Hawaii Five-0 will get a visit from Captain Philip's Barkhad Abdi.

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Once a Somali pirate, Abdi will now play an African warlord. Unfortunately for Abdi's character, he will soon have a run in with Steve McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin) and Co.

"He plays basically Kony, that African warlord who was in the news a few years ago," said executive producer Peter Lenkov, according to Entertainment Weekly. "He plays a character like that hiding on the island here, and somebody discovers that he's here. And our guys end up confronting him. It's a big, big episode. We were so lucky to get him, and we wrote it with him in mind. We were able to get him to the island and that was a big coup for us."

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The Oscar and Golden Globe nominee will head to Oahu for episode 15. Currently untitled, the episode will air in 2015.

While viewers wait for Abdi's arrival, McGarrett and Danno (Scott Caan) will team up with William Forsythe's Harry Brown in Jan. 2's "Wāwahi Moe'uhane (Broken Dreams)."

Find out more when Hawaii Five-0 airs Fridays at 9 p.m. ET on CBS. Click the video below to see a preview for the series next episode.

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