Brian Tyree Henry

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

65

Gender

Male

Birthday

1982-03-31 (43 years old)

Place of Birth

Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA

Also Known As

  • Μπράιαν Ταϊρί Χένρι
  • 브라이언 타이리 헨리
  • ブライアン・タイリー・ヘンリー
  • 布萊恩·泰瑞·亨利

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.

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Known For

Joker
8.1%

Joker

Oct 1, 2019

Godzilla vs. Kong
7.6%

Godzilla vs. Kong

Mar 24, 2021

Eternals
6.8%

Eternals

Nov 3, 2021

Bullet Train
7.4%

Bullet Train

Aug 3, 2022

BoJack Horseman
8.5%

BoJack Horseman

Aug 22, 2014

Widows
6.5%

Widows

Nov 6, 2018

The Woman in the Window
6.0%

The Woman in the Window

May 13, 2021

Child's Play
6.0%

Child's Play

Jun 19, 2019

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Acting

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

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2025
Dope Thief as Executive Producer
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