Brian Tyree Henry

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.

Cast

Eternals

(Phastos)

The Magician's Elephant

(Leo Matienne (voice))

Transformers One

(D-16 / Megatron (voice))

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

(Jeff Morales (voice))

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals

(Self - Phastos)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

(Jeff Morales (voice))

The Fire Inside

(Jason Crutchfield)

The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story

(Jefferson Davis (voice))

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

(Bernie Hayes)

Puerto Ricans in Paris

(Larry Labels)

The Cold Open

Crown Heights

(Massup)

My America

White Boy Rick

(Detective Jackson)

Widows

(Jamal Manning)

Person to Person

(Mike)

If Beale Street Could Talk

(Daniel Carty)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

(Jefferson Davis (voice))

Hotel Artemis

(Lev / Honolulu)

Irreplaceable You

(Benji)

Family

(Pete)

The Woman in the Window

(Detective Little)

Child's Play

(Detective Mike Norris)

Godzilla vs. Kong

(Bernie Hayes)

Superintelligence

(Dennis Caruso)

The Outside Story

(Charles Young)

Joker

(Carl (Arkham Clerk))

Causeway

(James)

Don't Let Go

(Garret Radcliff)

Bullet Train

(Lemon)

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

(Prior Walter)

Vivo

(Dancarino (voice))

Last Night at the Lobster

Panic Carefully

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie

(Self)

Golden

The Trainer

(Brian Tyree Henry)

Atlanta The Film

(Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles)

Room 104

(Arnold)

Class of '09

(Tayo Michaels)

Vice Principals

(Tavis Brown)

The Knick

(Larkin)

Law & Order

(Ben)

Atlanta

(Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles)

The Late Late Show with James Corden

(Self - Guest)

Busy Tonight

(Self - Guest)

This Is Us

(Ricky)

How to Get Away with Murder

(Frank's Public Defender)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

(Self)

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Drop the Mic

(Self)

Late Night with Seth Meyers

(Self)

Dope Thief

(Ray Driscoll)

The Kelly Clarkson Show

(Self)

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

(Self - Guest)

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

(Self)

The Oscars

(Self)

BoJack Horseman

(Cooper Wallace, Jr. / Strib (voice))

The Good Wife

(Randall Simmons)

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

(Self)

The Amazing Race Canada

(Self)

Lie Detector

(Self)

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

(Self)

Sherri

(Self - Guest)

The Jennifer Hudson Show

(Self)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

(Self)

The Emmy Awards

(Self)

Late Night with Seth Meyers

(Self - Guest)