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Brian Tyree Henry

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43 Years Old

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Tyree Henry, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA on 31st March 1982

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
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The Late Late Show with James Corden
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Law & Order
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Sherri
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The Good Wife
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This Is Us
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BoJack Horseman
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How to Get Away with Murder
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Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
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Busy Tonight
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Drop the Mic
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Atlanta
Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles
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The Jennifer Hudson Show
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The Jennifer Hudson Show
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Dope Thief
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Room 104
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Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
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The Oscars
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
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Vice Principals
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Class of '09
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The Amazing Race Canada
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
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Transformers One
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Jefferson Davis (voice)
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Joker
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Bullet Train
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Eternals
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Godzilla vs. Kong
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The Fire Inside
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The Knick
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Lie Detector
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Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
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White Boy Rick
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The Magician's Elephant
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Widows
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The Woman in the Window
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If Beale Street Could Talk
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Causeway
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Don't Let Go
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
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The Trainer
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The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story
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Irreplaceable You
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The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
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Crown Heights
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Puerto Ricans in Paris
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Person to Person
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The Outside Story
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My America
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