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

Benjamin Buford

for Benjamin Buford in Forrest Gump (2024)

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Forrest Gump (2024)

Even with slow thinking, Forrest Gump never felt disadvantaged. Thanks to his mother's support, he had a normal life. Whether on the football field as a sports star, fighting in Vietnam or as the captain of a shrimp boat, Forrest inspires everyone with his optimism. But the person Forrest loves most may be the hardest to save: her childhood love, the sweet and troubled Jenny.

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Forrest Gump (2024)

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