David Henrie

David Henrie
Henrie in Hollywood, October 24, 2010
Born	David Clayton Henrie (1989-07-11) July 11, 1989 Mission Viejo, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, film producer, director and television writer
Years active	2002-Present
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Website
www.davidhenrie.com

David Clayton Henrie^[1] (born July 11, 1989) is an American actor, television writer, director and producer. He is noted for playing Ted Mosby's future son Luke Mosby on How I Met Your Mother, Justin Russo in Wizards of Waverly Place and Larry on That's So Raven along with Rudy Ising in Walt Before Mickey.

Personal life

Henrie was born in Mission Viejo, California, the son of Linda (Finocchiaro), a talent manager, and James Wilson Henrie, a producer formerly in real estate.^[2][3] He is the brother of actor Lorenzo Henrie. His maternal grandparents were Italian^[4][5] and his father has French and English ancestry.^[6] Henrie was raised as a Roman Catholic,^[7] and, in a video chat, stated that he is "a Christian and always will be."^[8] He grew up in Phoenix, Arizona.^[9][10]

Career

By age 13, Henrie got his first big break, landing a regular role as Petey Pitt on the Fox sitcom The Pitts. Henrie next landed a leading role in the Hallmark movie, Monster Makers, with Linda Blair and George Kennedy, and was asked to come back for another Hallmark movie, to play a role in Dead Hollywood Moms Society.

Due to his involvement with Disney Channel, Henrie competed in the 2008 Disney Channel Games. He was team captain of the Green Team, also known as the Cyclones. He has a role in the Disney Channel Original Movie Dadnapped. Before his role on Wizards of Waverly Place, he had a recurring role on That's So Raven as Cory's friend Larry. Henrie also has a recurring role on How I Met Your Mother, and made a guest appearance as himself in 2 episodes of Jonas L.A.. According to Reuters, Henrie was officially named the Grand Marshal for the 2009 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race.^[11]

Henrie is credited with writing the special, Meet The Werewolves.^[12] Henrie has also directed a short film titled "Boo!" and another one called "Catch", which debuted in the summer of 2014.

Henrie appeared in Grown Ups 2 (2013), opposite Taylor Lautner and Adam Sandler.^[13] In 2015, he had a role in the sequel Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 and co-starred as London Busbee in the drama Little Boy.^[14]

On April 6, 2012, which coincides with Good Friday, Henrie accompanied Eduardo Verástegui in a speech addressing life issues at the Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament in the city of Piura.

Henrie is set to play a younger version of Ronald Reagan in the upcoming biopic Reagan.^[15]

Wizards of Waverly Place

At the age of 18, Henrie got the role of Justin Russo in the Disney Channel Original Series, Wizards of Waverly Place. The show premiered on October 12, 2007. He was in the movie Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie with the cast of the series. Henrie played Justin Russo through the whole series. About a year after the finale a film, The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex premiered on March 15, 2013 without Henrie, but his character was mentioned, and a photo of him is shown.

Henrie is credited with writing two episodes of Wizards of Waverly Place, Alex's Logo and Meet the Werewolves.^[16]

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to David Henrie.

• Official website
• David Henrie at the Internet Movie Database