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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Known For
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Jeff Morales (voice)
2027
The Fire Inside
Jason Crutchfield
2024
Transformers One
D-16 / Megatron (voice)
2024
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Bernie Hayes
2024
The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story
Jefferson Davis (voice)
2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Jeff Morales (voice)
2023
The Magician's Elephant
Leo Matienne (voice)
2023
Causeway
James
2022
Bullet Train
Lemon
2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
Self - Phastos
2022
Eternals
Phastos
2021
Vivo
Dancarino (voice)
2021
The Woman in the Window
Detective Little
2021
The Outside Story
Charles Young
2021
Godzilla vs. Kong
Bernie Hayes
2021
Superintelligence
Dennis Caruso
2020
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Prior Walter
2020
Joker
Carl (Arkham Clerk)
2019
Don't Let Go
Garret Radcliff
2019
Child's Play
Detective Mike Norris
2019
The Cold Open
2019
If Beale Street Could Talk
Daniel Carty
2018
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Jefferson Davis (voice)
2018
Widows
Jamal Manning
2018
White Boy Rick
Detective Jackson
2018
Family
Pete
2018
Hotel Artemis
Lev / Honolulu
2018
Irreplaceable You
Benji
2018
Crown Heights
Massup
2017
Person to Person
Mike
2017
Puerto Ricans in Paris
Larry Labels
2015
My America
2014
Last Night at the Lobster
Panic Carefully
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie
Self
2023
Golden
Dope Thief
Ray Driscoll · (8 episodes)
2025
The Trainer
Brian Tyree Henry
2024
Class of '09
Tayo Michaels · (8 episodes)
2023
The Jennifer Hudson Show
(1 episode)
2022
Sherri
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self · (1 episode)
2022
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(2 episodes)
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · (1 episode)
2019
Busy Tonight
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2018
Lie Detector
Self · (1 episode)
2018
Drop the Mic
Self · (1 episode)
2017
Room 104
Arnold · (1 episode)
2017
This Is Us
Ricky · (1 episode)
2016
Atlanta
Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles · (41 episodes)
2016
Vice Principals
Tavis Brown · (3 episodes)
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (1 episode)
2014
How to Get Away with Murder
Frank's Public Defender · (1 episode)
2014
BoJack Horseman
Cooper Wallace, Jr. / Strib (voice) · (1 episode)
2014
The Knick
Larkin · (1 episode)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (2 episodes)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
2014
The Amazing Race Canada
Self · (1 episode)
2013
The Good Wife
Randall Simmons · (1 episode)
2009
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (1 episode)
2003
Law & Order
Ben · (1 episode)
1990
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1988
The Oscars
Self · (1 episode)
1953