Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Acting
1986-07-15 · 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.
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as John Creasy · 2026 · 7.5
tvWonder Man
as Simon Williams · 2026 · 7.0
tvSkip Intro
as Self - Guest · 2026 · 0.0
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as Black Manta · 2023 · 6.5
tvSherri
as Self - Guest · 2022 · 2.6
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as Will Sharp · 2022 · 6.6
movieThe Matrix Resurrections
as Morpheus / Agent Smith · 2021 · 6.3
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as Anthony McCoy · 2021 · 6.0
movieThe Trial of the Chicago 7
as Bobby Seale · 2020 · 7.7
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as Self · 2020 · 10.0
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as Big Stunna · 2020 · 6.2
tvWatchmen
as Cal Abar · 2019 · 7.6
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as Dr. Aziz Abdul Nasser · 2019 · 6.3
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as Russell Thomas / Weyland · 2019 · 6.9
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as Self - Illustrious Guest · 2019 · 5.1
movieAquaman
as David Kane / Black Manta · 2018 · 6.9
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as Serge · 2018 · 5.6
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as Darrel · 2018 · 6.4
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as Duane · 2018 · 6.7
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as W. D. Wheeler · 2017 · 7.9
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as Sgt. Ellerbee · 2017 · 6.1
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