Actor
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 T ...

Known For
Acting
2023 -- Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom | Black Manta
2022 -- Ambulance | Will Sharp
2021 -- The Matrix Resurrections | Morpheus / Agent Smith
2021 -- Candyman | Anthony McCoy
2020 -- The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Bobby Seale
2020 -- All Day and a Night | Big Stunna
2019 -- Sweetness in the Belly | Dr. Aziz Abdul Nasser
2019 -- Us | Russell Thomas / Weyland
2018 -- Aquaman | David Kane / Black Manta
2018 -- Boundaries | Serge
2018 -- First Match | Darrel
2018 -- The Vanishing of Sidney Hall | Duane
2017 -- The Greatest Showman | W. D. Wheeler
2017 -- Baywatch | Sgt. Ellerbee
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