Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1986-07-15
Place of birth: 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.
Known for
Emergency Contact
Baywatch
2017Sgt. Ellerbee
Aquaman
2018David Kane / Black Manta
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2018Duane
The Greatest Showman
2017W. D. Wheeler
Boundaries
2018Serge
First Match
2018Darrel
Us
2019Russell Thomas / Weyland
All Day and a Night
2020Big Stunna
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
2023Black Manta
Candyman
2021Anthony McCoy
Sweetness in the Belly
2019Dr. Aziz Abdul Nasser
The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020Bobby Seale
The Matrix Resurrections
2021Morpheus / Agent Smith