Ali is a Somali-American actor from Minneapolis. While not much is specifically known about his background, in 2013 he was cast in Paul Greengrass' biographical survival thriller film Captain Phillips, based on the Maersk Alabama hijacking that had occurred in 2009, off the coast of the Horn of Africa. Ali is a close friend of the actors who he would co-star with in the film; Barkhad Abdi, Faysal Ahmed, and Barkhad Abdirahman.

阿里是来自明尼阿波利斯的索马里裔美国演员。虽然对他的背景知之甚少，但在 2013 年，他出演了保罗·格林格拉斯的传记生存惊悚片《菲利普斯船长》，该片改编自 2009 年在非洲之角海岸发生的马士基阿拉巴马州劫机事件。阿里是他将在电影中共同主演的演员的密友;巴哈德·阿卜迪、费萨尔·艾哈迈德和巴哈德·阿卜迪拉赫曼。