Barry Shabaka Henley

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1954-09-15 (71 years old)

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, h...

Acting

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

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

2021

100 Years From Mississippi

as voiceover poetry

1993

2016

Paterson

as Doc

2006

Miami Vice

as Lt. Martin Castillo

2005

Lackawanna Blues

as Shakey Winfield

2017

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

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

2018

American Nightmares

as Bishop Love

2019

2015

White Water

as Rev. Stokes

2011

The Big Year

as Dr. Neil Kramer

1998

Fallen

as Uniformed Cop

2018

Miscreant

as Detective Lambert

Production

2021

100 Years From Mississippi

as Associate Producer

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