Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Birthday: Born in 1986-07-15 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Deathday: Alive
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.
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The Get Down
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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The Handmaid's Tale
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Watchmen
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Black Mirror
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Wonder Man
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Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
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Baywatch
Character: Sgt. Ellerbee
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Aquaman
Character: David Kane / Black Manta
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The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
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The Greatest Showman
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Boundaries
Character: Serge
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First Match
Character: Darrel
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Us
Character: Russell Thomas / Weyland
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All Day and a Night
Character: Big Stunna
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Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Character: Black Manta
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Candyman
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Sweetness in the Belly
Character: Dr. Aziz Abdul Nasser
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The Trial of the Chicago 7
Character: Bobby Seale
What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history....
The Matrix Resurrections
Character: Morpheus / Agent Smith
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Ambulance
Character: Will Sharp
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