Upcoming projects include Emergency Contact, which he is set to star in and executive produce, By All for Warner Bros, and The Scent of Burnt Flowers with Macro TV, created by Blitz Bazawule.

First Match, based on an award-winning script by Olivia Newman (Audience Award at SXSW) the “Striking Vipers” episode of Black Mirror Jordan Peele’s Us The Greatest Showman opposite Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, and Zendaya for Twentieth Century Fox Sony Pictures Classic’s Boundaries The Handmaid’s Tale Baywatch Netflix’s All Day and a Night Sweetness in the Belly opposite Dakota Fanning, (2019 Toronto International Film Festival) and Baz Luhrmann’s television series, The Get Down. Other film and television credits include Aquaman opposite Jason Momoa for DC Comics and Warner Bros.

He also co-starred amongst an all-star cast in Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7, in which he played Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby Seale. Yahya starred in The Matrix: Resurrections, led by original director/writer Lana Wachowski, and in the Jordan Peele-produced remake of the popular Candyman for MGM/Universal. He recently starred in Michel Bay‘s Ambulance, opposite Jake Gyllenhaal, and will be reprising his role as Manta in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom in theaters March 2023. Manhattan in HBO’s groundbreaking series, Watchmen. YAHYA ABDUL-MATEEN II is well known for his Emmy Award-winning performance as Cal Abar/Dr.

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