Brian Tyree Henry
Acting • Born 1982-03-31
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.
Filmography
68 credits
Eternals
Movie • 2021
Phastos
The Magician's Elephant
Movie • 2023
Leo Matienne (voice)
Transformers One
Movie • 2024
D-16 / Megatron (voice)
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Movie • 2027
Jefferson Morales (voice)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
Movie • 2022
Self - Phastos
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Movie • 2023
Jeff Morales (voice)
The Fire Inside
Movie • 2024
Jason Crutchfield
The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story
Movie • 2023
Jefferson Davis (voice)
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Movie • 2024
Bernie Hayes
Puerto Ricans in Paris
Movie • 2015
Larry Labels
The Cold Open
Movie • 2019
Crown Heights
Movie • 2017
Massup
My America
Movie • 2014
White Boy Rick
Movie • 2018
Detective Jackson
Widows
Movie • 2018
Jamal Manning
Person to Person
Movie • 2017
Mike
If Beale Street Could Talk
Movie • 2018
Daniel Carty
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Movie • 2018
Jefferson Davis (voice)
Hotel Artemis
Movie • 2018
Lev / Honolulu
Irreplaceable You
Movie • 2018
Benji
Family
Movie • 2018
Pete
The Woman in the Window
Movie • 2021
Detective Little
Child's Play
Movie • 2019
Detective Mike Norris
Godzilla vs. Kong
Movie • 2021
Bernie Hayes
Superintelligence
Movie • 2020
Dennis Caruso
The Outside Story
Movie • 2021
Charles Young
Joker
Movie • 2019
Carl (Arkham Clerk)
Causeway
Movie • 2022
James
Don't Let Go
Movie • 2019
Garret Radcliff
Bullet Train
Movie • 2022
Lemon
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Movie • 2020
Prior Walter
Vivo
Movie • 2021
Dancarino (voice)
Last Night at the Lobster
Movie
Panic Carefully
Movie • 2027
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie
Movie • 2023
Self
Golden
Movie
The Trainer
Movie • 2024
Brian Tyree Henry
The Book of Mormon
Movie • 2011
General
Room 104
TV • 2017
Arnold
Class of '09
TV • 2023
Tayo Michaels
Vice Principals
TV • 2016
Tavis Brown
The Knick
TV • 2014
Larkin
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Ben
Atlanta
TV • 2016
Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Busy Tonight
TV • 2018
Self - Guest
This Is Us
TV • 2016
Ricky
How to Get Away with Murder
TV • 2014
Frank's Public Defender
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Drop the Mic
TV • 2017
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Dope Thief
TV • 2025
Ray Driscoll
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
BoJack Horseman
TV • 2014
Cooper Wallace, Jr. / Strib (voice)
The Good Wife
TV • 2009
Randall Simmons
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
The Amazing Race Canada
TV • 2013
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Sherri
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
The Emmy Awards
TV • 1949
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Bass X Machina
TV • 2026
Bass (voice)