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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/ha...-barkhad-abdi/

TMC · 02-14-2015, 01:39 AM

http://nypost.com/2015/02/12/look-at...but-on-five-0/

Abdi says of his time on tonight's Hawaii Five-0: "I'm still at the very beginning stage of my career. I never planned to be an actor; it's something that I never imagined."

12-23-2014, 05:26 PM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,011	Barkhad Abdi To Guest on "Hawaii Five-0" *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/ha...-barkhad-abdi/ Attached Images

02-14-2015, 01:39 AM	#2
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 125,090	Captain Phillips Oscar nominee Barkhad Abdi tonight makes his TV debut http://nypost.com/2015/02/12/look-at...but-on-five-0/ Abdi says of his time on tonight's Hawaii Five-0: "I'm still at the very beginning stage of my career. I never planned to be an actor; it's something that I never imagined."