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Barry Shabaka Henley

Barry Shabaka Henley

Barry Shabaka Henley (born Barry Joseph Henley; September 15, born 1954) is an American character actor. Henley Business 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. He made impression as a sensitive jazz musician living on borrowed time collateral in the moment. He also starred in Steven Spielberg's the terminal. 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 character of FBI agent Vreede in FlashForward complete an ABC television series. He also played buddy in How Stella Got Her Groove Back.

It was announced that Henley will have a role in the Ten Heroes as Detective Fuller. In 1999 Henley supplied the role of Pokerface " 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 San Francisco Mime Troupe.

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Movies Starring Barry Shabaka Henley (44)

Due Season (2022)

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: Gospel Music. ...

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100 Years From Mississippi (2021)

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 from a growing mob of men determined to lynch her father and his friend. Mamie's family escaped, but her ...

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Dolemite Is My Name (2019)

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

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American Nightmares (2018)

Two voyeuristic nerds are hacking the devices of people as they themselves are hacked by the feed from story tellers Mister Malevolent and Mystic Woman who have seven moralistic horror stories to tell. ...

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Miscreant (2018)

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

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A Star Is Born (2018)

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 as a singer — until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the pers ...

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Office Uprising (2018)

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

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Lucky (2017)

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 life, thrust into a journey of self-exploration. ...

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Chasing Titles Vol. 1 (2017)

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 12-year-old son, Caleb is fed up with the living standards in his dysfunctional family. When Joe loses hi ...

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Mad Families (2017)

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

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Paterson (2016)

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 famous poets and artists. ...

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White Water (2015)

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 the "white's only" drinking fountain and sets out on a quest to do the unthinkable: drink from it. ...

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Water & Power (2014)

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 police ranks to become players in a complex and dangerous web of the powerful and corrupt of Los Angeles. ...

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Carrie (2013)

A contemporary take on the horror classic about an awkward, telekinetic teenage girl, whose lonely life is dominated by relentless bullying at school and an oppressive religious fanatic mother at home. When her tormentors pull a humiliating prank at the se ...

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Remember Sunday (2013)

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 gets to know Gus, the more she's intrigued by him. But she's also mystified. Gus is absent-minded, preoccup ...

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Stolen (2012)

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 crime, who is holding Will's teenage daughter ransom in a hijacked taxi cab. Vincent will only surrender ...

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The Big Year (2011)

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 breeds flying up into the U.S., but they quickly discover that there are more important things than coming ...

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The Dry Land (2010)

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

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Streets of Blood (2009)

A police officer's partner has died during Hurricane Katrina, but he later discovers that his partner may have been murdered. An investigation follows, taking the officer and his new partner into the depths of the criminal underworld. ...

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State of Play (2009)

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

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Horsemen (2009)

A recently widowed detective still grieving over his wife's death discovers a shocking connection between himself and the suspects in a serial killing spree linked to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. ...

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Miami Vice (2006)

A case involving drug lords and murder in South Florida takes a personal turn for undercover detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs. Unorthodox Crockett gets involved romantically with the Chinese-Cuban wife of a trafficker of arms and drugs, while Tu ...

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Shackles (2005)

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

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Four Brothers (2005)

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

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Lackawanna Blues (2005)

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 lives in 1960s Lackawanna, New York. ...

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City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral' (2004)

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 Jada Pinket Smith's Audition. Michael Mann also informs us on his preparation for the film, as well as some m ...

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Collateral (2004)

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. ...

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The Terminal (2004)

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

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Pavement (2002)

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, police investigator Buckley Clarke reluctantly joins forces with Sam. The brass are convinced this is a se ...

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Ali (2001)

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 entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic b ...

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Life (1999)

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

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Patch Adams (1998)

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 patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career. ...

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Rush Hour (1998)

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 Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the sidelines, Lee ...

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How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)

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 live. But Delilah is about to change all that. What starts as a quick trip to Jamaica, ends as an exhilarati ...

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Bulworth (1998)

A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture. ...

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Fallen (1998)

Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style. ...

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Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)

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 mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Dap ...

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Lord of Illusions (1995)

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 their leader Nix, a powerful magician who was killed 13 years earlier. ...

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Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995)

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't always as they seem. Anything can happen in that town of many possibilities...especially since there's b ...

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The Scout (1994)

When his star recruit botches a Major League Baseball debut, humiliated talent scout Al Percolo gets banished to rural Mexico, where he finds a potential gold mine in the arm of young phenom Steve Nebraska. Soon, the New York Yankees put a $55 million cont ...

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Fear of a Black Hat (1994)

Chronicling the controversial career of bad boys N.W.H. (Niggaz With Hats), this uproarious 'mockumentary' lampoons all of hardcore rap's hot-button issues. This underground laugh riot recounts the rise, fall and resurrection of a clueless bunch of would-b ...

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The Thing Called Love (1993)

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

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What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)

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

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Till Death Us Do Part (1992)

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 Charles Manson away.) On December 11, 1966, a murder occurs in a small neighborhood of El Sereno, CA. In the ...

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Movies Made By Barry Shabaka Henley (1)

100 Years From Mississippi (2021)

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 from a growing mob of men determined to lynch her father and his friend. Mamie's family escaped, but her ...

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