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David Clayton Henrie ( ; born July 11, 1989) is an American actor, writer, and director. He is noted for playing
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's future son Luke on ''
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''; Justin Russo in ''
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'' and its sequel '' Wizards Beyond Waverly Place'', as well as starring in the films ''
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'' and '' Walt Before Mickey''. He is a Roman Catholic.


Early life

Henrie was born in
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, to Linda Henrie (''née'' Finocchiaro), a talent manager, and James Wilson Henrie, a producer formerly in real estate. He is the older brother of actor Lorenzo James Henrie. His maternal grandparents are
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. Henrie was raised
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and grew up in
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.


Career

At age 13, Henrie landed 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
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, 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'', ''
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'', '' The Mullets'', ''
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'', '' The D.A.'', '' Jack & Bobby'', '' NCIS'', ''
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'', and ''
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''. Before his role on ''
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'', he had a recurring role on ''
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'' as Cory's friend Larry. Henrie also had a recurring role on ''
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,'' 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, ''
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''. 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 Vincenzo Pepé 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". He had a role in the
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'' Dadnapped'' co-starring Emily Osment. Henrie made a guest appearance as himself in two episodes of '' Jonas''. According to
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, 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 appeared in '' Grown Ups 2'' (2013), opposite Taylor Lautner and
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. 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. Later that year, Henrie guest starred in the ABC show ''
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''. As of 2014, Henrie has directed two short films, ''Boo!'' and ''Catch''. In 2015, Henrie played the role of Lane, a valet who falls for Paul Blart's daughter, in the sequel '' Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2.'' He also co-starred as London Busbee, older brother of the title character, in the drama ''
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,'' and had a role in the indie biographical drama film '' Walt Before Mickey'' in which he plays Rudy Ising, who worked for
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. Henrie had cameo appearances in indie drama '' Cardboard Boxer'' and ''Warrior Road''. In 2018, Henrie directed a coming-of-age film '' This Is the Year'', in which he also starred and co-wrote. In August 2020, Henrie and his ''Wizards of Waverly Place'' co-star
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, who served as executive producer on the film, announced the virtual movie premiere of ''This Is the Year''. In 2023, Henrie played the role of Ted in the
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original series ''Underdeveloped''.


Personal life

In October 2016, Henrie became engaged to former Miss Delaware 2011, Maria Cahill. They were married on April 21, 2017. They have three children, a girl born in March 2019, a boy born in December 2020, and a girl born in July 2022. He is a practicing Catholic. He appears on the American Catholic meditation and prayer app '' Hallow''. On September 10, 2018, Henrie was arrested and charged at
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under allegations of carrying a loaded gun in the airport. He later released a statement on Twitter apologizing for the incident, stating that the act was unintentional and the gun was legally purchased. On September 26, 2018, it was reported Henrie was charged on three counts for "carrying a loaded firearm, carrying a concealed firearm, and possessing a weapon in a sterile area of the airport". He pled no contest to one charge and received two years probation.


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