Brian Tyree Henry
Known for Acting · 69 credits
- Born
- 1982-03-31 (age 44)
- Place of birth
- 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.
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Known For
TV Shows (29)
Law & Order
1990
as Ben
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self / Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
The Good Wife
2009
as Randall Simmons
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
as Frank's Public Defender
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
This Is Us
2016
as Ricky
Sherri
2022
as Self - Guest
BoJack Horseman
2014
as Cooper Wallace, Jr. / Strib (voice)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012
as Self - Guest Judge
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Atlanta
2016
as Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles
Room 104
2017
as Arnold
The Knick
2014
as Larkin
Drop the Mic
2017
as Self
Dope Thief
2025
as Ray Driscoll
Vice Principals
2016
as Tavis Brown
Class of '09
2023
as Tayo Michaels
Busy Tonight
2018
as Self - Guest
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
The Amazing Race Canada
2013
as Self
Bass X Machina
2026
as Bass (voice)
Movies (40)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
as Jeff Morales (voice)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018
as Jefferson Davis (voice)
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
2024
as Bernie Hayes
Joker
2019
as Carl (Arkham Clerk)
Bullet Train
2022
as Lemon
Transformers One
2024
as D-16 / Megatron (voice)
Eternals
2021
as Phastos
Godzilla vs. Kong
2021
as Bernie Hayes
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
2027
as Jefferson Morales (voice)
Vivo
2021
as Dancarino (voice)
Widows
2018
as Jamal Manning
White Boy Rick
2018
as Detective Jackson
Untitled The Batman Sequel
2027
Child's Play
2019
as Detective Mike Norris
The Woman in the Window
2021
as Detective Little
Superintelligence
2020
as Dennis Caruso
Causeway
2022
as James
Hotel Artemis
2018
as Lev / Honolulu
Panic Carefully
2027
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
2022
as Self - Phastos
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018
as Daniel Carty
The Magician's Elephant
2023
as Leo Matienne (voice)
Family
2018
as Pete
The Trainer
2024
as Brian Tyree Henry
Irreplaceable You
2018
as Benji
The Fire Inside
2024
as Jason Crutchfield
Don't Let Go
2019
as Garret Radcliff
Crown Heights
2017
as Massup
Puerto Ricans in Paris
2015
as Larry Labels
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020
as Prior Walter
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie
2023
as Self
Person to Person
2017
as Mike
The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story
2023
as Jefferson Davis (voice)
Golden
The Cold Open
2019
Last Night at the Lobster
My America
2014
The Outside Story
2021
as Charles Young
March Forth
2026
Running
About Brian Tyree Henry
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 (201… With 69 credits spanning from 1949 to 2027, Brian Tyree Henry has appeared in 40 films and 29 TV shows.
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- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) — as Jeff Morales (voice)
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) — as Jefferson Davis (voice)
- Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) — as Bernie Hayes
- Joker (2019) — as Carl (Arkham Clerk)
- Bullet Train (2022) — as Lemon
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