The following is an excerpt from the Screen Kings cover story feature in the July/August issue of ESSENCE. In 2018, Yahya landed his first role in one of the most coveted movie genres for actors today: superhero action flicks.
After starring as Black Manta in Aquaman, he went from the world of DC Comics to the Marvel Universe—playing Cal Abar, a devoted husband with a surprise character twist, in HBO’s Watchmen. “We were considering Yahya and two other actors, who were great actors,” says costar Regina King, who plays his wife in the HBO series. “But later on, I told [writer-producer] Damon Lindelof we didn’t need to test the two other actors.
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