Barry Shabaka Henley

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1954-09-15 (70 years old)

Place of Birth New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Barry Shabaka Henley

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Barry Shabaka Henley (born Barry Joseph Henley; September 15, 1954) is an American character actor. Henley is a fixture in many films, most often the films of director Michael Mann, having worked with the director four times. Henley played Herbert Muhammad in Ali. In Collateral he made an impression as a sensitive jazz musician living on borrowed time. He also starred in Steven Spielberg's The Terminal. In Miami Vice, Henley succeeded Edward James Olmos as superior officer, Lt. Martin Castillo. He also appeared in the short-lived television series, Robbery Homicide Division and Barbershop. From 2009, he has played the recurring character of FBI Agent Vreede in FlashForward, an ABC television series. He also played Buddy in How Stella Got Her Groove Back. It was announced that Henley will have a role on Heroes as Detective Fuller. In 1999 Henley supplied the role of Pokerface in the Eddie Murphy/Martin Lawrence film Life. As a stage actor, Henley's honors include the Drama Desk, Obie, and Olivier Awards. He was also a member of the West Coast Black Repertory Theatre and the San Francisco Mime Troupe. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barry Shabaka Henley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

2022
Due Season

as Uncle Ken

2021
100 Years From Mississippi

as voiceover poetry

2019
2019
Bob Hearts Abishola

as Uncle Tunde

2019
Sherman's Showcase

as Uncle Phil

2018
American Nightmares

as Bishop Love

2018
Miscreant

as Detective Lambert

2018
A Star Is Born

as Little Feet

2018
Office Uprising

as Clarence

2018
Station 19

as Oscar Delgado

2017
Lucky

as Joe

2017
Chasing Titles Vol. 1

as Luke Parker

2017
Mad Families

as Pops

2016
Paterson

as Doc

2015
White Water

as Rev. Stokes

2015
Better Call Saul

as Detective Sanders

2015
Bosch

as Terry Drake

2014
Water & Power

as Preacher Broyard

2014
black-ish

as T Jackson

2014
Extant

as Senator Gabel

2013
Carrie

as Principal Henry Morton

2013
Remember Sunday

as Baptiste

2013
2013
2012
Stolen

as Reginald

2012
Elementary

as Wendell Hecht

2012
Veep

as Fast Food Executive

2011
The Big Year

as Dr. Neil Kramer

2011
Unforgettable

as Leo Hackett

2011
Body of Proof

as Al Chapman

2011
Shameless

as Glen Aufseeser

2010
The Dry Land

as Colonel Stephen Evans

2009
Streets of Blood

as Captain Friendly

2009
State of Play

as Gene Stavitz

2009
Horsemen

as Tuck

2009
FlashForward

as Shelly Vreede

2006
Miami Vice

as Lt. Martin Castillo

2006
Heroes

as Detective Bryan Fuller

2005
Shackles

as Virgil

2005
Four Brothers

as Councilman Douglas

2005
Lackawanna Blues

as Shakey Winfield

2005
Barbershop

as Eddie

2005
Grey's Anatomy

as Mr. Patterson

2004
Collateral

as Daniel Baker

2004
The Terminal

as Thurman

2004
Hustle

as Thomas Jackson

2002
Pavement

as Lieutenant Marks

2001
Ali

as Herbert Muhammad

2001
Crossing Jordan

as Omar Maltese

1999
Life

as Pokerface

1999
1998
Patch Adams

as Emmet

1998
Rush Hour

as Bobby

1998
Bulworth

as Man at Frankie's

1998
Fallen

as Uniformed Cop

1997
Brooklyn South

as Mr. Anders

1997
Oz

as Lieutenant Schmand

1997
Die Gang

as Sam Otero

1996
The Steve Harvey Show

as Tom Cunningham

1995
Devil in a Blue Dress

as Woodcutter

1995
Lord of Illusions

as Dr. Toffler

1995
The Client

as Linton Bell

1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Horrible-Looking Giant #1 (voice)

1994
The Scout

as McDermott

1994
Fear of a Black Hat

as Geoffrey Lennox

1994
ER

as Detective

1993
The Thing Called Love

as Reverend Raymond

1993
1992
Till Death Us Do Part

as Judge Barton

1991
The Royal Family

as Willis Tillis

1991
1991
Roc

as Ernie

Producer

2021
100 Years From Mississippi

as Associate Producer