Name
Barry Shabaka Henley
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1954-09-15 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Biography
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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.
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- 2004 The Terminal as Thurman
- 2004 Collateral as Daniel Baker
- 1998 Patch Adams as Emmet
- 1999 Life as Pokerface
- 2001 Ali as Herbert Muhammad
- 2005 Four Brothers as Councilman Douglas
- 1994 The Scout as McDermott
- 2010 The Dry Land as Colonel Stephen Evans
- 2009 State of Play as Gene Stavitz
- 2002 Pavement as Lieutenant Marks
- 2009 Horsemen as Tuck
- 1994 Fear of a Black Hat as Geoffrey Lennox
- 2005 Shackles as Virgil
- 2009 Streets of Blood as Captain Friendly
- 2004 City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral' as Self
- 2013 Carrie as Principal Henry Morton
- 2013 Remember Sunday as Baptiste
- 2022 Due Season as Uncle Ken
- 1993 The Thing Called Love as Reverend Raymond
- 2014 Water & Power as Preacher Broyard
- 1998 How Stella Got Her Groove Back as Buddy
- 2021 100 Years from Mississippi as voiceover poetry
- 1993 What's Love Got to Do with It as El Paso Doctor
- 2016 Paterson as Doc
- 2006 Miami Vice as Lt. Martin Castillo
- 2005 Lackawanna Blues as Shakey Winfield
- 2017 Mad Families as Pops
- 2017 Lucky as Joe
- 1992 Till Death Us Do Part as Judge Barton
- 2017 Chasing Titles Vol. 1 as Luke Parker
- 1998 Rush Hour as Bobby
- 1998 Bulworth as Man at Frankie's
- Soon Origami
- 2012 Stolen as Reginald
- 2018 Office Uprising as Clarence
- 2018 A Star Is Born as Little Feet
- 1995 Lord of Illusions as Dr. Toffler
- 1995 Devil in a Blue Dress as Woodcutter
- 1995 Destiny Turns on the Radio as Dravec
- 2018 American Nightmares as Bishop Love
- 2019 Dolemite Is My Name as Demond
- 2015 White Water as Rev. Stokes
- 2011 The Big Year as Dr. Neil Kramer
- 1998 Fallen as Uniformed Cop
- 2018 Miscreant as Detective Lambert
- 1996 Malcolm & Eddie ( 1 episode )
- 1994 Duckman ( 1 episode )
- 2005 Grey's Anatomy ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Patterson
- 2005 Numb3rs ( 1 episode ) as Coach Grady
- 1999 Providence ( 1 episode )
- 2006 Heroes ( 4 episodes ) as Bryan Fuller
- 2001 Crossing Jordan ( 1 episode ) as Omar Maltese
- 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1 episode ) as Asante Odufemi
- 1997 Oz ( 1 episode ) as Lieutenant Schmand
- 2002 Robbery Homicide Division ( 10 episodes ) as Sgt. Albert Simms
- 2005 Close to Home ( 9 episodes ) as Lou Drummer
- 1994 ER ( 1 episode ) as Detective
- 1991 The Royal Family ( 15 episodes ) as Willis Tillis
- 1991 Roc ( 2 episodes )
- 2005 Barbershop ( 10 episodes ) as Eddie
- 2014 Extant ( 1 episode ) as Senator Gabel
- 2009 FlashForward ( 13 episodes ) as Shelly Vreede
- 1997 Brooklyn South ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Anders
- 1993 Johnny Bago ( 2 episodes )
- 1995 The Client ( 1 episode ) as Linton Bell
- 2004 Hustle ( 1 episode ) as Thomas Jackson
- 2011 Body of Proof ( 1 episode ) as Al Chapman
- 1987 Married... with Children ( 1 episode ) as Charlie
- 2015 Better Call Saul ( 3 episodes ) as Detective Sanders
- 1991 Roc ( 5 episodes ) as Ernie
- 2011 Unforgettable ( 1 episode ) as Leo Hackett
- 1995 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child ( 1 episode ) as Horrible-Looking Giant #1 (voice)
- 1997 Die Gang ( 1 episode ) as Sam Otero
- 2012 Veep ( 1 episode ) as Fast Food Executive
- 2018 Station 19 ( 1 episode ) as Oscar Delgado
- 2013 Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ( 5 episodes ) as Marcus Benson
- 1996 The Steve Harvey Show ( 1 episode ) as Tom Cunningham
- 2014 black-ish ( 1 episode ) as T Jackson
- 2012 Elementary ( 1 episode ) as Wendell Hecht
- 2013 The Crazy Ones ( 1 episode ) as Pete
- 2019 Sherman's Showcase ( 1 episode ) as Uncle Phil
- 2015 Bosch ( 7 episodes ) as Terry Drake
- 2019 Bob Hearts Abishola ( 95 episodes ) as Uncle Tunde
- 2011 Shameless ( 1 episode ) as Glen Aufseeser
- 2010 The Good Guys ( 1 episode ) as Commissioner
- 2003 NCIS ( 1 episode ) as Earl Goddard
- 2025 Death by Lightning ( 2 episodes ) as Blanche Bruce
- 2009 Lie to Me ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Vincent Olson
- 2025 FOREVER ( 6 episodes ) as George
- 2011 Fairly Legal ( 1 episode ) as Agent Donovan
