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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Aquaman

as David Kane / Black Manta

The Greatest Showman

as W. D. Wheeler

Baywatch

as Sgt. Ellerbee

Us

as Russell Thomas / Weyland

The Matrix Resurrections

as Morpheus / Agent Smith

Black Mirror

as Karl

The Trial of the Chicago 7

as Bobby Seale

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

as Black Manta

The Handmaid's Tale

as Omar

Ambulance

as Will Sharp