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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Actor, ProducerBorn July 15, 1986 (39 years)
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.
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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.
Filmography
| 2026 | Wonder Man (TV Series) · as Simon Williams |
| 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 | Watchmen (TV Series) · as Cal Abar |
| 2019 | Sweetness in the Belly · as Dr. Aziz Abdul Nasser |
| 2019 | Us · as Russell Thomas / Weyland |
| 2018 | Aquaman · as David Kane / Black Manta |
| 2018 | Boundaries · as Serge |
| 2018 | First Match · as Darrel |
| 2017 | The Greatest Showman · as W. d. Wheeler |
| 2017 | The Vanishing of Sidney Hall · as Duane |
| 2017 | Baywatch · as Sgt. Ellerbee |
| 2017 | The Handmaid's Tale (TV Series) · as Omar |
| 2016 | The Get Down (TV Series) · as Clarence 'cadillac' Caldwell |
| 2011 | Black Mirror (TV Series) · as Karl |
Man on Fire (TV Series) · as John Creasy |