Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Age: 39

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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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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Manta

for Manta in Aquaman (2018)

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Aquaman (2018)

Before the events of Justice League, Arthur Curry is living on his own in Amnesty Bay with his father when he gets the call to action to stop his half-brother Orm from conquering the Kingdoms of the Deep and engaging in war with the surface world. Despite struggling with what it means to be a hero and who he is all his life, Arthur decides that he must save the world and become something more to defeat The Ocean Master. [Author's Note: This will be very similar to the film we got with some tweaks here and there.]

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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

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Aquaman (2018)

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