Brian Tyree Henry

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 comedydrama series Atlanta 20162022 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 McQueens heist film Widows and Barry Jenkins romantic drama If Beale Street Could Talk He has since appeared in Childs 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 SpiderMan Into the SpiderVerse 2018 and its sequel SpiderMan Across the SpiderVerse 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 offBroadway musical The Fortress of Solitude For his performance in the 2018 Broadway revival of Kenneth Lonergans 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia