Justin Henry (born May 25, 1971) is an American actor, known for
playing the object of the titular custody battle in the 1979 film
Kramer vs. Kramer, a debut role that earned him a nomination for the
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, when he was eight years old.
As of 2020[update], he remains the youngest Oscar nominee in any
category, and the only actor or actress 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.Justin Henry was born in Rye, New York,
the son of Michele (née Andrews), a real estate agent, and Clifford
Henry, an investment adviser. He was educated at Brunswick School, an
all-boys college-preparatory private day school located in Greenwich,
Connecticut, followed by Skidmore College, a private liberal arts
college in Saratoga Springs, New York, where he earned a B.A. in
psychology in 1993.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".After
graduation, Henry's 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.
playing the object of the titular custody battle in the 1979 film
Kramer vs. Kramer, a debut role that earned him a nomination for the
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, when he was eight years old.
As of 2020[update], he remains the youngest Oscar nominee in any
category, and the only actor or actress 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.Justin Henry was born in Rye, New York,
the son of Michele (née Andrews), a real estate agent, and Clifford
Henry, an investment adviser. He was educated at Brunswick School, an
all-boys college-preparatory private day school located in Greenwich,
Connecticut, followed by Skidmore College, a private liberal arts
college in Saratoga Springs, New York, where he earned a B.A. in
psychology in 1993.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".After
graduation, Henry's 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.
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