Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican actor
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II 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).
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I didn’t want to show up like, ‘I have a confession,’ so I taught myself
Aquaman’s' Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Readies For His Big Splash,23 October 2020
It's important to listen to Black women because they got the answers
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II’s Emmy Speech Was A Tribute To The People Who Loved Him First: Black Women,21 September 2020
That world is enormous. And I joined that world way into that run; a train that was already moving. Normally, I come in way early on and I get to figure it out…I was freaking out.
‘Aquaman’ Star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Says Acting in Movies Like ‘Aquaman’ Is ‘Clown Work’,31 August 2020
Filmography 19
Aquaman
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Baywatch
The Greatest Showman
The Matrix Resurrections
Us
Ambulance
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Candyman
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
All Day and a Night
First Match
Boundaries
Sweetness in the Belly
By Any Means39 credits on file
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The Daily Show
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The View
The Handmaid's Tale
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Black Mirror
Sherri
Desus & Mero
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Watchmen
Wonder Man
Man on Fire
The Get Down
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II 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).
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