Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Biography

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (born July 15, 1986) is an American actor, best known for his role Cadillac in the television series The Get Down. He also starred in Baywatch and The Greatest Showman (both 2017), and will portray the villain Black Manta in DC's Aquaman (2018).

Early life

Abdul-Mateen was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to a Muslim father, Yahya Abdul-Mateen I (born John Ford) and Christian mother, Mary. He spent his childhood in the Magnolia Projects of New Orleans, and then moved to Oakland, California, in which he attended the McClymonds High School. In 2004, he went to college where he competed as a hurdler for the California Golden Bears. Later on, he graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in architecture and then worked as a city planner in San Francisco. He'd always wanted to be an actor, so later he got a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Yale School of Drama and worked as a stage actor.

Career

In 2016, Abdul-Mateen began his career with the Baz Luhrmann's musical drama series The Get Down, which premiered on Netflix. His character Clarence "Cadillac" Caldwell is a prince of the disco world. He was praised for his role in the series.

In 2017, Abdul-Mateen appeared in Shawn Christensen's drama film The Vanishing of Sidney Hall, in the role of Duane. It premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.

Abdul-Mateen played a police officer, Garner Ellerbee, in the action comedy film Baywatch along with Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron, and directed by Seth Gordon. The film was released on May 25, 2017. He also played WD Wheeler, a smart hand-to-hand acrobat partner, in the musical film The Greatest Showman (2017), along with Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, and Zac Efron, about the famous American showman P.T. Barnum.

He will also star in the road trip drama film Boundaries, along with Vera Farmiga and Christopher Plummer, directed and written by Shana Feste. In January 2017, Abdul-Mateen was cast as the DC Comics villain Black Manta in the film Aquaman, which started shooting in May in Australia.

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Crescendo	Yahya	Short film Also co-producer
2017	The Vanishing of Sidney Hall	Duane Jones
	Baywatch	Sgt. Garner Ellerbee
	The Greatest Showman	W. D. Wheeler
2018	First Match	Darrel
	Boundaries	Serge
	Aquaman	David Kane / Black Manta	Post-production
2019	Us		Filming
2019	All Day & A Night		Filming

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016-17	The Get Down	Clarence "Cadillac" Caldwell	11 episodes
2018	The Handmaid's Tale	Omar	Episode: "Baggage"
2019	Watchmen	TBA	Upcoming series

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