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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The Bouncer

for The Bouncer in The Wiz

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The Wiz

A remake of the 1978 The wiz. A young woman going to college with no plans. She lives in Atlanta with her aunt and uncle and dog. Her Aunt Em wants her just figure out her path before she goes off into the world. A bit shy and timid, but strong. After visiting her old apartment where she grew up with her parents before the accident She and her dog Toto are swept into a blizzard to in an Atlanta, alternate universe called Oz. Dorothy journeys through Oz to get back home and along the way finds her brain, heart, and courage.

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