
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Born: 1986-07-15
Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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.
Filmography

Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
2020

Black Mirror
2011

The Handmaid's Tale
2017

The Greatest Showman
2017

The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020

Watchmen
2019

The Get Down
2016

Wonder Man
2026

Us
2019

Aquaman
2018

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2018

Ambulance
2022

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
2023

The Daily Show
1996

First Match
2018

The Matrix Resurrections
2021

Sweetness in the Belly
2019

All Day and a Night
2020