Acting
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
EN cinema · 19 credits
Born
15 July 1986 (age 40)
Birthplace
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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
Filmography
House of Games
House of Games
Actor, Producer
By Any Means
as Wayne Strider
THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH
as Roderick 'Hot Rod' Harrison
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
as Black Manta
Ambulance
as Will Sharp
Candyman
as Anthony McCoy
The Matrix Resurrections
as Morpheus / Agent Smith
All Day and a Night
as Big Stunna
The Trial of the Chicago 7
as Bobby Seale
Us
as Russell Thomas / Weyland
Sweetness in the Belly
as Dr. Aziz Abdul Nasser
Aquaman
as David Kane / Black Manta
Boundaries
as Serge
First Match
as Darrel
Baywatch
as Sgt. Ellerbee
The Greatest Showman
as W. D. Wheeler