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

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for David Hyde in Aquaman: Blood of Manta (2018)

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Aquaman: Blood of Manta (2018)

A few years back Manta's father was killed accidentally by Aquaman. Since then Manta has been after him along with his pregnant wife and now the help of Dr. Stephen Shin. King Ryus also dies within the film and Nereus becomes King of Xebel. Manta's wife will be captured by them within the film and experiment on.

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Aquaman: Blood of Manta (2018)

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