He played Billy in "Kramer against Kramer". See Justin Henry now at 51.
The former star child was nominated for an Oscar for family drama.
Before his 10th birthday,Justin Henry had already reached the height of the career of any actor, winning aOscar appointment For having played Billy, a young son torn between two divorced parents, in the successful drama of 1979,Kramer against Kramer.
The film, which featuresDustin Hoffman andMeryl Streep As an express man, has become an unlikely success, winning the whole world, including the Oscar for the best film and the change in national conversation around divorce. Their young co -star - who alwaysHas a Guinness World Record For the youngest person never nominated for a competitive acting Oscar - would continue to play in another emblematic and determined film before finding a quieter life off screen. Continue to read to learn where Justin Henry is now 51 years old.
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He continued to play.
Henry followed his nominated icar turn with a supporting role in another sustainable film, 1984Sixteen candles, withMolly Ringwald andAnthony Michael Hall. At 13, Henry played the boring little brother of the Ringwald character, Mike in the beloved teenage comedy.
He also appeared in several less known films throughout the 1980s, includingMartin Day withRichard HarrisandSweet hearts dance withSusan Sarandon. He then played in the film Made-For-TV from 1996Andersonville and appeared in two episodes ofUh. Since 2000, Henry has occasionally played in direct video films and with customers onMy own worst enemy andBrothers and sisters.
He took Hollywood leave to go to university.
After appearing in four films between 1983 and 1985,Henry took a break to play To go to primary school as a normal child, the actor declared toOn the screen and beyond Podcast in 2014. He said that he also "took sabbatical leave" to act when university came. Henry attended the New York College Skidmore, where he avoided acting lessons to study psychology and art history, according toHis LinkedIn page.
He founded a film festival.
In 1998, Henry co -founded theSlamdunk Film Festival, which was held every year in Park City, Utah, alongside and as an alternative to the Film Festival Sundance Buzzier. The projections and events then extended to film festivals in Toronto and Cannes.
Slamdunk was aimed at drawing attention to independent filmmakers who could not have room for Sundance,Co-founder of the festival John Peterson Explained in Moviemaker. The festival worked for five years, organizing its latest events in 2003.
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Between occasional actor concerts, he works "regular" work.
Although Henry acts and appears on the screen from time to time, more recently, participating in theAt the movie theater comedy series as well asIn short films, he has spent most of the last decades to build a career outside the spotlight. Henry works in marketing and digital media for technological companies and agencies in the Los Angeles region.
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He is happy to see his experiences againKramer against Kramer.
Although Henry said toOn the screen and beyond Podcast that he did not stay in touch with his unique fictitious parents Hoffman and Streep, only saying that he sometimes meets Hoffman in Los Angeles, but he thinks with emotion on his experiences by doing the film and remembers it They as "nourishing, attentive, and kind." He particularly remembers taking advantage of the time he spent running in New York with Hoffman, noting that their "relationship on the screen was the result of what we have done off screen".
To this end, he continued to support the film over the decades, appearing during events celebrating his 30th anniversary in 2009 and 40th anniversary in 2019.
