Faysal Ahmed
Biography
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.
Known For

Castle Rock

Captain Phillips

Sicario: Day of the Soldado

438 Days

Watu Wote: All of Us

A Stray

Capturing Captain Phillips

Gazelle
All Movies (8)
- Gazelle2025 · as Ahmed
- 438 Days2019 · as Abdullahi Hussein
- First Person Plural2019 · as Faysal
- Sicario: Day of the Soldado2018 · as Bashiir
- Watu Wote: All of Us2017 · as Xassan Yacquub Cali
- A Stray2016
- Capturing Captain Phillips2014 · as Self
- Captain Phillips2013 · as Najee
All TV Shows (1)
- Castle Rock2018 · as Hassan