Faysal Ahmed

Actor · Born July 11, 1985 (41) · Yemen

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.

What are Faysal Ahmed's films like?

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Allyas Abdullahi Hussein in 438 Days (2019)

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Where can I watch Faysal Ahmed's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

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Filmography

8 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

Gazelle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
as Ahmed
438 Days(2019)
as Abdullahi Hussein
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
First Person Plural (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
as Faysal
Castle Rock(2018)
Show 6 episodes · as Hassan
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Sicario: Day of the Soldado(2018)
as Bashiir
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Watu Wote: All of Us (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
as Xassan Yacquub Cali
A Stray(2016)
Actor
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Captain Phillips(2013)
as Najee
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

Career shape

Biggest box office

Captain Phillips (2013)

$219M worldwide

Highest rated

Captain Phillips (2013)

Midcredits 98^th

Film career

20132019

Peak 2013 · at the high point of their film career. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.