Acting
Barry Shabaka Henley
EN cinema · 45 credits
Born
15 September 1954 (age 72)
Birthplace
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Barry Shabaka Henley (born Barry Joseph Henley; September 15, 1954) is an American character actor. Henley is a fixture in many films, most often the films of director Michael Mann, having worked with the director four times. Henley played Herbert Muhammad in Ali. In Collateral he made an impression as a sensitive jazz musician living on borrowed time. He also starred in Steven Spielberg's The Terminal. In Miami Vice, Henley succeeded Edward James Olmos as superior officer, Lt. Martin Castillo. He also appeared in the short-lived television series, Robbery Homicide Division and Barbershop. From 2009, he has played the recurring character of FBI Agent Vreede in FlashForward, an ABC television series. He also played Buddy in How Stella Got Her Groove Back. It was announced that Henley will have a role on Heroes as Detective Fuller. In 1999 Henley supplied the role of Pokerface in the Eddie Murphy/Martin Lawrence film Life. As a stage actor, Henley's honors include the Drama Desk, Obie, and Olivier Awards. He was also a member of the West Coast Black Repertory Theatre and the San Francisco Mime Troupe. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barry Shabaka Henley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
Origami
Actor
Due Season
as Uncle Ken
100 Years from Mississippi
as voiceover poetry, Associate Producer
Dolemite Is My Name
as Demond
Office Uprising
as Clarence
A Star Is Born
as Little Feet
American Nightmares
as Bishop Love
Miscreant
as Detective Lambert
Mad Families
as Pops
Lucky
as Joe
Chasing Titles Vol. 1
as Luke Parker
Paterson
as Doc
White Water
as Rev. Stokes
Water & Power
as Preacher Broyard
Carrie
as Principal Henry Morton
Remember Sunday
as Baptiste
Stolen
as Reginald
The Big Year
as Dr. Neil Kramer
The Dry Land
as Colonel Stephen Evans
State of Play
as Gene Stavitz
Horsemen
as Tuck
Streets of Blood
as Captain Friendly
Miami Vice
as Lt. Martin Castillo
Four Brothers
as Councilman Douglas
Shackles
as Virgil
Lackawanna Blues
as Shakey Winfield
The Terminal
as Thurman
Collateral
as Daniel Baker
Pavement
as Lieutenant Marks
Ali
as Herbert Muhammad
Life
as Pokerface
Patch Adams
as Emmet
Rush Hour
as Bobby
Bulworth
as Man at Frankie's
Fallen
as Uniformed Cop
Lord of Illusions
as Dr. Toffler
Devil in a Blue Dress
as Woodcutter
The Scout
as McDermott
Fear of a Black Hat
as Geoffrey Lennox
The Thing Called Love
as Reverend Raymond
What's Love Got to Do with It
as El Paso Doctor
Till Death Us Do Part
as Judge Barton