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Actor on record

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

ActorHollywood8 credits
52Star power

473rd of 1,031 in Hollywood

3 films led, $611M in reported gross.

Gross led
45
Consistency
42
Body of work
43
Momentum
78
Audience rating
25
The biggest Hollywood names
Born
15 July 1986
Birthplace
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Nationality
United States
Industry
Hollywood
In their own file

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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7 of 8 credits have a verdict, together taking $2.64B. The biggest was Aquaman at $1.15B. The rest are still counting, or never reported a budget.

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