Barry Shabaka Henley

Barry Shabaka Henley

1954-09-15 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 46 Credits

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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 a...

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Due Season

Due Season

2022

as Uncle Ken

7.0
Acting

After being accepted into the conservatory of her dreams, Vicky Waters must win a competition to stay, but to do so she'll need a secret weapon: Gospe...

100 Years From Mississippi

100 Years From Mississippi

2021

as voiceover poetry

Acting

Mamie Lang Kirkland still remembers the night in 1915 when panic filled her home in Ellisville, Mississippi. Her family was forced to flee in darkness...

100 Years From Mississippi

100 Years From Mississippi

2021

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Mamie Lang Kirkland still remembers the night in 1915 when panic filled her home in Ellisville, Mississippi. Her family was forced to flee in darkness...

Dolemite Is My Name

Dolemite Is My Name

2019

as Demond

7.0
Acting

The story of Rudy Ray Moore, who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s.

American Nightmares

American Nightmares

2018

as Bishop Love

4.8
Acting

Two voyeuristic nerds are hacking the devices of people as they themselves are hacked by the feed from story tellers Mister Malevolent and Mystic Woma...

Miscreant

Miscreant

2018

as Detective Lambert

6.0
Acting

A young law school student explains to detectives just how he came to be found in a house with three dead bodies.

A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

2018

as Little Feet

7.5
Acting

Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers — and falls in love with — struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big a...

Office Uprising

Office Uprising

2018

as Clarence

5.3
Acting

The compound of an arms manufacturer turns into a zombie nightmare when its workers are given the wrong formula.

Lucky

Lucky

2017

as Joe

7.3
Acting

Follows the journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off-the-map desert town. He finds himself at the precipice of ...

Chasing Titles Vol. 1

Chasing Titles Vol. 1

2017

as Luke Parker

Acting

Father, Joe can't get it together to provide for his family. Desperate for money, he runs a side hustle while working for an express mail company. His...

Mad Families

Mad Families

2017

as Pops

4.8
Acting

Three families compete for a camping spot during a busy Fourth of July holiday weekend.

Paterson

Paterson

2016

as Doc

7.1
Acting

A week in the life of Paterson, a poet bus driver, and his wife Laura, a very creative artist, who live in Paterson, New Jersey, hometown of many famo...

White Water

White Water

2015

as Rev. Stokes

8.0
Acting

White Water is the story of a 7 year-old black kid in segregated 1963 Opelika, Alabama who becomes obsessed with the desire to taste the water from th...

Water & Power

Water & Power

2014

as Preacher Broyard

6.5
Acting

Twin brothers nicknamed "Water" and "Power" from the hard scrabble Eastside streets of Los Angeles rise like prince's through the city's political and...

Carrie

Carrie

2013

as Principal Henry Morton

6.0
Acting

An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl is the object of relentless bullying at school and an oppressively religious mother at home.

Remember Sunday

Remember Sunday

2013

as Baptiste

7.1
Acting

A lonely, down-on-her-luck waitress meets a handsome, quirky jewelry store clerk and thinks that maybe, finally, she's met Mr. Right. The more Molly g...

Stolen

Stolen

2012

as Reginald

5.5
Acting

Master thief Will Montgomery is just released from the State penitentiary after serving a 10 year sentence, is contacted by Vincent, his ex comrade in...

The Big Year

The Big Year

2011

as Dr. Neil Kramer

6.0
Acting

Three fanatical bird-watchers spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare b...

The Dry Land

The Dry Land

2010

as Colonel Stephen Evans

5.0
Acting

A U.S. soldier returning home from war struggles to reconcile his experiences abroad with the life and family he left in Texas.

Streets of Blood

Streets of Blood

2009

as Captain Friendly

4.4
Acting

A police officer's partner has died during Hurricane Katrina, but he later discovers that his partner may have been murdered. An investigation follows...

State of Play

State of Play

2009

as Gene Stavitz

6.8
Acting

When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.

Horsemen

Horsemen

2009

as Tuck

5.9
Acting

A recently widowed detective still grieving over his wife's death discovers a shocking connection between himself and the suspects in a serial killing...

Miami Vice

Miami Vice

2006

as Lt. Martin Castillo

6.0
Acting

A case involving drug lords and murder in South Florida takes a personal turn for undercover detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs. Unorthodox C...

Shackles

Shackles

2005

as Virgil

5.0
Acting

An aspiring teacher (Hughley) takes the one job he's offered, a position at a school inside a prison.

Four Brothers

Four Brothers

2005

as Councilman Douglas

6.8
Acting

Four adopted brothers return to their Detroit hometown when their mother is murdered and vow to exact revenge on the killers.

Lackawanna Blues

Lackawanna Blues

2005

as Shakey Winfield

5.9
Acting

In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he liv...

City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'

City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'

2004

as Self

6.0
Acting

This documentary chronicles the making of the film Collateral (2004). We get to see Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx training for their roles, as well as Jad...

Collateral

Collateral

2004

as Daniel Baker

7.2
Acting

Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.

The Terminal

The Terminal

2004

as Thurman

7.3
Acting

An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.

Pavement

Pavement

2002

as Lieutenant Marks

5.6
Acting

Samuel Browne is a tracker in Alaska. When his sister meets a grisly death in San Francisco, he goes there to hunt her killer. As more murders occur, ...

Ali

Ali

2001

as Herbert Muhammad

6.8
Acting

In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an enti...

Life

Life

1999

as Pokerface

6.7
Acting

Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.

Patch Adams

Patch Adams

1998

as Emmet

7.3
Acting

The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his pa...

Rush Hour

Rush Hour

1998

as Bobby

7.0
Acting

When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Dete...

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

1998

as Buddy

5.8
Acting

Through good times and bad, Stella and Delilah have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy building a life that she's forgotten how to really li...

Bulworth

Bulworth

1998

as Man at Frankie's

6.3
Acting

A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecti...

Fallen

Fallen

1998

as Uniformed Cop

6.8
Acting

Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are v...

Devil in a Blue Dress

Devil in a Blue Dress

1995

as Woodcutter

6.5
Acting

In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a my...

Lord of Illusions

Lord of Illusions

1995

as Dr. Toffler

6.0
Acting

During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult who are preparing for the resurrection of...

Destiny Turns on the Radio

Destiny Turns on the Radio

1995

as Dravec

5.1
Acting

Johnny Destiny burns into Las Vegas in his hot Plymouth RoadRunner, stopping only to pick up a stranger stranded in the desert. But then, things aren'...

The Scout

The Scout

1994

as McDermott

5.2
Acting

When his star recruit botches a Major League Baseball debut, humiliated talent scout Al Percolo gets banished to rural Mexico, where he finds a potent...

Fear of a Black Hat

Fear of a Black Hat

1994

as Geoffrey Lennox

6.0
Acting

Chronicling the controversial career of bad boys N.W.H. (Niggaz With Hats), this uproarious 'mockumentary' lampoons all of hardcore rap's hot-button i...

The Thing Called Love

The Thing Called Love

1993

as Reverend Raymond

6.2
Acting

A group of newcomers to the country music business seek love and stardom.

What's Love Got to Do with It

What's Love Got to Do with It

1993

as El Paso Doctor

7.1
Acting

Singer Tina Turner rises to stardom while mustering the courage to break free from her abusive husband Ike.

Till Death Us Do Part

Till Death Us Do Part

1992

as Judge Barton

6.7
Acting

This is a true crime story based on the book of the same title by prosecuting attorney, Vincent Bugliosi. (Bugliosi is the L.A. prosecutor that put Ch...

Origami

Origami

N/A

Acting

In a post apocalyptic world, two survivors make an epic journey where staying alive is only the beginning.