Brian Tyree Henry

Acting · Born 1982-03-31 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA

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…

Filmography

• Eternals as Phastos
• The Magician's Elephant as Leo Matienne (voice)
• Transformers One as D-16 / Megatron (voice)
• Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals as Self - Phastos
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Jeff Morales (voice)
• The Fire Inside as Jason Crutchfield
• The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story as Jefferson Davis (voice)
• Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire as Bernie Hayes
• Puerto Ricans in Paris as Larry Labels
• The Cold Open