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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
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The Marksman is a 2025 American military science fiction action film directed by Joseph Kosinski from a screenplay by Neill Blomkamp and James Cameron. Produced by Legendary Pictures, The Stone Quarry, and RatPac-Dune Entertainment, it is the first installment in The Marksman trilogy. The film stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Sasha Calle, Terry Crews, Gina Rodriguez, Josh Brolin, Matt Nable, Sharlto Copley, Ken Watanabe, Laurence Fishburne, and Michael Douglas. In the film, a retired army ranger and his wife are accidentally transported into the future year of 2035, where their daughter is a sergeant in a Resistance Army fighting against an evil alien empire. The Marksman was released in theaters on February 28th, 2025; it received universal acclaim from critics and audiences, who praised its storytelling, direction, writing, special effects, ambition, the performances of Abdul-Mateen and Calle, action sequences, cinematography, Hans Zimmer's musical score, visual style, and emotional weight. It was also a box-office success, grossing $415 million worldwide and becoming the most successful launch item in Amazon Prime Video. A sequel entitled The Marksman: A Veteran's Child was released one year later.
