{"id":8182,"date":"2026-07-08T01:15:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T01:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=brian-tyree-henry"},"modified":"2026-07-08T01:15:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T01:15:57","slug":"brian-tyree-henry","status":"publish","type":"movie_engine_person","link":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=brian-tyree-henry","title":{"rendered":"Brian Tyree Henry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Tyree Henry\u00a0(born March 31, 1982) is an American actor. He rose to prominence for his role as rapper Alfred &#8220;Paper Boi&#8221; Miles in the\u00a0FX comedy-drama series\u00a0Atlanta\u00a0(2016\u20132022), for which he received a nomination for the\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.<\/p>\n<p>Henry had a guest role in\u00a0This Is Us\u00a0in 2017 and had his film breakthrough in 2018 with roles in\u00a0Steve McQueen&#8217;s heist film\u00a0Widows\u00a0and\u00a0Barry Jenkins&#8217; romantic drama\u00a0If Beale Street Could Talk. He has since appeared in\u00a0Child&#8217;s Play\u00a0(2019),\u00a0Joker\u00a0(2019),\u00a0Godzilla vs. Kong\u00a0(2021),\u00a0Bullet Train (2022), and\u00a0Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024). He portrayed\u00a0Phastos\u00a0in the\u00a0Marvel Cinematic Universe\u00a0film\u00a0Eternals\u00a0(2021). He was nominated for the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor\u00a0for playing a grieving man in the drama film\u00a0Causeway\u00a0(2022). He also voiced\u00a0Jefferson Davis\u00a0in\u00a0Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse\u00a0(2018) and its sequel, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse\u00a0(2023) and\u00a0Megatron\u00a0in\u00a0Transformers One\u00a0(2024).<\/p>\n<p>Henry has also appeared on stage, making his debut performance in the\u00a0Shakespeare in the Park\u00a0production of\u00a0Romeo and Juliet\u00a0(2007) and acting in various plays at the\u00a0Public Theatre before appearing in the original Broadway cast of\u00a0The Book of Mormon\u00a0(2011). In 2014, he appeared in the off-Broadway musical\u00a0The Fortress of Solitude. For his performance in the 2018\u00a0Broadway\u00a0revival of\u00a0Kenneth Lonergan&#8217;s play\u00a0Lobby Hero, he received a nomination for the\u00a0Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play.<\/p>\n<p>Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Tyree Henry, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Tyree Henry\u00a0(born March 31, 1982) is an American actor. He rose to prominence for his role as rapper Alfred &#8220;Paper Boi&#8221; Miles in the\u00a0FX comedy-drama series\u00a0Atlanta\u00a0(2016\u20132022), for which he received a nomination for the\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. 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