Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
7/15/1986
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Also Known As
야히아 압둘 마틴 2세Яхья Абдул-Матин IIיאיא עבדול-מאטין
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 The Handmaid's Tale (2018) and Black Mirror (2019).
He made his Broadway debut in the Suzan-Lori Par...
Known For
Aquaman
as David Kane / Black Manta
The Matrix Resurrections
as Morpheus / Agent Smith
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
as Black Manta
Candyman
as Anthony McCoy
The Greatest Showman
as W. D. Wheeler
Baywatch
as Sgt. Ellerbee
Boundaries
as Serge
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
as Duane
Us
as Russell Thomas / Weyland
Ambulance
as Will Sharp
Sweetness in the Belly
as Dr. Aziz Abdul Nasser
All Day and a Night
as Big Stunna
The Trial of the Chicago 7
as Bobby Seale
First Match
as Darrel