Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Personal Info

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Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1986-07-15 (39 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 T...

Acting

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2017

Baywatch

as Sgt. Ellerbee

2018

Aquaman

as David Kane / Black Manta

2017

The Greatest Showman

as W. D. Wheeler

2018

Boundaries

as Serge

2018

First Match

as Darrel

2019

Us

as Russell Thomas / Weyland

2020

All Day and a Night

as Big Stunna

2021

Candyman

as Anthony McCoy

2019

Sweetness in the Belly

as Dr. Aziz Abdul Nasser

2020

2021

The Matrix Resurrections

as Morpheus / Agent Smith

2022

Ambulance

as Will Sharp

Production

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