Biography
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II 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).
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Awards & recognition
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 2020
Filmography29 titles
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
Black Mirror
The Handmaid's Tale
The Greatest Showman
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Watchmen
Man on Fire
The Get Down
Wonder Man
Us
Aquaman
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Ambulance
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
First Match
The Daily Show
The Matrix Resurrections
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Sweetness in the Belly
All Day and a Night
Baywatch
Candyman
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Boundaries
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Desus & Mero
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The View
Sherri