Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1986-07-15 (38 years old)
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
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 joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe, starring in the Disney+ series Wonder Man as the title character.
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Acting
I Helped Destroy People
as Terry Albury
(2023)
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
as Black Manta
(2022)
Ambulance
as Will Sharp
(2021)
The Matrix Resurrections
as Morpheus / Agent Smith
(2021)
Candyman
as Anthony McCoy
(2020)
The Trial of the Chicago 7
as Bobby Seale
(2020)
All Day and a Night
as Big Stunna
(2019)
Us
as Russell Thomas / Weyland
(2019)
Sweetness in the Belly
as Dr. Aziz Abdul Nasser
(2018)
Aquaman
as David Kane / Black Manta
(2018)
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
as Duane
(2018)
Boundaries
as Serge
(2018)
First Match
as Darrel
(2017)
The Greatest Showman
as W. D. Wheeler
(2017)
Baywatch
as Sgt. Ellerbee
Crew
I Helped Destroy People
Producer