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Brian Tyree Henry

Brian Tyree Henry

Known For Acting
Birthday Mar 31, 1982 (43)
Birthplace Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Apr 25, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Brian Tyree Henry (born March 31, 1982) is an American actor. He rose to prominence for his role as rapper Alfred "Paper Boi" Miles in the FX comedy-drama series Atlanta (2016–2022), for which he received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. ... Henry had a guest role in This Is Us in 2017 and had his film breakthrough in 2018 with roles in Steve McQueen's heist film Widows and Barry Jenkins' romantic drama If Beale Street Could Talk. He has since appeared in Child's Play (2019), Joker (2019), Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), Bullet Train (2022), and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024). He portrayed Phastos in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Eternals (2021). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing a grieving man in the drama film Causeway (2022). He also voiced Jefferson Davis in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and its sequel, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) and Megatron in Transformers One (2024). Henry has also appeared on stage, making his debut performance in the Shakespeare in the Park production of Romeo and Juliet (2007) and acting in various plays at the Public Theatre before appearing in the original Broadway cast of The Book of Mormon (2011). In 2014, he appeared in the off-Broadway musical The Fortress of Solitude. For his performance in the 2018 Broadway revival of Kenneth Lonergan's play Lobby Hero, he received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Tyree Henry, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

The Fire Inside

The Fire Inside

2024

as Jason Crutchfield

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

2024

as Bernie Hayes

Transformers One

Transformers One

2024

as D-16 / Megatron (voice)

The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story

The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story

2023

as Jefferson Davis (voice)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

as Jeff Morales (voice)

The Magician's Elephant

The Magician's Elephant

2023

as Leo Matienne (voice)

Causeway

Causeway

2022

as James

Bullet Train

Bullet Train

2022

as Lemon

The Outside Story

The Outside Story

2021

as Charles Young

Godzilla vs. Kong

Godzilla vs. Kong

2021

as Bernie Hayes

Vivo

Vivo

2021

as Dancarino (voice)

The Woman in the Window

The Woman in the Window

2021

as Detective Little

Eternals

Eternals

2021

as Phastos

Superintelligence

Superintelligence

2020

as Dennis Caruso

Child's Play

Child's Play

2019

as Detective Mike Norris

Don't Let Go

Don't Let Go

2019

as Garret Radcliff

Joker

Joker

2019

as Carl (Arkham Clerk)

Family

Family

2018

as Pete

Hotel Artemis

Hotel Artemis

2018

as Lev / Honolulu

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

2018

as Jefferson Davis (voice)

Widows

Widows

2018

as Jamal Manning

White Boy Rick

White Boy Rick

2018

as Detective Jackson

Irreplaceable You

Irreplaceable You

2018

as Benji

If Beale Street Could Talk

If Beale Street Could Talk

2018

as Daniel Carty

Person to Person

Person to Person

2017

as Mike

Crown Heights

Crown Heights

2017

as Massup

Puerto Ricans in Paris

Puerto Ricans in Paris

2015

as Larry Labels

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Atlanta

as Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles

Episodes: 41

First Aired: Sep 06, 2016

Class of '09

as Tayo Michaels

Episodes: 8

First Aired: May 10, 2023

Dope Thief

as Ray

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Mar 13, 2025

Vice Principals

as Tavis Brown

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jul 17, 2016

Room 104

as Arnold

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 28, 2017

The Knick

as Larkin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 08, 2014

Law & Order

as Ben

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1990

This Is Us

as Ricky

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 2016

How to Get Away with Murder

as Frank's Public Defender

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 2014

BoJack Horseman

as Cooper Wallace, Jr. / Strib (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 22, 2014

The Good Wife

as Randall Simmons

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 2009

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 25, 2014

The Late Late Show with James Corden

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 23, 2015

Busy Tonight

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 28, 2018

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 17, 2014

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 2019

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 2022

Drop the Mic

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 24, 2017

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 2019

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 05, 1988

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 02, 2015

The Oscars

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 19, 1953

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 26, 2003

The Amazing Race Canada

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 15, 2013

Lie Detector

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 01, 2018

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 21, 2014

Sherri

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 2022

The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 2022

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