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Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 15, 1954
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Barry Shabaka Henley
1.0 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.5
Blanche Bruce
Death by Lightning
2025
7.0
Uncle Ken
Due Season
2022
0.0
voiceover poetry
100 Years From Mississippi
2021
7.0
Demond
Dolemite Is My Name
2019
7.5
Uncle Tunde
Bob Hearts Abishola
2019
10.0
Uncle Phil
Sherman's Showcase
2019
6.0
Detective Lambert
Miscreant
2018
4.7
Bishop Love
American Nightmares
2018
7.5
Little Feet
A Star Is Born
2018
5.3
Clarence
Office Uprising
2018
Credits
Death by Lightning
as Blanche Bruce
2025
7.5
Due Season
as Uncle Ken
2022
7.0
100 Years From Mississippi
as voiceover poetry
2021
0.0
Dolemite Is My Name
as Demond
2019
7.0
Bob Hearts Abishola
as Uncle Tunde
2019
7.5
Sherman's Showcase
as Uncle Phil
2019
10.0
Miscreant
as Detective Lambert
2018
6.0
American Nightmares
as Bishop Love
2018
4.7
A Star Is Born
as Little Feet
2018
7.5
Office Uprising
as Clarence
2018
5.3
Station 19
as Oscar Delgado
2018
8.2
Lucky
as Joe
2017
7.3
Chasing Titles Vol. 1
as Luke Parker
2017
0.0
Mad Families
as Pops
2017
4.8
Paterson
as Doc
2016
7.1
Better Call Saul
as Detective Sanders
2015
8.7
White Water
as Rev. Stokes
2015
8.0
Bosch
as Terry Drake
2015
7.9
black-ish
as T Jackson
2014
7.1
Extant
as Senator Gabel
2014
6.3
Water & Power
as Preacher Broyard
2014
6.5
Carrie
as Principal Henry Morton
2013
6.0
The Crazy Ones
as Pete
2013
6.1
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
as Marcus Benson
2013
7.5
Remember Sunday
as Baptiste
2013
7.1
Elementary
as Wendell Hecht
2012
7.6
Stolen
as Reginald
2012
5.5
Veep
as Fast Food Executive
2012
7.5
The Big Year
as Dr. Neil Kramer
2011
6.0
Unforgettable
as Leo Hackett
2011
7.2
Body of Proof
as Al Chapman
2011
7.0
Shameless
as Glen Aufseeser
2011
8.2
The Dry Land
as Colonel Stephen Evans
2010
4.5
The Good Guys
as Commissioner
2010
7.3
FlashForward
as Shelly Vreede
2009
7.0
Streets of Blood
as Captain Friendly
2009
4.3
State of Play
as Gene Stavitz
2009
6.8
Horsemen
as Tuck
2009
5.9
Heroes
as Detective Bryan Fuller
2006
7.5
Miami Vice
as Lt. Martin Castillo
2006
6.0
Close to Home
as Detective Lou Drummer
2005
5.9
Shackles
as Virgil
2005
5.0
Barbershop
as Eddie
2005
7.3
Four Brothers
as Councilman Douglas
2005
6.8
Grey's Anatomy
as Mr. Patterson
2005
8.2
Lackawanna Blues
as Shakey Winfield
2005
5.7
Numb3rs
as Coach Grady
2005
7.0
City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'
as Self
2004
6.0
Collateral
as Daniel Baker
2004
7.2
The Terminal
as Thurman
2004
7.4
Hustle
as Thomas Jackson
2004
7.7
NCIS
as Earl Goddard
2003
7.6
Pavement
as Lieutenant Marks
2002
5.8
Robbery Homicide Division
as Sgt. Albert Simms
2002
8.7
Ali
as Herbert Muhammad
2001
6.8
Crossing Jordan
as Omar Maltese
2001
7.2
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Asante Odufemi
1999
7.9
Life
as Pokerface
1999
6.7
Providence
1999
6.5
Patch Adams
as Emmet
1998
7.3
Rush Hour
as Bobby
1998
7.1
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
as Buddy
1998
5.8
Bulworth
as Man at Frankie's
1998
6.3
Fallen
as Uniformed Cop
1998
6.8
Brooklyn South
as Mr. Anders
1997
9.7
Oz
as Lieutenant Schmand
1997
8.0
🎬
Die Gang
as Sam Otero
1997
0.0
Malcolm & Eddie
1996
7.4
The Steve Harvey Show
as Tom Cunningham
1996
6.9
Devil in a Blue Dress
as Woodcutter
1995
6.5
The Client
as Linton Bell
1995
6.8
Lord of Illusions
as Dr. Toffler
1995
6.0
Destiny Turns on the Radio
as Dravec
1995
5.0
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Horrible-Looking Giant #1 (voice)
1995
6.0
The Scout
as McDermott
1994
5.2
ER
as Detective
1994
7.8
Fear of a Black Hat
as Geoffrey Lennox
1994
5.9
Duckman
1994
7.1
The Thing Called Love
as Reverend Raymond
1993
6.2
Johnny Bago
1993
6.0
What's Love Got to Do with It
as El Paso Doctor
1993
7.1
Till Death Us Do Part
as Judge Barton
1992
6.7
The Royal Family
as Willis Tillis
1991
6.0
Roc
1991
7.8
Roc
as Ernie
1991
7.8
Married... with Children
as Charlie
1987
7.7
Origami
N/A
0.0