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

• Transformers One as D-16 / Megatron (voice)
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Jeff Morales (voice)
• Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire as Bernie Hayes
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse as Jefferson Davis (voice)
• Irreplaceable You as Benji
• Godzilla vs. Kong as Bernie Hayes
• Joker as Carl (Arkham Clerk)
• Bullet Train as Lemon
• Vivo as Dancarino (voice)
• Eternals as Phastos

TV

• The Knick as Larkin
• Atlanta as Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles
• This Is Us as Ricky
• How to Get Away with Murder as Frank's Public Defender
• BoJack Horseman as Cooper Wallace, Jr. / Strib (voice)
• Room 104 as Arnold
• Class of '09 as Tayo Michaels
• Vice Principals as Tavis Brown
• Law & Order as Ben
• The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest