Occupation Businessman, actor Education Skid College Role Former Child Actor | Name Justin Henry Years active 1979–present | |
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Full Name Justin Worthington Henry Born May 25, 1971 (age 52) ( 1971-05-25 ) Rye, New York, U.S. Parents Clifford Henry, Michele Henry Nominations Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Awards David di Donatello Special Award Movies Kramer vs Kramer, Sixteen Candles, Sweet Hearts Dance, My Dinner with Jimi, Finding Home Similar People Robert Benton, Gedde Watanabe, Michael Schoeffling, Jane Alexander, Anthony Michael Hall | ||
Justin henry
Justin Worthington Henry (born May 25, 1971) is an American actor.
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His most notable role perhaps came in the film Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) (his first role) in a performance that earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, when he was just eight years old. As of 2016, he is the youngest actor to be nominated in any category, and the only actor ever nominated in the same decade as his or her birth. The performance later earned him a spot (No. 80) on VH1's list of 100 Greatest Kid Stars. Most of his film and television credits came as a child or teenager, although he has continued acting as an adult.
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Early life and acting career
Henry was born in Rye, New York, the son of Michele (née Andrews), a real estate agent, and Clifford Henry, an investment adviser. Henry began his acting career in Kramer vs. Kramer. For his performance in that film, he became the youngest person to ever be nominated for an Oscar or Golden Globe. His next role was in a 1983 episode of the American television series Fantasy Island. On the big screen, Henry appeared in the Brat Pack film Sixteen Candles (1984), as Mike Baker, one of Samantha Baker's siblings. Henry also played the son of a married couple played by Don Johnson and Susan Sarandon in the film Sweet Hearts Dance (1988). In this role, critic Janet Maslin called him a "large and amusingly sullen teenager".
He attended Skidmore College, earning a B.A. in psychology in 1993. After graduation, his next widely seen performance was in 1997, as a medical student in a two-episode role during the fourth season of ER. He starred opposite Ally Sheedy, Jason David Frank and Brian O'Halloran in the mockumentary The Junior Defenders, which was filmed that same year but released direct-to-video in 2007.
Business career
Henry co-founded the Slamdunk Film Festival in 1998. Although he continues to make occasional appearances in film and television, he was a Regional Director of Sales at Veoh since 2009. He is currently a platform director for AOL.