
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.

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Adrian Shannon
for Adrian Shannon in Manifest: Reborn
Suggested by user_349011

This story is about the passengers and crew of Montego Air Flight 829 who experience a brief period of turbulence, but when they land, they discover that five and a half years have passed. Not only they just mysteriously presumed dead; they also develop superpowers. This happened because their plane flew through a phenomenon call "Dark Lighting" during a period of turbulence. As a result, these passengers are gifted with unique abilities. But little they didn't know the passengers are being targeted by people called the Soul Assurance Regiment or SOAR for short. A military organization that hunts down any supernatural beings and now they those the passengers as a threat to humanity. As they reintegrate into society, they begin experiencing "callings", which are visions or intuitive urges that guide them to prevent tragedies and solve mysteries connected to their shared fate and their unique superpowers. This fan fiction story explores theme of these passengers as they try to understand why were given a second chance and why they have been gifted with powers.