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...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 2023
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
As: Black Manta
- 2022
Ambulance
As: Will Sharp
- 2021
The Matrix Resurrections
As: Morpheus / Agent Smith
- 2021
Candyman
As: Anthony McCoy
- 2020
The Trial of the Chicago 7
As: Bobby Seale
- 2020
All Day and a Night
As: Big Stunna
- 2019
Watchmen
As: Cal Abar
- 2019
Sweetness in the Belly
As: Dr. Aziz Abdul Nasser
- 2019
Us
As: Russell Thomas / Weyland
- 2018
Aquaman
As: David Kane / Black Manta
- 2018
Boundaries
As: Serge
- 2018
First Match
As: Darrel
- 2018
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
As: Duane
- 2017
The Greatest Showman
As: W. D. Wheeler
- 2017
Baywatch
As: Sgt. Ellerbee
- 2017
The Handmaid's Tale
As: Omar
- 2016
The Get Down
As: Clarence 'Cadillac' Caldwell
- 2011
Black Mirror
As: Karl