As Actor
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
2023
6.6
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Acting
Birth Date
July 15, 1986
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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.
Complete Filmography
As Actor
Ambulance
2022
6.7
As Actor
The Matrix Resurrections
2021
6.4
As Actor
Candyman
2021
6.0
As Actor
The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020
7.7
As Actor
Sweetness in the Belly
2019
6.2
As Actor
Us
2019
7.0
As Actor
Aquaman
2018
6.9
As Actor
Boundaries
2018
5.6
As Actor
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2018
6.7
As Actor
The Greatest Showman
2017
7.9
As Actor
Baywatch
2017
6.1