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

Law & Order

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Good Wife

The Jennifer Hudson Show

All Movies (40)

• The Batman: Part II2027
• Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse2027 · as Jefferson Morales (voice)
• Panic Carefully2027
• March Forth2026
• The Fire Inside2024 · as Jason Crutchfield
• The Trainer2024 · as Brian Tyree Henry
• Transformers One2024 · as D-16 / Megatron (voice)
• Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire2024 · as Bernie Hayes
• The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story2023 · as Jefferson Davis (voice)
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse2023 · as Jeff Morales (voice)
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie2023 · as Self
• The Magician's Elephant2023 · as Leo Matienne (voice)
• Causeway2022 · as James
• Bullet Train2022 · as Lemon
• Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals2022 · as Self - Phastos
• Eternals2021 · as Phastos
• Vivo2021 · as Dancarino (voice)
• The Woman in the Window2021 · as Detective Little
• The Outside Story2021 · as Charles Young
• Godzilla vs. Kong2021 · as Bernie Hayes
• Superintelligence2020 · as Dennis Caruso
• The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America2020 · as Prior Walter
• Joker2019 · as Carl (Arkham Clerk)
• Don't Let Go2019 · as Garret Radcliff
• Child's Play2019 · as Detective Mike Norris
• The Cold Open2019
• If Beale Street Could Talk2018 · as Daniel Carty
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse2018 · as Jefferson Davis (voice)
• Widows2018 · as Jamal Manning
• White Boy Rick2018 · as Detective Jackson
• Family2018 · as Pete
• Hotel Artemis2018 · as Lev / Honolulu
• Irreplaceable You2018 · as Benji
• Crown Heights2017 · as Massup
• Person to Person2017 · as Mike
• Puerto Ricans in Paris2015 · as Larry Labels
• My America2014
• Last Night at the Lobster—
• Golden—
• Running—

All TV Shows (33)

• Bass X Machina2026 · as Bass (voice)
• Dope Thief2025 · as Ray Driscoll
• Class of '092023 · as Tayo Michaels
• The Jennifer Hudson Show2022
• Sherri2022 · as Self - Guest
• The Jennifer Hudson Show2022 · as Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Busy Tonight2018 · as Self - Guest
• Drop the Mic2017 · as Self
• Room 1042017 · as Arnold
• This Is Us2016 · as Ricky
• Atlanta2016 · as Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles
• Vice Principals2016 · as Tavis Brown
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• How to Get Away with Murder2014 · as Frank's Public Defender
• BoJack Horseman2014 · as Cooper Wallace, Jr. / Strib (voice)
• The Knick2014 · as Larkin
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• The Amazing Race Canada2013 · as Self
• RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED2012 · as Self - Guest Judge
• RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars2012 · as Self - Guest Judge
• The Good Wife2009 · as Randall Simmons
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Law & Order1990 · as Ben
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• The Emmy Awards1949 · as Self