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Brian Tyree Henry

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Brian Tyree Henry

Born March 31, 1982 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA36 films

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.

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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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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse posterFirst watchSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse20188.4as Jefferson Davis (voice)Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable powers…View film

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Filmography

36 films as actor
  1. TBALast Night at the Lobster
  2. TBAGolden
  3. TBARunning
  4. 2028The Batman: Part II
  5. 2027Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-VerseJefferson Morales (voice)
  6. 2027Panic Carefully
  7. 2024The Fire InsideJason Crutchfield
  8. 2024The TrainerBrian Tyree Henry
  9. 2024Transformers OneD-16 / Megatron (voice)
  10. 2024Godzilla x Kong: The New EmpireBernie Hayes
  11. 2023The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse StoryJefferson Davis (voice)
  12. 2023Spider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseJeff Morales (voice)
  13. 2023The Magician's ElephantLeo Matienne (voice)
  14. 2022CausewayJames
  15. 2022Bullet TrainLemon
  16. 2021EternalsPhastos
  17. 2021VivoDancarino (voice)
  18. 2021The Woman in the WindowDetective Little
  19. 2021The Outside StoryCharles Young
  20. 2021Godzilla vs. KongBernie Hayes
  21. 2020SuperintelligenceDennis Caruso
  22. 2020The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in AmericaPrior Walter
  23. 2019JokerCarl (Arkham Clerk)
  24. 2019Don't Let GoGarret Radcliff
  25. 2019Child's PlayMike
  26. 2019The Cold Open
  27. 2018If Beale Street Could TalkDaniel Carty
  28. 2018Spider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseJefferson Davis (voice)
  29. 2018WidowsJamal Manning
  30. 2018White Boy RickDetective Jackson
  31. 2018FamilyPete
  32. 2018Hotel ArtemisLev / Honolulu
  33. 2018Irreplaceable YouBenji
  34. 2017Crown HeightsMassup
  35. 2017Person to PersonMike
  36. 2015Puerto Ricans in ParisLarry Labels