Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Born	1987 (1987) (age 30)
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actor, Architect
Years active	2016-present

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is an American actor, best known for his role Cadillac in the television series The Get Down. He will next be seen in the films Baywatch, The Greatest Showman, and DC's Aquaman.

Abdul-Mateen was born in 1987 to a Muslim father and a Christian mother, he spent his childhood in the Magnolia Projects, New Orleans, Louisiana, and then moved to Oakland, California. He graduated in architecture from the University of California, Berkeley and then worked as a city planner in San Francisco. He always wanted to be an actor, so later he got his degree in Master of Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama and worked at stage in some theaters.

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

In 2017, Abdul-Mateen appeared in the drama film Sidney Hall, in which he played the role of Duane, the film was directed by Shawn Christensen which premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.

Abdul-Mateen will next be seen in the road trip drama film Boundaries along with Vera Farmiga and Christopher Plummer, directed and written by Shana Feste. He has played the role of a cop, Garner Ellerbee, in the action comedy film Baywatch along with Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron, directed by Seth Gordon, and scheduled to be released on May 26, 2017. He will also star in the film The Greatest Showman along with Hugh Jackman and Michelle Williams, about the famous American showman, P.T. Barnum, in which he would play WD Wheeler, a smart hand-to-hand acrobat partner.

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