Henry Simmons Bio, Family, Career, Marriage, Net Worth, Metrics

Henry Simmons is an American actor, best known for the character ‘Alphonso Mackenzie’ for the ABC crime drama ‘Agents of SHIELD’. Also, many people recognize him for playing the role of Detective Baldwin Jones in “NYPD Blue” and “ISSAC Wright” in the drama “Shark”.

The actor has appeared in a number of TV shows and movies, including ‘Are We There Yet?’, ‘Law & Order: SVU’ and ‘Transparent’, and many more. Also, he won the Best Actor award for his role in “South of Pico” in 2007 in the “Grand Jury Award” category at the American Black Film Festival. Scroll down for more from the veteran actor.

HENRY SIMMONS: BIOGRAPHY, FAMILY, EDUCATION

The actor was born as Henry Oswald Simmons, Jr. on July 1, 1970. He was born and raised in Stamford, Connecticut, USA to parents Aurelia and Henry Simmons, Sr. His father was a revenue agent from the IRS and her mother, a school teacher. He has three siblings: a twin sister and another sister. One of her twin sisters works as a casting director. Additionally, he is of African-American ethnicity.

After graduating from high school, he joined Franklin Pierce University where he earned a basketball scholarship. From college, he graduated with a business degree. During his university years, he began to participate in theaters and found the actor under himself. Without wasting time, he decided to make his career as an actor.

HENRY SIMMONS: CAREER AND ACHIEVEMENTS IN LIFE

Before moving to New York to take acting lessons, he worked briefly at a Fortune 500 company in Stamford. After playing a few roles, he got his first breakout role in the crime drama “NYPD Blue” which aired from 2000 to 2005. In the series, he portrayed the role of “Detective Baldwin Jones” and shared a screen with performers like Aisha Hinds and Renee O’Connor .

Besides, he also nabbed the main cast in CBS legal drama “Shark” and movie “World’s Greatest Dad” as “Mike Lane”. After debuting in the movie ‘Above the Rim’ movie aid, he appeared in several films. It includes 2002’s ‘A Gentleman’s Game’, 2004’s ‘Taxi’, 2006’s ‘Something New’, 2011’s ‘From the Rough’ and 2014’s ‘No Good Deed’, among others.

His TV movie works include 2004 “Spartacus” as “Draba”, 2005 “Lackawanna Blues” as “Jesse”, 2009 “Georgia O’Keeffe” as “Jean Toomer”, and so on… He also appeared in the series as ‘The Cosby Mysteries’, ‘New York Undercover’, ‘Pepper Dennis’, ‘The Cleaner’, ‘CSI: Miami’ and ‘Raising Bar’. He also shared the screen with Danny Pino and Kelli G Yiddish in the crime drama series ‘Law & Order: SVU’. The actor worked in the crime comedy-drama series ‘Bones’, starring Michaela Conlin and Tamara Taylor .

HENRY SIMMONS: PERSONAL LIFE AND WIFE

Let’s talk about his personal life as Henry is already nine years old in a marital relationship. He married his one and only lover with whom he had a long-term relationship. Simmons tied the knot with actress Sophina Brown in May 2010. The couple first met on the sets of the legal drama ‘Shark’ in 2006. The couple had starred together in a few shows like ‘NYPD Blue’ , “Ravenswood”, and “Numb3rs”.

Their nine years of conviviality have not yet welcomed any children. However, the couple seem to be enjoying their married life and are not planning any children at the moment. If we are to talk about his past relationships then he has been in a number of relationships. He dated actress Tracee Ellis Ross, Sharon Leal, Lauren Sanchez, Rolonda Watts and Eva Marcille. But after her marriage, there is no news of any extramarital affair.

HENRY SIMMONS: FORTUNE AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

Talking about his net worth, he has earned quite a good sum from his career. His net worth is estimated to be around $2 million.

He doesn’t seem like a very media type of person. But he has a personal and verified Instagram account @realhenrysimmons with 173,000 followers. Also, he is not active on social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook.

HENRY SIMMONS: BODY MEASUREMENTS

The veteran actor has a tall height of 6 feet 4 inches or 1.93 meters and weighs around 93 kg. Other than that, there is no information about his body measurements. Additionally, he has black eyes and a bald head.