Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
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Job title
actor  
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Born

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America (1986)

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Five characters wearing dark sunglasses and coats stand in a loose lineup amid a fragmented blue digital landscape which roughly resembles a rain-streaked city at night. The characters are rendered with a degree of opacity, allowing lights from the city and stray shooting particles to partially appear through their bodies. The character at the front and centre of the poster is Neo, a white man with long dark hair wearing a black trenchcoat, portrayed by Keanu Reeves, who stands with his hand held outward in a stopping motion and the bottom of his trenchcoat flaring out dramatically like a cape. Directly behind Neo on his right is Trinity, a white woman with short black hair and a black leather trenchcoat, portrayed by Carrie-Anne Moss, who is stepping out from behind him. Behind Trinity on her right is Bugs, an East Asian woman with bright blue short curly hair wearing a trench coat and holding a small gun pointed at the ground, protrayed by Jessica Henwick, who stares over at Trinity. Behind Neo on the left is Morpheus, a bald black man in bright plum dress pants, a bright plum trenchcoat with bright turquoise lining, and a bright turquoise dress shirt, with a machine gun pointed dramatically past camera, portrayed by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. Further back, positioned between Morpheus and Neo is Lexy, a latinx woman with short dreadlocks, a dark coat, and a small gun pointed towards the ground, portrayed by Eréndira Ibarra. Near the top of the poster, the film's title "The Matrix Resurrections," is written in jagged grey text. Near the bottom of the poster, the film's tagline "Return to the source," appears in small grey text along with the release date, "Christmas."
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Biography

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is an American actor. He portrayed David Kane, the Black Manta in the DC Extended Universe Aquaman films and Bobby Seale in the Netflix historical legal drama The Trial of the Chicago 7. For his portrayal of Cal Abar in the HBO limited series Watchmen, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He also starred in an episode of The Handmaid's Tale and Black Mirror. Abdul-Mateen portrayed incarnations of Morpheus and Agent Smith in The Matrix Resurrections.

IMDb. “Yahya Abdul-Mateen II - Biography.” Accessed July 20, 2023. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5584344/bio/.
Filmography
References
“Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.” In Wikipedia, July 15, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yahya_Abdul-Mateen_II&oldid=1165403572.