Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Born July 15, 1986· New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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Emerging from New Orleans and later refined at the Yale School of Drama after earning an architecture degree at UC Berkeley, he transitioned from city planning to acting. He first gained notice as Clarence “Cadillac” Caldwell in Netflix’s musical drama The Get Down (2016) and quickly moved to high-profile film work, portraying the villain Black Manta in Aquaman (2018) and its sequel, embodying Bob…

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