David Henry is an American actor who became popular for his roles in television films and series. His most successful works are considered the series "The Wizards of Waverly Place" and the television film "The Wizards of Waverly Place in the Movies".
David Clayton Henry was born in California, in the small town of Mission Viejo. Date of his birth: July 11, 1989. David has a younger brother named Lorenzo. It is noteworthy that the boys' parents were not directly related to cinema, however, both David and Lorenzo eventually became actors.
Facts from the biography of David Henry
When David was still very young, the whole family moved from California to Arizona. There they settled in the city of Phoenix, which is the capital of the state. It was in this place that the childhood of the future famous actor passed.
As mentioned, David was brought up and grew up in a not very creative environment. His father named Jim was in real estate and sales. The mother, named Linda, was a manager. However, from a very young age, David began to demonstrate his acting talent and was very drawn to creativity and art. It is also worth noting that David Henry's family has always been very religious. Therefore, Catholicism occupies a certain place in the artist's life to this day.
The boy received his secondary education at the Cheyenne Traditional School. In addition to attending regular classes, from elementary school, David began to take part in school performances, various talent contests and holidays held at the school. He was an active and artistic child.
When David was just nine years old, he was able to sign a contract with the SAG agency, which was based in Phoenix. Thanks to this, David Henry had his own representatives in the film industry and on television. At the same time, the talented boy began to actively attend various castings and selections.
David began his acting career at the age of ten, when he and his family went to Los Angeles and visited Hollywood. The first work on television for David Henry was advertising. He has starred in several videos for Burger King. And after a while, the young talent was invited to a new television show - "Providence". In this project, David was not in the permanent cast, but managed to star in a number of episodes. The show was released in 2002. In the same year, another series went on the air - "Without a trace", in which David also got one of the small roles.
Over the next 2003, the aspiring actor appeared in a number of television projects. He was a guest on Amy's Appraisal, starred in the TV movie Monster Makers, and appeared in one episode of the first season of Mullets. And a fairly large role in the same year went to David in the series "Pitt Family", which aired on the FOX channel. After such a start, the career of a talented aspiring actor began to develop rapidly.
The path to film and television
David's filmography today includes almost forty projects in which he managed to appear. In addition, Henry tried himself as a director, working on two short films, which were released in 2009 and in 2014. He has also been a producer and screenwriter for several television projects.
Until 2007, the actor starred in many TV series and films. At the same time, he got both episodic and background roles, and had the honor to play the leading characters. David Henry can be seen in such popular projects as NCIS: Special Department, House Doctor, How I Met Your Mother, Detective Rush.
A definite breakthrough occurred in David's acting career when he was accepted into the cast of the new television series "The Wizards of Waverly Place". The role of Justin Russo made the young actor a very popular and famous person. The television series started at the box office in 2007 and was on air until the end of 2011. In addition, in 2009, the television film "The Wizards of Waverly Place in the Movies" was shot, which only strengthened the actor's success.
Then the artist's filmography was replenished with new successful roles in fairly high-rated television projects. David starred in Odnoklassniki 2, A Beautiful Mind, Kid, Puppet Boxer.
In 2019, there are two films in post-production with David Henry: "This Is the Year" and "Reagan".
Love, family and personal life
David Henry was prescribed romances with various girls at various times. However, today the actor is married. The wedding took place in 2017. David's wife was Maria Cahill, who bears the title of beauty queen. Before legalizing relations, young people met for more than two years.
Henry is quite active on his social media profiles, where you can see how the actor lives and what he is passionate about at the moment. David willingly shares photos and information about his past. However, he tries to keep secret the work projects that he is currently working on.
