
Barry Shabaka Henley
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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.
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Carrie (2013)
as Principal Henry Morton

A Star Is Born (2018)
as Little Feet

Patch Adams (1998)
as Emmet

Rush Hour (1998)
as Bobby

Collateral (2004)
as Daniel Baker

The Terminal (2004)
as Thurman

Fallen (1998)
as Uniformed Cop

Miami Vice (2006)
as Lt. Martin Castillo

Four Brothers (2005)
as Councilman Douglas

Bulworth (1998)
as Man at Frankie's

State of Play (2009)
as Gene Stavitz

Office Uprising (2018)
as Clarence

The Big Year (2011)
as Dr. Neil Kramer

Mad Families (2017)
as Pops

Life (1999)
as Pokerface

Ali (2001)
as Herbert Muhammad

Stolen (2012)
as Reginald

Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
as Woodcutter

Streets of Blood (2009)
as Captain Friendly

Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
as Demond

Paterson (2016)
as Doc

What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
as El Paso Doctor

Lucky (2017)
as Joe

Horsemen (2009)
as Tuck

How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
as Buddy

The Thing Called Love (1993)
as Reverend Raymond

Lord of Illusions (1995)
as Dr. Toffler

White Water (2015)
as Rev. Stokes

The Scout (1994)
as McDermott

Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995)
as Dravec

Remember Sunday (2013)
as Baptiste

Lackawanna Blues (2005)
as Shakey Winfield

Fear of a Black Hat (1994)
as Geoffrey Lennox

American Nightmares (2018)
as Bishop Love

City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral' (2004)
as Self

Shackles (2005)
as Virgil

Till Death Us Do Part (1992)
as Judge Barton

Pavement (2002)
as Lieutenant Marks

Water & Power (2014)
as Preacher Broyard

Due Season (2022)
as Uncle Ken

Chasing Titles Vol. 1 (2017)
as Luke Parker

The Dry Land (2010)
as Colonel Stephen Evans

100 Years from Mississippi (2021)
as voiceover poetry

Miscreant (2018)
as Detective Lambert

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