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Brian Tyree Henry

Brian Tyree Henry

Acting March 31, 1982 (44 years old) Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA

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.

Movies 40

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 8.4

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

as Jefferson Davis (voice)

2018
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 8.3

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

as Jeff Morales (voice)

2023
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire 7.0

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

as Bernie Hayes

2024
Joker 8.1

Joker

as Carl (Arkham Clerk)

2019
Godzilla vs. Kong 7.5

Godzilla vs. Kong

as Bernie Hayes

2021
Bullet Train 7.4

Bullet Train

as Lemon

2022
Eternals 6.7

Eternals

as Phastos

2021
Transformers One 8.0

Transformers One

as D-16 / Megatron (voice)

2024
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

as Jeff Morales (voice)

2027
The Batman: Part II

The Batman: Part II

as Harvey Dent / Two Face

2028
Widows 6.5

Widows

as Jamal Manning

2018
Child's Play 6.0

Child's Play

as Mike

2019
The Woman in the Window 6.0

The Woman in the Window

as Detective Little

2021
Vivo 7.2

Vivo

as Dancarino (voice)

2021
Causeway 6.5

Causeway

as James

2022
If Beale Street Could Talk 6.9

If Beale Street Could Talk

as Daniel Carty

2018
The Magician's Elephant 6.8

The Magician's Elephant

as Leo Matienne (voice)

2023
White Boy Rick 6.4

White Boy Rick

as Detective Jackson

2018
Hotel Artemis 6.1

Hotel Artemis

as Lev / Honolulu

2018
Superintelligence 5.9

Superintelligence

as Dennis Caruso

2020
Don't Let Go 6.9

Don't Let Go

as Garret Radcliff

2019
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals 7.1

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals

as Self - Phastos

2022
Panic Carefully

Panic Carefully

2027
The Fire Inside 7.2

The Fire Inside

as Jason Crutchfield

2024
Irreplaceable You 7.0

Irreplaceable You

as Benji

2018
The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story 7.1

The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story

as Jefferson Davis (voice)

2023
Family 6.5

Family

as Pete

2018
Puerto Ricans in Paris 5.7

Puerto Ricans in Paris

as Larry Labels

2015
Crown Heights 6.6

Crown Heights

as Massup

2017
The Trainer 6.8

The Trainer

as Brian Tyree Henry

2024
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie

as Self

2023
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America 10.0

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

as Prior Walter

2020
Person to Person 5.1

Person to Person

as Mike

2017
Golden

Golden

The Outside Story 5.8

The Outside Story

as Charles Young

2021
The Cold Open 7.3

The Cold Open

2019
Last Night at the Lobster

Last Night at the Lobster

March Forth

March Forth

2026
Running

Running

My America

My America

2014

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