Brian Tyree Henry
Born: 1982-03-31 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2027
- Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse as Jeff Morales (voice)
2025
- Dope Thief as Ray Driscoll
2024
- Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire as Bernie Hayes
- Transformers One as D-16 / Megatron (voice)
- The Fire Inside as Jason Crutchfield
- The Trainer as Brian Tyree Henry
2023
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Jeff Morales (voice)
- Class of '09 as Tayo Michaels
- The Magician's Elephant as Leo Matienne (voice)
- The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story as Jefferson Davis (voice)
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie as Self
2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show
- Sherri as Self - Guest
- Bullet Train as Lemon
- Causeway as James
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals as Self - Phastos
2021
- Godzilla vs. Kong as Bernie Hayes
- Eternals as Phastos
- Vivo as Dancarino (voice)
- The Woman in the Window as Detective Little
- The Outside Story as Charles Young
2020
- Superintelligence as Dennis Caruso
- The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America as Prior Walter
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Joker as Carl (Arkham Clerk)
- Child's Play as Detective Mike Norris
- Don't Let Go as Garret Radcliff
- The Cold Open
2018
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse as Jefferson Davis (voice)
- Family as Pete
- Lie Detector as Self
- Widows as Jamal Manning
- Irreplaceable You as Benji
- Hotel Artemis as Lev / Honolulu
- White Boy Rick as Detective Jackson
- If Beale Street Could Talk as Daniel Carty
- Busy Tonight as Self - Guest
2017
- Drop the Mic as Self
- Room 104 as Arnold
- Person to Person as Mike
- Crown Heights as Massup
2016
- This Is Us as Ricky
- Atlanta as Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles
- Vice Principals as Tavis Brown
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Puerto Ricans in Paris as Larry Labels
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- BoJack Horseman as Cooper Wallace, Jr. / Strib (voice)
- How to Get Away with Murder as Frank's Public Defender
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- The Knick as Larkin
- My America
2013
- The Amazing Race Canada as Self
2009
- The Good Wife as Randall Simmons
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
1990
- Law & Order as Ben
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1949
- The Emmy Awards as Self