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

Doctor Manhattan

for Doctor Manhattan in The House of El

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The House of El

In this original DC anthology show, we see never before seen stories of the galaxy's greatest protectors. Witness stories of what would happen if Clark Kent existed in the real world, the secret history between Jor-El and Doctor Manhattan (yes THAT Doctor Manhattan), the adventures of Superman and General Zod's descendants, and the tales of the very first protectors of Krypton: Nightwing and Flamebird! See as this and many more stories from across the DC Multiverse are revealed to viewers for the very first time!

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