Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Age: 39

male

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.

See Profile

Fan Casting

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

David Hyde

for David Hyde in The DCEU

Suggested by ojmcclanahan

The DCEU

I truly enjoyed Zack Snyder's vision of the DCEU and I wish it would have remained intact. This is my casting choice for an expanded DCEU based on that universe. Films that are cannon in this universe include Man of Steel, Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, ZS's Justice League, Aquaman, The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker. I'm excluding the Birds of Prey film mainly because of what it done to Cassandra Cain's character, and the unnecessary race bending of Black Canary. I will also be staying true to the comics in regards to which Robin the suit in BvS belonged to.

See Story

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Fan Casting

The DCEU

Comments