Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 15 July 1986 · 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.
Known for
Acting 21
- 2026THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH as Roderick 'Hot Rod' Harrison
- 2026House of Games
- 2026Liminal
- 2026By Any Means as Wayne Strider
- 2026Emergency Contact
- 2026By All
- 2025I Helped Destroy People as Terry Albury
- 2023Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom as Black Manta
- 2022Ambulance as Will Sharp
- 2021The Matrix Resurrections as Morpheus / Agent Smith
- 2021Candyman as Anthony McCoy
- 2020The Trial of the Chicago 7 as Bobby Seale
- 2020All Day and a Night as Big Stunna
- 2019Sweetness in the Belly as Dr. Aziz Abdul Nasser
- 2019Us as Russell Thomas / Weyland
- 2018Aquaman as David Kane / Black Manta
- 2018Boundaries as Serge
- 2018First Match as Darrel
- 2018The Vanishing of Sidney Hall as Duane
- 2017The Greatest Showman as W. D. Wheeler
- 2017Baywatch as Sgt. Ellerbee
Production 2
- 2026House of Games · producer
- 2025I Helped Destroy People · producer