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