<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1979--present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Known for </Th> <Td> Billy Kramer in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) </Td> </Tr> <P> 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 2018, he is the youngest actor to be nominated in any category, and the only actor 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 . </P> <P> 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 . </P>

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