Brian Tyree Henry
Glover’s Atlanta co-star – who has had more than two dozen screen credits just since 2018 — also comes from a military family. His father served, and his mother, Willow Dean Kearse, was an educator. He grew up in North Carolina, spent some time in Washington, D.C., where much of his family lives, and attended Atlanta’s Morehouse College.
He went to grad school at the Yale School of Drama, and went straight from there to New York City stages: Shakespeare in the Park, Moonlight Oscar winner Tarell Alvin McCraney’s plays at the Public Theater, and the original Broadway run of The Book of Mormon. His stage led to screen time on Law & Order, The Good Wife, Boardwalk Empire, and Atlanta, where his complex, wise portrayal of Alfred “Paper Boi” Miles opened many more doors.
In 2021, he starred in the charming New York City comedy The Outside Story (above).
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