Captain Phillips is a multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates. It is - through director Paul Greengrass's distinctive lens - simultaneously a pulse-pounding thriller, and a complex portrait of the myriad effects of globalization. The film focuses on the relationship between the Alabama's commanding officer, Captain Richard Phillips (two time Academy Award®-winner Tom Hanks), and the Somali pirate captain, Muse (Barkhad Abdi), who takes him hostage. Phillips and Muse are set on an unstoppable collision course when Muse and his crew target Phillips' unarmed ship; in the ensuing standoff, 145 miles off the Somali coast, both men will find themselves at the mercy of forces beyond their control.
Tom Hanks | Captain Richard Phillips |
Barkhad Abdi | Muse |
Barkhad Abdirahman | Bilal |
Faysal Ahmed | Najee |
Mahat M. Ali | Elmi |
Michael Chernus | Shane Murphy |
Catherine Keener | Andrea Phillips |
David Warshofsky | Mike Perry |
Corey Johnson | Ken Quinn |
Chris Mulkey | John Cronan |
Yul Vazquez | Captain Frank Castellano |
Max Martini | SEAL Commander |
Omar Berdouni | Nemo |
Mohamed Ali | Asad |
Issak Farah Samatar | Hufan |
Thomas Grube | Maersk Alabama Crew |
Henry Jackman | Composer |
Mark Holden | Maersk Alabama Crew |
Barry Ackroyd | Cinematographer |
San Shella | Maersk Alabama Crew |
Eli Bush | Executive Producer |
Christopher Rouse | Editor |
Terence Anderson | Maersk Alabama Crew |
Marc Anwar | Maersk Alabama Crew |
Kevin Spacey | Executive Producer |
David Webber | Maersk Alabama Crew |
Amr El-Bayoumi | Maersk Alabama Crew |
Vincenzo Nicoli | Maersk Alabama Crew |
Kapil Arun | Maersk Alabama Crew |
Francine Maisler | Casting |
Louis Mahoney | Maersk Alabama Crew |
Peter Landi | Maersk Alabama Crew |
Angus MacInnes | Maersk Alabama Crew |
Ian Ralph | Maersk Alabama Crew |
Kristian Hjordt Beck | Maersk Alabama Crew |
Kurt Larsen | Maersk Alabama Crew |
Bader Choukouko | Somali Boy |
Idurus Shiish | Pirate Leader |
Azeez Mohammed | Pirate Leader |
Debbie DeLisi | Casting |
Abdurazak Ahmed Adan | Pirate Leader |
Daniel Hubbard | Casting |
Duran Mohamed Hassan | Asad's Crew |
Lynda Foote | Costume Supervisor |
Nasir Jama | Asad's Crew |
Mark Peterson | Costume Supervisor |
Kadz Souleiman | Asad's Crew |
Scott Oates | Navy SEAL Group |
Dave Meadows | Navy SEAL Group (as David Meadows) |
David B. Meadows | Navy SEAL Group |
Shad Jason Hamilton | Navy SEAL Group |
Adam Wendling | Navy SEAL Group |
Billy Jenkins | Navy SEAL Group |
Mark Semos | Navy SEAL Group |
Dean Franchuk | Navy SEAL Group |
Rey Hernandez | Navy SEAL Group |
Christopher Stadulis | Navy SEAL Group |
Roger Edwards | Navy SEAL Group |
John Patrick Barry | Navy SEAL Group |
Raleigh Morse | Navy SEAL Group |
Dale McClellan | Navy SEAL Group |
Hugh Middleton | Navy SEAL Group |
Raymond Care | Navy SEAL Group |
Daniel Barrow | visual effects producer |
Stacha Hicks | UKMTO Officer |
Ed Cross | visual effects editor |
Will Bowden | US Maritime Officer |
Andy Taylor | visual effects producer |
Len Anderson IV | USS Bainbridge VBSS Officer (as Leonard Anderson) |
Kristopher Wright | visual effects producer |
Adam Rowland | Visual Effects Supervisor |
Giovanni Alabiso | Airport Passenger (uncredited) |
Charlie Noble | Visual Effects Supervisor |
Marshall Berenson | News Photographer (uncredited) |
Stefan Gerstheimer | CG supervisor |
Joshua Brown | Burlington Airport TSA Agent |
Devon Black | Able Seaman L. Haddock (uncredited) |
Paul Kirby | Production Designer |
Stuart Farley | CG supervisor |
Erik C. Bloomquist | Airport Passenger / Neighbor (uncredited) |
Dominic Capon | Set Decorator |
Martin Chamney | CG supervisor |
Steve Campbell | Lieutenant Commander Scott Atherton (uncredited) |
Driss Benchhiba | production manager: Morocco |
Corey Hughes-Shaw | Set Decorator |
Rob Inch | Stunt Coordinator |
Bob Dio | TV News Reporter (uncredited) |
Sam Breckman | Unit Production Manager |
Mark Bridges | Custome Designer |
Cosmo Campbell | Camera Operator |
Maria Dizzia | Allison McColl (uncredited) |
Herman Gambhir | US Maritime Officer |
Gregory Goodman | Unit Production Manager |
Frances Hannon | hair designer / makeup designer |
Sara Deane | Camera Operator |
Georgia Goodman | US Maritime Aldington (uncredited) |
Todd Lewis | Unit Production Manager |
Jacques Haitkin | Camera Operator |
Kathy Lashay Berenson | News Photographer (uncredited) |
Katryna Samut-Tagliaferro | unit production manager: Malta (as Katryna Samut Tagliaferro) |