Hawaii Five-0", EW has learned exclusively.
The Oscar-nominated actor will play Roko Contee, a Congolese warlord who, at one time, was the most wanted man in the world. Although the character was allegedly killed during a 2011 bombing by the Zaire Air Force, the Five-0 team discovers that the rumors of his death were greatly exaggerated:
Roko has been working as a taxi driver hiding in plain sight.
“He plays basically Kony, that African warlord who was in the news a few years ago,” executive producer Peter Lenkov says. “He plays a character like that hiding on the island here, and somebody discovers that he’s here. And our guys end up confronting him. It’s a big, big episode. We were so lucky to get him, and we wrote it with him in mind. We were able to get him to the island and that was a big coup for us.”
Abdi is slated to appear in the 15th episode of the season.
http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/12/23/hawaii-five-0-barkhad-abdi/
by Natalie Abrams
Dec 23, 2014
Captain Phillips star Barkhad Abdi has landed a guest-starring role on "Hawaii Five-0", EW has learned exclusively.
The Oscar-nominated actor will play Roko Contee, a Congolese warlord who, at one time, was the most wanted man in the world. Although the character was allegedly killed during a 2011 bombing by the Zaire Air Force, the Five-0 team discovers that the rumors of his death were greatly exaggerated:
Roko has been working as a taxi driver hiding in plain sight.
“He plays basically Kony, that African warlord who was in the news a few years ago,” executive producer Peter Lenkov says. “He plays a character like that hiding on the island here, and somebody discovers that he’s here. And our guys end up confronting him. It’s a big, big episode. We were so lucky to get him, and we wrote it with him in mind. We were able to get him to the island and that was a big coup for us.”
Abdi is slated to appear in the 15th episode of the season.
http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/12/23/hawaii-five-0-barkhad-abdi/