<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 Worthington 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 2016, 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 . 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". </P>

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