Brian Tyree Henry
Actor, Producer
March 31, 1982 (44 years)
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.
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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
| 2028 | |
| 2027 | Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse · as Jefferson Morales (voice) |
| 2027 | |
| 2026 | Bass X Machina · as Bass Reeves (voice) |
| 2025 | Dope Thief · as Ray Driscoll |
| 2024 | The Fire Inside · as Jason Crutchfield |
| 2024 | Transformers One · as D-16 / Megatron (voice) |
| 2024 | Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire · as Bernie Hayes |
| 2023 | The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story · as Jefferson Davis (voice) |
| 2023 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse · as Jeff Morales (voice) |
| 2023 | Class of '09 · as Tayo Michaels |
| 2023 | The Magician's Elephant · as Leo Matienne (voice) |
| 2022 | Causeway · as James |
| 2022 | Bullet Train · as Lemon |
| 2021 | Eternals · as Phastos |
| 2021 | Vivo · as Dancarino (voice) |
| 2021 | HouseBroken · as Armando |
| 2021 | The Woman in the Window · as Detective Little |
| 2021 | Godzilla vs. Kong · as Bernie Hayes |
| 2020 | Superintelligence · as Dennis Caruso |
| 2020 | The Outside Story · as Charles YoungOn Plex |
| 2019 | Joker · as Carl (arkham Clerk) |
| 2019 | Don't Let Go · as Garret Radcliff |
| 2019 | Child's Play · as Mike |
| 2018 | If Beale Street Could Talk · as Daniel Carty |
| 2018 | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse · as Jefferson Davis (voice) |
| 2018 | Widows · as Jamal Manning |
| 2018 | White Boy Rick · as Detective Jackson |
| 2018 | Family · as PeteOn Plex |
| 2018 | Hotel Artemis · as Lev / HonoluluOn Plex |
| 2018 | Irreplaceable You · as Benji |
| 2017 | Big Mouth · as Elijah |
| 2017 | Crown Heights · as Massup |
| 2017 | Person to Person · as Mike |
| 2017 | Room 104 · as Arnold |
| 2016 | This Is Us · as Ricky |
| 2016 | Atlanta · as Alfred 'paper Boi' Miles |
| 2016 | Vice Principals · as Tavis Brown |
| 2015 | Puerto Ricans in Paris · as Larry Labels |
| 2014 | How to Get Away with Murder · as Frank's Public Defender |
| 2014 | BoJack Horseman · as Cooper Wallace, Jr. / Strib (voice) |
| 2014 | The Knick · as Larkin |
| 2014 | |
| 2013 | Drunk History · as Berry Gordy |
| 2011 | The 65th Annual Tony Awards · as Performer-African General |
| 2010 | Boardwalk Empire · as Winston 'scrapper' |
| 2009 | The Good Wife · as Randall Simmons |
| 1990 | Law & Order · as Ben |
| 2026 | Bass X Machina · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Dope Thief · as Executive Producer |