Barry Shabaka Henley
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.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
85
Gender
Male
Birthday
1954-09-15 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Acting

2022

Due Season as Uncle Ken

2021

100 Years From Mississippi as voiceover poetry

2019

Bob Hearts Abishola as Uncle Tunde

2019

Dolemite Is My Name as Demond

2019

Sherman's Showcase as Uncle Phil

2018

Station 19 as Oscar Delgado

2018

A Star Is Born as Little Feet

2018

Office Uprising as Clarence

2018

American Nightmares as Bishop Love

2018

Miscreant as Detective Lambert

2017

Mad Families as Pops

2017

Lucky as Joe

2017

Chasing Titles Vol. 1 as Luke Parker

2016

Paterson as Doc

2015

Bosch as Terry Drake

2015

Better Call Saul as Detective Sanders

2015

White Water as Rev. Stokes

2014

black-ish as T Jackson

2014

Extant as Senator Gabel

2014

Water & Power as Preacher Broyard

2013

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Marcus Benson

2013

The Crazy Ones as Pete

2013

Carrie as Principal Henry Morton

2013

Remember Sunday as Baptiste

2012

Elementary as Wendell Hecht

2012

Veep as Fast Food Executive

2012

Stolen as Reginald

2011

Shameless as Glen Aufseeser

2011

Unforgettable as Leo Hackett

2011

Body of Proof as Al Chapman

2011

The Big Year as Dr. Neil Kramer

2010

The Dry Land as Colonel Stephen Evans

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

Grey's Anatomy as Mr. Patterson

2005

Numb3rs as Not available

2005

Four Brothers as Councilman Douglas

2005

Close to Home as Not available

2005

Lackawanna Blues as Shakey Winfield

2005

Shackles as Virgil

2005

Barbershop as Eddie

2004

Hustle as Thomas Jackson

2004

The Terminal as Thurman

2004

Collateral as Daniel Baker

2002

Robbery Homicide Division as Not available

2002

Pavement as Lieutenant Marks

2001

Crossing Jordan as Omar Maltese

2001

Ali as Herbert Muhammad

1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Asante Odufemi

1999

Providence as Not available

1999

Life as Pokerface

1998

Rush Hour as Bobby

1998

Fallen as Uniformed Cop

1998

Bulworth as Man at Frankie's

1998

Patch Adams as Emmet

1997

Oz as Lieutenant Schmand

1997

Brooklyn South as Mr. Anders

1997

Die Gang as Sam Otero

1996

The Steve Harvey Show as Tom Cunningham

1996

Malcolm & Eddie as Not available

1995

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Horrible-Looking Giant #1 (voice)

1995

Devil in a Blue Dress as Woodcutter

1995

Lord of Illusions as Dr. Toffler

1995

The Client as Linton Bell

1994

ER as Detective

1994

Duckman as Not available

1994

The Scout as McDermott

1994

Fear of a Black Hat as Geoffrey Lennox

1993

The Thing Called Love as Reverend Raymond

1993

Johnny Bago as Not available

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 as Not available

1991

Roc as Ernie

1987

Married... with Children as Charlie

NaN

Origami as Not available
Crew

2021

100 Years From Mississippi Associate Producer