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Barry Shabaka Henley
Barry Shabaka Henley

Barry Shabaka Henley

ActingBorn September 15, 1954 (age 71)New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Biography

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.

Filmography

2025
Death by Lightning

as Blanche Bruce

TV
2025
FOREVER

as George

TV
2022
Due Season

as Uncle Ken

Movie
2021
100 Years from Mississippi

as voiceover poetry

Movie
2019Movie
2019
Bob Hearts Abishola

as Uncle Tunde

TV
2019
Sherman's Showcase

as Uncle Phil

TV
2018
American Nightmares

as Bishop Love

Movie
2018
Miscreant

as Detective Lambert

Movie
2018
A Star Is Born

as Little Feet

Movie
2018
Office Uprising

as Clarence

Movie
2018
Station 19

as Oscar Delgado

TV
2017
Lucky

as Joe

Movie
2017
Chasing Titles Vol. 1

as Luke Parker

Movie
2017Movie
2016
Paterson

as Doc

Movie
2015
Better Call Saul

as Detective Sanders

TV
2015
White Water

as Rev. Stokes

Movie
2015
Bosch

as Terry Drake

TV
2014
black-ish

as T Jackson

TV
2014
Extant

as Senator Gabel

TV
2014
Water & Power

as Preacher Broyard

Movie
2013
Carrie

as Principal Henry Morton

Movie
2013TV
2013TV
2013
Remember Sunday

as Baptiste

Movie
2012
Elementary

as Wendell Hecht

TV
2012
Stolen

as Reginald

Movie
2012
Veep

as Fast Food Executive

TV
2011
The Big Year

as Dr. Neil Kramer

Movie
2011
Unforgettable

as Leo Hackett

TV
2011
Body of Proof

as Al Chapman

TV
2011
Fairly Legal

as Agent Donovan

TV
2011
Shameless

as Glen Aufseeser

TV
2010
The Dry Land

as Colonel Stephen Evans

Movie
2010
The Good Guys

as Commissioner

TV
2009
FlashForward

as Shelly Vreede

TV
2009
Streets of Blood

as Captain Friendly

Movie
2009
State of Play

as Gene Stavitz

Movie
2009
Horsemen

as Tuck

Movie
2009
Lie to Me

as Dr. Vincent Olson

TV
2006
Heroes

as Bryan Fuller

TV
2006
Miami Vice

as Lt. Martin Castillo

Movie
2005
Close to Home

as Lou Drummer

TV
2005
Shackles

as Virgil

Movie
2005
Barbershop

as Eddie

TV
2005
Four Brothers

as Councilman Douglas

Movie
2005
Grey's Anatomy

as Mr. Patterson

TV
2005
Lackawanna Blues

as Shakey Winfield

Movie
2005
Numb3rs

as Coach Grady

TV
2004
Collateral

as Daniel Baker

Movie
2004
The Terminal

as Thurman

Movie
2004
Hustle

as Thomas Jackson

TV
2003
NCIS

as Earl Goddard

TV
2002
Pavement

as Lieutenant Marks

Movie
2002
Robbery Homicide Division

as Sgt. Albert Simms

TV
2001
Ali

as Herbert Muhammad

Movie
2001
Crossing Jordan

as Omar Maltese

TV
1999TV
1999
Life

as Pokerface

Movie
1998
Patch Adams

as Emmet

Movie
1998
Rush Hour

as Bobby

Movie
1998
Bulworth

as Man at Frankie's

Movie
1998
Fallen

as Uniformed Cop

Movie
1997
Brooklyn South

as Mr. Anders

TV
1997
Oz

as Lieutenant Schmand

TV
1997
Die Gang

as Sam Otero

TV
1996
The Steve Harvey Show

as Tom Cunningham

TV
1995Movie
1995
The Client

as Linton Bell

TV
1995
Lord of Illusions

as Dr. Toffler

Movie
1995Movie
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Horrible-Looking Giant #1 (voice)

TV
1994
The Scout

as McDermott

Movie
1994
ER

as Detective

TV
1994
Fear of a Black Hat

as Geoffrey Lennox

Movie
1994TV
1993
The Thing Called Love

as Reverend Raymond

Movie
1993Movie
1992
Till Death Us Do Part

as Judge Barton

Movie
1991
The Royal Family

as Willis Tillis

TV
1991TV
1991
Roc

as Ernie

TV
1987TV
Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdaySeptember 15, 1954
Place of BirthNew Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Popularity1.1