Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Known for

Acting credits
			Role
2026	By Any Means	Movie		40
2026	The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth	Movie		40
2023	Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom	Movie	Black Manta	37
2022	Ambulance	Movie		36
2021	Candyman	Movie		35
2021	The Matrix Resurrections	Movie	Morpheus	35
2020	All Day & A Night	Movie		34
2020	The Trial of the Chicago 7	Movie	Bobby Seale	34
2019	Us	Movie		33
2018	Aquaman	Movie	Black Manta	32
2017	Baywatch	Movie		31
2017	The Greatest Showman	Movie		31

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Credits per year

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My father [Yahya Abdul-Mateen] prayed for his parents every day and took them along the journey with them
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I can only hope to do the same, and one way I can do that is by holding on to the second [in my name], because that means you have to acknowledge the first too: my father
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My name is not the name you’d pick out of a hat – Yahya Abdul-Mateen the second is no John Wayne, it’s not traditionally the guy at the top of the billing. And that’s why it’s so inspiring to people. I get messages all…
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For a lot of aspiring actors and artists around the world, America is the destination, the comparison
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So to have my name at the top of the billing on my own for Candyman, right up there on Aquaman, and next to Keanu Reeves in a big production like The Matrix is huge. To be validated, to hold my own, and to go on talk…
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I remembered that acting thing I had a really fun time with when I took the class and I said ‘Okay, I’m going to go try that for a little bit
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Personal details

Nationalities: United States
Languages: English
Years active: 2012–
Education: McClymonds High School, University of California, Berkeley, Yale School of Drama