Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Born July 15, 1986 (Age: 39)
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New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Biography
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (/ˈjɑːhiə/; born July 15, 1986) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Black Manta in the superhero films Aquaman (2018) and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023), Bobby Seale in the Netflix historical legal drama The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020), and Morpheus / Agent Smith in The Matrix Resurrections (2021). For his portrayal of Cal Abar / Doctor Manhattan in the HBO limited series Watchmen (2019), he won a Primetime Emmy Award. He also starred in episodes of The Handmaid's Tale (2018) and Black Mirror (2019). He made his Broadway debut in the Suzan-Lori Parks play Topdog/Underdog, for which he received a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play nomination. He portrays the Marvel Comics character Simon Williams / Wonder Man in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (/ˈjɑːhiə/; born July 15, 1986) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Black Manta in the superhero films Aquaman (2018) and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023), Bobby Seale in the Netflix historical legal drama The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020), and Morpheus / Agent Smith in The Matrix Resurrections (2021). For his portrayal of Cal Abar / Doctor Manhattan in the HBO limited series Watchmen (2019), he won a Primetime Emmy Award. He also starred in episodes of The Handmaid's Tale (2018) and Black Mirror (2019).
He made his Broadway debut in the Suzan-Lori Parks play Topdog/Underdog, for which he received a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play nomination. He portrays the Marvel Comics character Simon Williams / Wonder Man in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
2023
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as Black Manta
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Age: 37
Ambulance
2022
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as Will Sharp
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Age: 35
The Matrix Resurrections
2021
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as Morpheus / Agent Smith
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Age: 35
Candyman
2021
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as Anthony McCoy
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Age: 35
The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020
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as Bobby Seale
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Age: 34
Us
2019
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as Russell Thomas / Weyland
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Age: 32
Aquaman
2018
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as David Kane / Black Manta
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Age: 32
The Greatest Showman
2017
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as W. D. Wheeler
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Age: 31
Baywatch
2017
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as Sgt. Ellerbee
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Age: 30