Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 31, 1982
Place of Birth
Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
Credits
71 titles
Brian Tyree Henry
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Batman: Part II
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Jefferson Morales (voice)
Panic Carefully
Bass X Machina
Bass (voice)
March Forth
Dope Thief
Ray Driscoll
The Fire Inside
Jason Crutchfield
The Trainer
Brian Tyree Henry
Transformers One
D-16 / Megatron (voice)
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Bernie Hayes
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: "I'mma Do My Own Thing" - Interdimensional Destiny
Self
The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story
Jefferson Davis (voice)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Jeff Morales (voice)
Class of '09
Tayo Michaels
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie
Self
The Magician's Elephant
Leo Matienne (voice)
Causeway
James
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Sherri
Self - Guest
Bullet Train
Lemon
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
Self - Phastos
Eternals
Phastos
Vivo
Dancarino (voice)
The Woman in the Window
Detective Little
The Outside Story
Charles Young
Godzilla vs. Kong
Bernie Hayes
Superintelligence
Dennis Caruso
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Prior Walter
Joker
Carl (Arkham Clerk)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Don't Let Go
Garret Radcliff
Child's Play
Detective Mike Norris
The Cold Open
If Beale Street Could Talk
Daniel Carty
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Jefferson Davis (voice)
Widows
Jamal Manning
Busy Tonight
Self - Guest
White Boy Rick
Detective Jackson
Family
Pete
Hotel Artemis
Lev / Honolulu
Irreplaceable You
Benji
Drop the Mic
Self
Crown Heights
Massup
Room 104
Arnold
Person to Person
Mike
This Is Us
Ricky
Atlanta
Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles
Vice Principals
Tavis Brown
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self