Brian Tyree Henry
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
Actor
as Jeff Morales (voice)
as Ray Driscoll
as Jason Crutchfield
as D-16 / Megatron (voice)
as Bernie Hayes
as Jefferson Davis (voice)
as Jeff Morales (voice)
as Leo Matienne (voice)
as Tayo Michaels
as James
as Lemon
as Self - Phastos
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Phastos
as Dancarino (voice)
as Detective Little
as Charles Young
as Bernie Hayes
as Dennis Caruso
as Prior Walter
as Carl (Arkham Clerk)
as Garret Radcliff
as Detective Mike Norris
as Self
as Daniel Carty
as Jefferson Davis (voice)
as Jamal Manning
as Detective Jackson
as Pete
as Lev / Honolulu
as Benji
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Massup
as Mike
as Self
as Arnold
as Ricky
as Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles
as Tavis Brown
as Larry Labels
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Frank's Public Defender
as Cooper Wallace, Jr. / Strib (voice)
as Larkin
as Self
as Self
as Randall Simmons
as Self
as Ben
as Self - Guest
as Self
Producer
as Executive Producer