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.
Known for
Credits
Rush Hour (1998)
as Bobby
Collateral (2004)
as Daniel Baker
The Terminal (2004)
as Thurman
Four Brothers (2005)
as Councilman Douglas
Life (1999)
as Pokerface
A Star Is Born (2018)
as Little Feet
Fallen (1998)
as Uniformed Cop
Miami Vice (2006)
as Lt. Martin Castillo
Patch Adams (1998)
as Emmet
Carrie (2013)
as Principal Henry Morton
State of Play (2009)
as Gene Stavitz
Stolen (2012)
as Reginald
Mad Families (2017)
as Pops
Ali (2001)
as Herbert Muhammad
Paterson (2016)
as Doc
The Big Year (2011)
as Dr. Neil Kramer
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
as Woodcutter
Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
as Demond
Horsemen (2009)
as Tuck
What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
as El Paso Doctor
How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
as Buddy
Water & Power (2014)
as Preacher Broyard
Lord of Illusions (1995)
as Dr. Toffler
Bulworth (1998)
as Man at Frankie's
Office Uprising (2018)
as Clarence
The Scout (1994)
as McDermott
Lucky (2017)
as Joe
The Thing Called Love (1993)
as Reverend Raymond
The Dry Land (2010)
as Colonel Stephen Evans
Remember Sunday (2013)
as Baptiste
Streets of Blood (2009)
as Captain Friendly
Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995)
as Dravec
Lackawanna Blues (2005)
as Shakey Winfield
White Water (2015)
as Rev. Stokes
American Nightmares (2018)
as Bishop Love
Till Death Us Do Part (1992)
as Judge Barton
Fear of a Black Hat (1994)
as Geoffrey Lennox
Pavement (2002)
as Lieutenant Marks
Due Season (2022)
as Uncle Ken
Shackles (2005)
as Virgil
Chasing Titles Vol. 1 (2017)
as Luke Parker
City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral' (2004)
as Self
Origami (—)
Actor
100 Years from Mississippi (2021)
as voiceover poetry
Miscreant (2018)
as Detective Lambert