Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
34
Gender
Male
Birthday
1986-07-15 (39 years old)
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Also Known As
야히아 압둘 마틴 2세
Яхья Абдул-Матин II
יאיא עבדול-מאטין
יאיא עבדול-מאטין השני
葉海亞·阿巴杜-馬汀二世
ヤーヤ・アブドゥル＝マティーン二世
ヤヒヤ・アブドゥル＝マティーン2世
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 Parks play Topdog/Underdog, for which he received a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play nomination. He joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe, starring in the Disney+ series Wonder Man as the title character. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
