Captain Phillips is a 2013 American biographical action thriller film directed by Paul Greengrass. <unk> Captain Phillips is a 2013 American biographical action thriller film directed by Paul Greengrass. Inspired by the 2009
"Maersk Alabama" hijacking, the film tells the story of the eponymous Captain Richard Phillips, a merchant mariner who was taken hostage by Somali pirates. Tom Hanks as Phillips, alongside Barkhad Abdi as pirate leader Abduwali Muse.