Brian Tyree Henry

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1982-03-31 (42 years old)

Place of Birth Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA

Also Known As Μπράιαν Ταϊρί Χένρι, 브라이언 타이리 헨리, ブライアン・タイリー・ヘンリー, 布萊恩·泰瑞·亨利

Brian Tyree Henry

Biography

Brian Tyree Henry (born March 31, 1982) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Alfred "Paper Boi" Miles in the FX comedy-drama series Atlanta (2016–2022), for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. He is also known for his performances in Boardwalk Empire, How to Get Away with Murder, and This Is Us. Henry made his film breakthrough in 2018 with starring roles in Steve McQueen's heist film Widows, Barry Jenkins' romantic drama film If Beale Street Could Talk, and the animated superhero film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. He's since appeared in Joker (2019), Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), The Woman in the Window (2021), and Bullet Train (2022). He portrayed Phastos in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Eternals (2021). In 2022, he starred in Causeway (2022) which earned him a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He 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 Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play.

Known For

Actor

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

as Jeff Morales (voice)

2025
2025
Dope Thief

as Ray

2024
The Fire Inside

as Jason Crutchfield

2024
Transformers One

as D-16 / Megatron (voice)

2023
The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story

as Jefferson Davis (voice)

2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

as Jeff Morales (voice)

2023
The Magician's Elephant

as Leo Matienne (voice)

2023
Class of '09

as Tayo Michaels

2022
Causeway

as James

2022
Bullet Train

as Lemon

2021
Eternals

as Phastos

2021
Vivo

as Dancarino (voice)

2021
The Woman in the Window

as Detective Little

2021
The Outside Story

as Charles Young

2021
Godzilla vs. Kong

as Bernie Hayes

2020
Superintelligence

as Dennis Caruso

2019
Joker

as Carl (Arkham Clerk)

2019
Don't Let Go

as Garret Radcliff

2019
Child's Play

as Detective Mike Norris

2018
2018
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

as Jefferson Davis (voice)

2018
Widows

as Jamal Manning

2018
White Boy Rick

as Detective Jackson

2018
Family

as Pete

2018
Hotel Artemis

as Lev / Honolulu

2018
2018
Busy Tonight

as Self - Guest

2018
Lie Detector

as Self

2017
Crown Heights

as Massup

2017
2017
Drop the Mic

as Self

2017
Room 104

as Arnold

2016
This Is Us

as Ricky

2016
Atlanta

as Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles

2016
Vice Principals

as Tavis Brown

2015
Puerto Ricans in Paris

as Larry Labels

2014
How to Get Away with Murder

as Frank's Public Defender

2014
BoJack Horseman

as Cooper Wallace, Jr. / Strib (voice)

2014
The Knick

as Larkin

2009
The Good Wife

as Randall Simmons

2003
1990
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

1953
The Oscars

as Self

Producer

2025
Dope Thief

as Executive Producer