Brian Tyree Henry
male

Born on March 31, 1982 (43 years old)
From 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.
Cast Credits
- 2027
- 2024
- 2023
The Magician's Elephant
as
Leo Matienne (voice)
2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as
Jeff Morales (voice)
2023
The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story
as
Jefferson Davis (voice)
2023
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie
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Self
2023
Class of '09
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Tayo Michaels
2023
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
White Boy Rick
as
Detective Jackson
2018
Widows
as
Jamal Manning
2018
If Beale Street Could Talk
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Daniel Carty
2018
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
as
Jefferson Davis (voice)
2018
Hotel Artemis
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Lev / Honolulu
2018
Irreplaceable You
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Benji
2018
Family
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Pete
2018
Busy Tonight
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Self - Guest
2018
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Lie Detector
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Self
2018
- 2017
- 2015
- 2014
- 2025
- 2016
- 2013
- 2009
- 2003
- 1990
- 1988
- 1953