Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (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).
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| Claim to fame | Aquaman
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| Date of birth | 15 July 1986
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| Place of birth | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- He spent as much as seven hours a day learning Disco dancing for his role in ''The Get Down (2016)''.
- Studied drama at Yale. He was also accepted into New York University and Harvard.
- Studied Architecture at Berkeley.
- He was on the track team in college.
- He didn't know how to swim prior to being cast in Aquaman (2018) and learned how to do so before starting production.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is known for his role in the film Aquaman (2018) as Manta.
He is also known for his role in the film Candyman (2021) as Anthony McCoy.
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