Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Abdul-Mateen)

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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is an American actor known for his roles as Black Manta in the superhero films Aquaman, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, and Bobby Seale in the Netflix historical legal drama The Trial of the Chicago 7.

Birthday, Age, Height, Weight

Full Name	Yahya Abdul-Mateen II	Nick/Other Name	Abdul-Mateen
Citizenship	American	Born On (Age)	July 15, 1986
Birth (Place)	New Orleans, Louisiana	Gender	Male
Height	191 cm	Weight	100 kg

Education, Career, Agency, Partner

Professions	Actor
Actively Working	2012 - Present
Agencies (Work For)	...
Higher Education	Attended University of California, Berkeley (BArch), Yale University (MFA)
Marital Status	Single

Yahya Abdul-Mateen Wiki, Education, Professional Life

American actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II was born on 15 July 1986 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to a Muslim father Yahya Abdul-Mateen I, and a Christian mother Mary.

For schooling education, Abdul-Mateen attended McClymonds High School. After that, he was accepted by New York University Tisch School of the Arts, the Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University, and Yale School of Drama. He graduated from Yale with a Master of Fine Arts degree and worked as a stage actor.