Biography
Brian Tyree Henry is an American actor born on 31 March 1982 in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He first gained prominence for his role as Alfred "Paper Boi" Miles in the FX series Atlanta (2016–2022), earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
His film work includes supporting roles in Widows (2018), If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), Joker (2019), Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), Eternals (2021) as Phastos, Bullet Train (2022) and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) as Bernie Hayes. He voiced Jefferson Davis in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and Jeff Morales in its sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), and D-16/Megatron in Transformers One (2024). He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Causeway (2022).
On stage, Henry appeared in the original Broadway cast of The Book of Mormon (2011) and received a Tony Award nomination for the 2018 Broadway revival of Lobby Hero. He stars as Ray Driscoll in the 2025 Apple TV+ series Dope Thief.
