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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Black Noir

for Black Noir in The Boys (Horror Movie)

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The Boys (Horror Movie)

After Hugh Campbell’s girlfriend is killed by a superhero by accident, he teams up with a former FBI agent Billy Butcher to get revenge on the people responsible. At the head of it all is the company Vought, they manufacture superheroes and make them big stars. Their biggest star is the Homelander, the leader of the group known as the Seven, and known as an all around great guy. However he’s a true monster, a murderer, a ra*ist, and so much worse. It’s time he’s taken out for good.

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