Barry Shabaka Henley

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Known For

Acting

Born

1954-09-15

Place of Birth

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Barry Shabaka Henley

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.

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Acting History

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