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Home/People/Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II profile photo
Born
Jul 15, 1986
Age 39
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

18
Movies
15
TV Shows
IMDb Profile

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Acting

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.
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom poster

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

as Black Manta
2023
Ambulance poster

Ambulance

as Will Sharp
2022
The Matrix Resurrections poster

The Matrix Resurrections

as Morpheus / Agent Smith
2021
Candyman poster

Candyman

as Anthony McCoy
2021
The Trial of the Chicago 7 poster

The Trial of the Chicago 7

as Bobby Seale
2020
All Day and a Night poster

All Day and a Night

as Big Stunna
2020
Sweetness in the Belly poster

Sweetness in the Belly

as Dr. Aziz Abdul Nasser
2019
Us poster

Us

as Russell Thomas / Weyland
2019
Aquaman poster

Aquaman

as David Kane / Black Manta
2018
Boundaries poster

Boundaries

as Serge
2018
First Match poster

First Match

as Darrel
2018
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall poster

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

as Duane
2018
The Greatest Showman poster

The Greatest Showman

as W. D. Wheeler
2017
Baywatch poster

Baywatch

as Sgt. Ellerbee
2017
Emergency Contact poster

Emergency Contact

Cast
TBA
By Any Means poster

By Any Means

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TBA
The Adventures of Cliff Booth poster

The Adventures of Cliff Booth

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House of Games poster

House of Games

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