David Henrie Biography

David Clayton Henrie ( ; 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, Larry on That's So Raven, London Busbee in Little Boy, and Rudy Ising in Walt Before Mickey.

Early 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. He is the brother of actor Lorenzo James Henrie. His maternal grandparents were Italian. Henrie was raised as a Roman Catholic, and, in a video chat, stated that he is "a Christian and always will be." He grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. On April 6, 2012, Good Friday, Henrie accompanied Eduardo Verstegui in a speech addressing life issues at the Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament in the city of Piura, Peru.

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. He also starred as Skylar Blaford in the Fox's sitcom Method & Red.

Henrie guest starred in many shows such as Providence, Without a Trace, The Mullets, Judging Amy, The D.A., Jack & Bobby, NCIS, House, and Cold Case. 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 had a recurring role on How I Met Your Mother, where he played Ted's future son.

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 the series special "Meet the Werewolves".

During 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 had a role in the Disney Channel Original Movie Dadnapped co-starring Emily Osment. Henrie made a guest appearance as himself in 2 episodes of Jonas. According to Reuters, Henrie was officially named the Grand Marshal for the 2009 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race.

In 2010, Henrie guest-starred in the web series Easy to Assemble. In 2012, Henrie voiced the character of Shawn in the movie The secret World of Arrietty. 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. In 2014, Henrie played the lead in 1000 to 1: The Cory Weissman Story, the true story of a young basketball player who suffered a catastrophic stroke as a freshman at Gettysburg College but, through determination and an indomitable spirit, returned to the court for one remarkable moment in the last game of his senior year. Later that year, Henrie guest starred in the ABC show Mind Games.

In 2015, he played the role of Lane, who is a valet and falls for Paul Blart's daughter, in the sequel Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, co-starred as London Busbee, older brother of the title character in the drama Little Boy, and he had a role in the indie biographical drama film Walt Before Mickey in which he plays Rudy Ising, who worked for Walt Disney. In 2016, he had a cameo appearances in indie drama Cardboard Boxer and Warrior Road. In January 2015, Henrie was cast to play a young Ronald Reagan in an upcoming biopic titled Reagan.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Monster Makers	Danny Burke	Minor Role
2004	Hollywood Mom's Mystery	Oliver Palumbo	Minor Role
2004	Arizona Summer	Bad	Minor Role
2009	Dadnapped	Wheeze	Main Role; Disney Channel Original Movie
2009	Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie	Justin Russo	Main Role; Disney Channel Original Movie
2012	'	Shawn	(Voice)
2013	Grown Ups 2	Frat Boy Zac	Cameo
2014	1000 to 1: The Cory Weissman Story	Cory Weissman	Main role
2014	Catch		Short film - Writer/director/producer
2015	Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2	Lane
2015	Little Boy	London Busbee
2015	Walt Before Mickey	Rudy Ising
2016	Cardboard Boxer	Clean Cut Man	Cameo
2016	Warrior Road	Tom	Cameo
2017	Max & Me	D.J.	Post-Production
TBA	Reagan	Young Ronald Reagan

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Providence	Mark Triedman	(1 episode) "Gotcha"
2002	Without a Trace	Gabe Freedman	(1 episode) "Birthday Boy"
2003	'	Petey Pitt	Main Role
2003	'		(1 episode) Grudge Match
2003	Judging Amy	Jeremy	(1 episode) "Sex and the Single Mother"
2004	The D.A.	Alex Henry	(1 episode) "The People vs. Patricia Henry"
2004	Method & Red	Skyler Blaford	Recurring
2004	Jack and Bobby	Sniffly	(1 episode) "The Kindness of Strangers"
2004	NCIS	Willy Shields	(1 episode) "Terminal Leave"
2004-2007	That's So Raven	Larry	Recurring; 12 episodes
2005	House	Tommy	(1 episode) "Cursed"
2005-2014	How I Met Your Mother	Luke Mosby	Recurring (stock footage used since Season 2), 65 episodes
2006	Cold Case	Dale Wilson	(1 episode) "Fireflies"
2007	Studio DC: Almost Live	Himself	Second Show
2007-2012	Wizards of Waverly Place	Justin Russo	Main Role; 106 episodes
2008	Disney Channel Games	Himself (Cyclone's Team Captain)	Green Team
2009	'	Justin Russo	(1 episode) "Double Crossed"
2009	Disney Channel's 3 Minute Game Show	Himself	(2 episodes) "The Cheetah Girls: One World" and "Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie"
2010	Jonas	Himself	(2 episodes) "Boat Trip" and "On the Radio"
2010	Easy to Assemble	Ethan	(1 episode) "Flying Solo"
2011	Disney's Friends for Change Games	Himself	Green Team
2013	Arrested Development	Himself	TV Series
2014	Mind Games	Unknown Role	TV Series

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2003	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actor	Without a Trace	rowspan="7"
2004		Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor	Arizona Summer
		Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Leading Young Actor	The Pitts
2008		Best Young Ensemble Performance in a TV Series	Wizards of Waverly Place
2011	Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite TV Sidekick
2013	Behind the Voice Actors Awards	Best Vocal Ensemble in an Anime Feature Film/Special	The Secret World of Arrietty
2014	Cleveland International Film Festival	Best Live Action Short Film	Catch