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