David Henrie

David Clayton Henrie is an American actor. He is mainly known for playing Justin Russo on Wizards of Waverly Place. He reprises his role in the 2024 sequel series.

Early Life[]

Henrie was born in Mission Viejo, California to Linda and Jim Henrie, Black, Rosemary (May 7, 2009). He made an appearance in "Disney Channel's rising stars whip up a feast for Mother's Day" Daily News (New York) and grew up in Phoenix, Arizona.^[2 He is the brother of actor Lorenzo Henrie. He went to school at Cheyenne Traditional School. Henrie was raised as a Roman Catholic ^[3 and, according to his website, comes from a "large, loud, Italian family".

Career[]

At age 10, Henrie signed with a SAG agency in Phoenix and began going out on auditions. At age 9, during a regional commercial shoot in Scottsdale, a director recommended that Henrie move to LA. That summer, at the age of 10, he and his family relocated to Hollywood. Henrie booked his first two national commercial auditions, playing principal roles in spots for Burger King and Quaker Oats. Henrie booked his first co-starring role on the TV show Providence, and went on to land a guest star role on the premiere episode of Without a Trace. He's also been seen on other TV shows such as How I Met Your Mother, where he plays Ted Mosby's future son Luke, also NCIS, Cold Case, House, and Judging Amy.

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 Maker, 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.

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. Due to his involvement with Disney Channel, Henrie competed in the 2008 Disney Channel Games. He was the team captain of the Green Team, also known as the Cyclones. He has a role in the Disney Channel Original Movie Dadnapped. Before his present 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.^[5]

Personal life[]

Since April 2017, David has been married to ex-Miss Delaware Maria Cahill. The entire main cast attended the wedding.

David used to date Lucy Hale and was romantically linked to Elle McLemore ^[6] from 2010 to an unknown date.[^{citation needed}]. He is best friends with Brandon Mychal Smith and Gregg Sulkin. He is also good friends with his cast members from Wizards of the Waverly Place and the Jonas Brothers.

Episodes Written[]

Season 3[]

Alex's Logo

Season 4[]

Meet the Werewolves

Filmography[]

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Monsters Makes	Danny Burke
2004	Hollywood Mom's Mystery	Oliver Palumbo
2004	Arizona Summer	Bad
2012	The Secret World of Arriety	Shawn	Voice roles, US English dub
2013	Grows Up 2	Frat Boy Zac
2014	1000 to 1: The Cory Weissman Story	Cory Weissman
2015	Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2	Lane
2015	Little Boy	London Busbee
2015	Walt Before Mickey	Rudy Ising
2016	Cardboard Boxer	Clean Cut Man
2016	Warrior Road	Tom
2020	This is the Year	Sebastian	Write/Director
TBA	Boys of Summer		Director
2023	Regan	President Ronald Reagn	Filming, Share role with Dennis Quaid
TBA	Max & Me	D.J.	Voice role
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Providence	Mark Triedman	Episode: Gotcha
2002	Without a Trace	Gabe Freedman	Episode: Birthday Boy
2003	The Pitts	Petey Pitt	Main role
2003	the Mullets	N/A	Episode: Grudge Match
2003	Judging Amy	Jeremy	Episode: Sex and the Single Mother
2004	The D.A.	Alex Henry	Episode: The People vs. Patricia Henry
2004	Method & Red	Skyler Blaford	Recurring role
2004	Jack and Bobby	Sniffly	Episode: The Kindness of Strange
2004	NCIS	Willy Shields	Episode: Terminal Leave
2004-2007	That's So Raven	Larry	Recurring role; 12 episodes
2005	House	Tommy	Episode: Cursed
2005-2014	How I Met Your Mother	Luke Mosby	Recurring role; 65 episodes
2006	Cold Case	Dale Wilson	Episode: Fireflies
2007	Studio DC: Almost Live	Himself	Episode: The 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	The Suite Life on Deck	Justin Russo	Episode: Double Crossed
2009	Disney Chanel's 3-Minute Game Show	Himself	Episode: The Cheetah Girls: One World Episode: Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie
2009	Dadnapped	Wheeze	Television Film
2009	Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie	Justin Russo	Television Film
2010	Jonas	Himself	Episode: Boat Trip Episode On the Radio
2010	Easy to Assemble	Ethan	Episode: Fly Solo
2011	Disney's Friends for change Games	Himself	Green Team
2013	Arrested Development	Himself	Episode: It Gets Better
2014	Mind Games	Elliot	Episode: Embodied Cognition
2021	A Tale Dark & Grimm	Handsome Young Man	Episode: Chapter Fourth: The Monster Within Episode: Chapter Fifth: A Smile As Red AS Blood

Awards and nominations[]

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

Trivia[]

David Henrie has not only portrayed Justin Russo in Wizards of Waverly Place franchise he also wrote two episodes "Alex's Logo and Meet the Werewolves and is one of the executive producers of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place.
David Henrie was 34 years old the same age as his character Justin Russo while filming the pilot episode for Wizards Beyond Waverly Place where his character Justin Russo celebrates his 34th birthday.
David Henrie revealed in an interview that out of all the women who auditioned for the role of his character Justin Russo's wife Giada Russo that he felt the "most comfortable" with Mimi Gianopulos who ended up being cast to play his TV Wife.