Brian Tyree Henry

Known for ActingBorn 1982-03-31 (age 44)Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

BoJack Horseman

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

This Is Us

Joker

Transformers One

Atlanta

The Amazing Race Canada

The Knick

How to Get Away with Murder

Godzilla vs. Kong

The Cold Open

The Good Wife

Bullet Train

The Fire Inside

Vivo

The Emmy Awards

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

Vice Principals

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals

The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story

Class of '09

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

Law & Order

Irreplaceable You

Don't Let Go

If Beale Street Could Talk

The Trainer

The Magician's Elephant

Eternals

Crown Heights

Dope Thief

Causeway

Family

Drop the Mic

Widows

The Kelly Clarkson Show

White Boy Rick

The Oscars

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Hotel Artemis

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Woman in the Window

Child's Play

Superintelligence

The Outside Story

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon