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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1982-03-31 (43 years old)

Place of Birth

Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

2027

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse as Jeff Morales (voice)

2025

Dope Thief as Ray Driscoll

2024

Transformers One as D-16 / Megatron (voice)
The Fire Inside as Jason Crutchfield

2023

2022

2021

Eternals as Phastos
The Woman in the Window as Detective Little
Godzilla vs. Kong as Bernie Hayes
The Outside Story as Charles Young
Vivo as Dancarino (voice)

2020

2019

Child's Play as Detective Mike Norris
Joker as Carl (Arkham Clerk)
Don't Let Go as Garret Radcliff

2018

White Boy Rick as Detective Jackson
Widows as Jamal Manning
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse as Jefferson Davis (voice)
Hotel Artemis as Lev / Honolulu
Family as Pete
Busy Tonight as Self - Guest
Lie Detector as Self

2017

Crown Heights as Massup
Room 104 as Arnold
Drop the Mic as Self

2016

Vice Principals as Tavis Brown
Atlanta as Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles
This Is Us as Ricky

2015

2014

2013

2009

The Good Wife as Randall Simmons

2003

1990

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest

1953

The Oscars as Self

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Production

2025

Dope Thief as Executive Producer