Brian Tyree Henry
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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
Law & Order
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Good Wife
The Oscars
The Late Late Show with James Corden
BoJack Horseman
The Emmy Awards
How to Get Away with Murder
Room 104
Boardwalk Empire
Busy Tonight
The Amazing Race Canada
Vice Principals
This Is Us
Joker
If Beale Street Could Talk
Person to Person
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
Irreplaceable You
White Boy Rick
Widows
The Woman in the Window
Vivo
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Hotel Artemis
Eternals
Don't Let Go
Child's Play
Bullet Train
Godzilla vs. Kong
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
The Magician's Elephant
Transformers One
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Causeway
Atlanta
Class of '09
Dope Thief
Production Credits
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