Barry Shabaka Henley

Barry Shabaka Henley

Acting
Born Sep 15, 1954
From New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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

Filmography — Acting

Rush Hour
7.1
1998

Rush Hour

Bobby

A Star Is Born
7.5
2018

A Star Is Born

Little Feet

The Terminal
7.4
2004

The Terminal

Thurman

Four Brothers
6.8
2005

Four Brothers

Councilman Douglas

Collateral
7.2
2004

Collateral

Daniel Baker

Life
6.7
1999

Life

Pokerface

State of Play
6.8
2009

State of Play

Gene Stavitz

Patch Adams
7.3
1998

Patch Adams

Emmet

Carrie
6.0
2013

Carrie

Principal Henry Morton

Fallen
6.8
1998

Fallen

Uniformed Cop

Ali
6.8
2001

Ali

Herbert Muhammad

Miami Vice
6.0
2006

Miami Vice

Lt. Martin Castillo

Paterson
7.1
2016

Paterson

Doc

Origami

Origami

Horsemen
5.9
2009

Horsemen

Tuck

Stolen
5.5
2012

Stolen

Reginald

The Big Year
6.0
2011

The Big Year

Dr. Neil Kramer

Bulworth
6.3
1998

Bulworth

Man at Frankie's

What's Love Got to Do with It
7.0
1993

What's Love Got to Do with It

El Paso Doctor

Lucky
7.3
2017

Lucky

Joe

The Scout
5.2
1994

The Scout

McDermott

Dolemite Is My Name
7.0
2019

Dolemite Is My Name

Demond

Office Uprising
5.3
2018

Office Uprising

Clarence

Fear of a Black Hat
5.9
1994

Fear of a Black Hat

Geoffrey Lennox

Lord of Illusions
5.9
1995

Lord of Illusions

Dr. Toffler

How Stella Got Her Groove Back
5.8
1998

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

Buddy

Devil in a Blue Dress
6.5
1995

Devil in a Blue Dress

Woodcutter

Mad Families
4.8
2017

Mad Families

Pops

Lackawanna Blues
5.8
2005

Lackawanna Blues

Shakey Winfield

The Thing Called Love
6.2
1993

The Thing Called Love

Reverend Raymond

Pavement
5.8
2002

Pavement

Lieutenant Marks

Till Death Us Do Part
6.7
1992

Till Death Us Do Part

Judge Barton

City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'
6.0
2004

City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'

Self

Remember Sunday
7.1
2013

Remember Sunday

Baptiste

The Dry Land
4.5
2010

The Dry Land

Colonel Stephen Evans

Due Season
7.0
2022

Due Season

Uncle Ken

Streets of Blood
4.3
2009

Streets of Blood

Captain Friendly

American Nightmares
4.7
2018

American Nightmares

Bishop Love

Shackles
5.0
2005

Shackles

Virgil

Destiny Turns on the Radio
4.9
1995

Destiny Turns on the Radio

Dravec

Water & Power
6.5
2014

Water & Power

Preacher Broyard

100 Years From Mississippi
2021

100 Years From Mississippi

voiceover poetry

White Water
8.0
2015

White Water

Rev. Stokes

Miscreant
6.0
2018

Miscreant

Detective Lambert

Chasing Titles Vol. 1
2017

Chasing Titles Vol. 1

Luke Parker