Barry Shabaka Henley: movies and TV shows
Barry Shabaka Henley has 91 credits in the archive: 46 films and 45 TV series, from 1987 to 2025. Highest rated: Brooklyn South (9.6/10).
Career timeline
1987 – 2025 · busiest year: 2005 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Death by Lightning | Blanche Bruce | TV | 7.3 | 70 |
| 2025 | FOREVER | George | TV | 6.7 | 70 |
| 2022 | Due Season | Uncle Ken | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 2021 | 100 Years from Mississippi | voiceover poetry | Film | — | 66 |
| 2021 | 100 Years from Mississippi | Film | — | 66 | |
| 2019 | Bob Hearts Abishola | Uncle Tunde | TV | 7.5 | 64 |
| 2019 | Sherman's Showcase | Uncle Phil | TV | 10.0 | 64 |
| 2019 | Dolemite Is My Name | Demond | Film | 7.0 | 64 |
| 2018 | Station 19 | Oscar Delgado | TV | 8.2 | 63 |
| 2018 | A Star Is Born | Little Feet | Film | 7.5 | 63 |
| 2018 | Office Uprising | Clarence | Film | 5.3 | 63 |
| 2018 | American Nightmares | Bishop Love | Film | 4.7 | 63 |
| 2018 | Miscreant | Detective Lambert | Film | 6.0 | 63 |
| 2017 | Mad Families | Pops | Film | 4.7 | 62 |
| 2017 | Lucky | Joe | Film | 7.3 | 62 |
| 2017 | Chasing Titles Vol. 1 | Luke Parker | Film | — | 62 |
| 2016 | Paterson | Doc | Film | 7.1 | 61 |
| 2015 | Better Call Saul | Detective Sanders | TV | 8.7 | 60 |
| 2015 | Bosch | Terry Drake | TV | 7.9 | 60 |
| 2015 | White Water | Rev. Stokes | Film | 8.0 | 60 |
| 2014 | black-ish | T Jackson | TV | 7.1 | 59 |
| 2014 | Extant | Senator Gabel | TV | 6.3 | 59 |
| 2014 | Water & Power | Preacher Broyard | Film | 6.5 | 59 |
| 2013 | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Marcus Benson | TV | 7.5 | 58 |
| 2013 | The Crazy Ones | Pete | TV | 6.1 | 58 |
| 2013 | Carrie | Principal Henry Morton | Film | 6.1 | 58 |
| 2013 | Remember Sunday | Baptiste | Film | 7.1 | 58 |
| 2012 | Elementary | Wendell Hecht | TV | 7.6 | 57 |
| 2012 | Veep | Fast Food Executive | TV | 7.5 | 57 |
| 2012 | Stolen | Reginald | Film | 5.5 | 57 |
| 2011 | Shameless | Glen Aufseeser | TV | 8.2 | 56 |
| 2011 | Unforgettable | Leo Hackett | TV | 7.2 | 56 |
| 2011 | Body of Proof | Al Chapman | TV | 7.1 | 56 |
| 2011 | Fairly Legal | Agent Donovan | TV | 6.5 | 56 |
| 2011 | The Big Year | Dr. Neil Kramer | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 2010 | The Good Guys | Commissioner | TV | 7.3 | 55 |
| 2010 | The Dry Land | Colonel Stephen Evans | Film | 4.5 | 55 |
| 2009 | Lie to Me | Dr. Vincent Olson | TV | 7.9 | 54 |
| 2009 | FlashForward | Shelly Vreede | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 2009 | State of Play | Gene Stavitz | Film | 6.8 | 54 |
| 2009 | Horsemen | Tuck | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 2009 | Streets of Blood | Captain Friendly | Film | 4.3 | 54 |
| 2006 | Heroes | Bryan Fuller | TV | 7.4 | 51 |
| 2006 | Miami Vice | Lt. Martin Castillo | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Mr. Patterson | TV | 8.2 | 50 |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | Coach Grady | TV | 7.0 | 50 |
| 2005 | Close to Home | Lou Drummer | TV | 5.9 | 50 |
| 2005 | Four Brothers | Councilman Douglas | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 2005 | Barbershop | Eddie | TV | 7.6 | 50 |
| 2005 | Lackawanna Blues | Shakey Winfield | Film | 5.9 | 50 |
| 2005 | Shackles | Virgil | Film | 5.5 | 50 |
| 2004 | Hustle | Thomas Jackson | TV | 7.7 | 49 |
| 2004 | Collateral | Daniel Baker | Film | 7.2 | 49 |
| 2004 | The Terminal | Thurman | Film | 7.4 | 49 |
| 2004 | City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral' | Self | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 2003 | NCIS | Earl Goddard | TV | 7.6 | 48 |
| 2002 | Robbery Homicide Division | Sgt. Albert Simms | TV | 8.9 | 47 |
| 2002 | Pavement | Lieutenant Marks | Film | 6.0 | 47 |
| 2001 | Crossing Jordan | Omar Maltese | TV | 7.2 | 46 |
| 2001 | Ali | Herbert Muhammad | Film | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Asante Odufemi | TV | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1999 | Providence | TV | 6.7 | 44 | |
| 1999 | Life | Pokerface | Film | 6.7 | 44 |
| 1998 | Rush Hour | Bobby | Film | 7.1 | 43 |
| 1998 | Fallen | Uniformed Cop | Film | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1998 | Patch Adams | Emmet | Film | 7.3 | 43 |
| 1998 | Bulworth | Man at Frankie's | Film | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1998 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Buddy | Film | 5.8 | 43 |
| 1997 | Oz | Lieutenant Schmand | TV | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1997 | Brooklyn South | Mr. Anders | TV | 9.6 | 42 |
| 1997 | Die Gang | Sam Otero | TV | 10.0 | 42 |
| 1996 | The Steve Harvey Show | Tom Cunningham | TV | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1996 | Malcolm & Eddie | TV | 7.7 | 41 | |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Horrible-Looking Giant #1 (voice) | TV | 6.3 | 40 |
| 1995 | The Client | Linton Bell | TV | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1995 | Devil in a Blue Dress | Woodcutter | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1995 | Lord of Illusions | Dr. Toffler | Film | 5.9 | 40 |
| 1995 | Destiny Turns on the Radio | Dravec | Film | 5.0 | 40 |
| 1994 | ER | Detective | TV | 7.8 | 39 |
| 1994 | Duckman | TV | 7.2 | 39 | |
| 1994 | The Scout | McDermott | Film | 5.2 | 39 |
| 1994 | Fear of a Black Hat | Geoffrey Lennox | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1993 | What's Love Got to Do with It | El Paso Doctor | Film | 7.1 | 38 |
| 1993 | The Thing Called Love | Reverend Raymond | Film | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1993 | Johnny Bago | TV | 8.0 | 38 | |
| 1992 | Till Death Us Do Part | Judge Barton | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1991 | Roc | TV | 7.9 | 36 | |
| 1991 | Roc | Ernie | TV | 7.9 | 36 |
| 1991 | The Royal Family | Willis Tillis | TV | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1987 | Married... with Children | Charlie | TV | 7.7 | 32 |
| Origami | Film | — | — |