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.
14 movies · 17 shows
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
2023·6.5
Ambulance
2022·6.6
The Matrix Resurrections
2021·6.3
Candyman
2021·6.0
The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020·7.7
All Day and a Night
2020·6.2
Sweetness in the Belly
2019·6.2
Us
2019·6.9
Aquaman
2018·6.9
Boundaries
2018·5.6
First Match
2018·6.4
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2018·6.7
The Greatest Showman
2017·7.9
Baywatch
2017·6.1