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Barry Shabaka Henley is an American character actor. Henley has appeared as a regular in a number of television series, has numerous film credits, and is a fixture in films by director Michael Mann, having worked with the director five times. His stage name, Shabaka, is taken from a Pharaoh from Egypt's 25th dynasty, who ruled from 721-707 BC.
Birth Name
Barry Joseph Henley
Born
Wednesday, 15 September 1954
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Due Season | Uncle Ken | 2022 |
| Dolemite Is My Name | Demond | 2019 |
| Bob Hearts Abishola | Tunde / Uncle Tunde | 2019 |
| American Nightmares | Bishop Love | 2018 |
| A Star Is Born | Little Feet | 2018 |
| Office Uprising | Clarence | 2018 |
| Station 19 | Oscar Delgado | 2018 |
| Lucky | Joe | 2017 |
| Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television | Female Captain Jackson #8 / Captain Jackson #3 | 2017 |
| Chasing Titles Vol. 1 | Luke Parker | 2017 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Due Season | Uncle Ken | 2022 |
| Dolemite Is My Name | Demond | 2019 |
| Bob Hearts Abishola | Tunde / Uncle Tunde | 2019 |
| American Nightmares | Bishop Love | 2018 |
| A Star Is Born | Little Feet | 2018 |
| Office Uprising | Clarence | 2018 |
| Station 19 | Oscar Delgado | 2018 |
| Lucky | Joe | 2017 |
| Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television | Female Captain Jackson #8 / Captain Jackson #3 | 2017 |
| Chasing Titles Vol. 1 | Luke Parker | 2017 |
| Mad Families | Pops | 2017 |
| Paterson | Doc | 2016 |
| Better Call Saul | Detective Sanders | 2015 |
| White Water | Rev. Stokes | 2015 |
| Black-ish | T Jackson | 2014 |
| NCIS: New Orleans | Baton Rouge Detective Todd Lamont | 2014 |
| Black Jesus | Judge Horation Homey | 2014 |
| Extant | Senator Gabel | 2014 |
| Water and Power | Preacher Broyard | 2014 |
| Bosch | Terry Drake | 2014 |
| Creating 'Carrie' | Principal Morton | 2014 |
| Carrie | Principal Morton / Principal Henry Morton | 2013 |
| The Crazy Ones | Pete | 2013 |
| Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Dr. Marcus Benson | 2013 |
| Water & Power | Preacher Broyard | 2013 |
| Remember Sunday | Baptiste | 2013 |
| Home & Family | Self | 2012 |
| Elementary | Wendell Hecht | 2012 |
| Stolen | Reginald | 2012 |
| Veep | Fast Food Executive | 2012 |
| Luck | Parole Officer | 2011 |
| The Big Year | Dr. Neil Kramer | 2011 |
| Unforgettable | Leo Hackett | 2011 |
| Body of Proof | Al Chapman | 2011 |
| Fairly Legal | Agent Donovan | 2011 |
| Shameless | Glen Aufseeser | 2011 |
| The Dry Land | Colonel Stephen Evans / Col. Stephen Evans | 2010 |
| The Good Guys | Commissioner | 2010 |
| Virginia | Willie | 2010 |
| Flashforward | Agent Shelly Vreede | 2009 |
| Streets of Blood | Captain Friendly | 2009 |
| State of Play | Gene Stavitz | 2009 |
| Horsemen | Tuck | 2009 |
| Lie to Me | Dr. Vincent Olson | 2009 |
| Miami Vice | Castillo / Lt. Martin Castillo | 2006 |
| Heroes | Detective Bryan Fuller | 2006 |
| Close to Home | Detective Lou Drummer / Detective Drummer | 2005 |
| Barbershop | Eddie | 2005 |
| Shackles | Virgil | 2005 |
| Four Brothers | Councilman Douglas | 2005 |
| Grey's Anatomy | Mr. Patterson | 2005 |
| Lackawanna Blues | Shakey Winfield | 2005 |
| Numb3rs | Coach Grady | 2005 |
| Collateral | Daniel / Daniel Baker | 2004 |
| The Terminal | Thurman | 2004 |
| Hustle | Thomas Jackson | 2004 |
| NCIS | Earl Goddard | 2003 |
| Pavement | Lieutenant Marks | 2002 |
| Robbery Homicide Division | Sgt. Albert Simms | 2002 |
| Ali | Herbert Muhammad | 2001 |
| Crossing Jordan | Omar Maltese | 2001 |
| City of Angels | Delmar Forchette | 2000 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Asante Odufemi | 1999 |
| Life | Pokerface | 1999 |
| Patch Adams | Emmet | 1998 |
| Rush Hour | Bobby | 1998 |
| How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Buddy | 1998 |
| Bulworth | Man at Frankie's / Bartender | 1998 |
| Fallen | Uniformed Cop | 1998 |
| Brooklyn South | Mr. Anders | 1997 |
| Oz | Lieutenant Schmand | 1997 |
| Sparks | Stan Lawrence | 1996 |
| Malcolm & Eddie | Mr. Derian | 1996 |
| The Steve Harvey Show | Tom Cunningham | 1996 |
| Devil in a Blue Dress | Woodcutter | 1995 |
| The Client | Linton Bell | 1995 |
| Lord of Illusions | Dr. Toffler | 1995 |
| Destiny Turns on the Radio | Dravec | 1995 |
| Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Horrible Looking Giant #1 | 1995 |
| The Scout | McDermott | 1994 |
| ER | Detective | 1994 |
| Fear of a Black Hat | Geoffrey Lennox | 1994 |
| Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man | (voice) (as Shabaka) | 1994 |
| NYPD Blue | Archie Day / Roger Billings | 1993 |
| The Thing Called Love | Reverend Raymond | 1993 |
| What's Love Got to Do with It | El Paso Doctor | 1993 |
| Johnny Bago | Detective Venezia | 1993 |
| HBO First Look | Self / 'Daniel' | 1992 |
| Till Death Us Do Part | Judge Barton | 1992 |
| The Royal Family | Willis Tillis | 1991 |
| Roc | Ernie | 1991 |
| American Experience | (voice) | 1988 |
| Married... with Children | Charlie | 1987 |
Producer Filmography
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