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.
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Acting
Movie
Joker
as Carl (Arkham Clerk)
2019
Movie
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
as Jefferson Davis (voice)
2018
Movie
Godzilla vs. Kong
as Bernie Hayes
2021
Movie
Eternals
as Phastos
2021
Movie
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as Jeff Morales (voice)
2023
Movie
Bullet Train
as Lemon
2022
Movie
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
as Bernie Hayes
2024
TV
BoJack Horseman
as Cooper Wallace, Jr. / Strib (voice)
2014
Movie
Widows
as Jamal Manning
2018
Movie
The Woman in the Window
as Detective Little
2021
Movie
Child's Play
as Detective Mike Norris
2019
TV
How to Get Away with Murder
as Frank's Public Defender
2014
Movie
Hotel Artemis
as Lev / Honolulu
2018
Movie
Transformers One
as D-16 / Megatron (voice)
2024
TV
This Is Us
as Ricky
2016
Movie
If Beale Street Could Talk
as Daniel Carty
2018
Movie
White Boy Rick
as Detective Jackson
2018
TV
Atlanta
as Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles
2016
Movie
Vivo
as Dancarino (voice)
2021
Movie
Irreplaceable You
as Benji
2018
TV
Law & Order
as Ben
1990
TV
The Good Wife
as Randall Simmons
2009
Movie
Causeway
as James
2022
TV
The Knick
as Larkin
2014
