Brian Tyree Henry

Birthday: 1982-03-31
Birthplace: Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
Gender: Male
Drafted: 402
Drafted By: The Free Refills
Owned By: The Free Refills
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 1
Win Bonus: 1
Nom Bonus: 1
Total Points: 4

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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Career Statisics

Season Age Movie Role Result Points
2023 41 Causeway (2022) Supporting Actor Nom 4
Career 4

Transaction History

Date Location Team Receives Team Receives Team Receives

Credits

Year Title Character
Last Night at the Lobster
Panic Carefully
Golden
2027-06-02 Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse Jeff Morales (voice)
2024-12-25 The Fire Inside Jason Crutchfield
2024-09-11 Transformers One D-16 / Megatron (voice)
2024-03-27 Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Bernie Hayes
2023-06-12 The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story Jefferson Davis (voice)
2023-05-31 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Jeff Morales (voice)
2023-03-10 The Magician's Elephant Leo Matienne (voice)
2022-10-28 Causeway James
2022-08-03 Bullet Train Lemon
2021-11-03 Eternals Phastos
2021-07-30 Vivo Dancarino (voice)
2021-05-13 The Woman in the Window Detective Little
2021-04-30 The Outside Story Charles Young
2021-03-24 Godzilla vs. Kong Bernie Hayes
2020-12-11 Superintelligence Dennis Caruso
2020-10-08 The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America Prior Walter
2019-10-01 Joker Carl (Arkham Clerk)
2019-08-30 Don't Let Go Garret Radcliff
2019-06-19 Child's Play Detective Mike Norris
2019-02-23 The Cold Open
2018-12-14 If Beale Street Could Talk Daniel Carty
2018-12-06 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Jefferson Davis (voice)
2018-11-06 Widows Jamal Manning
2018-09-14 White Boy Rick Detective Jackson
2018-08-19 Family Pete
2018-06-07 Hotel Artemis Lev / Honolulu
2018-02-16 Irreplaceable You Benji
2017-08-25 Crown Heights Massup
2017-07-28 Person to Person Mike
2015-06-12 Puerto Ricans in Paris Larry Labels
2014-07-04 My America