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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 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), and 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. Provided by Wikipedia