Devon Werkheiser Biography
Summary
"Devon Joseph Werkheiser" (born March 8, 1991) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his starring role as Ned Bigby on Nickelodeon's sitcom, "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide".
Personal life
Devon was born in Atlanta, Georgia. His father is a real estate executive and his mother is a homemaker. At age six he started doing impressions of actor Jim Carrey in the movie "Ace Ventura Pet Detective".name = 'IMDB'/> He started acting when his parents then enrolled him in the Talent Factory, a local children's acting program. At age 16, six years after his professional acting career started, he and his family moved to Los Angeles to avoid having to split time between Atlanta and Hollywood. He is currently enrolled in Laurel Springs School, a school that offers a long distance learning curriculum program. He is involved in helping local charities and is a member of the Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation . ==Acting career==Werkheiser's first professional acting was when he was in an NBA commercial. At the age of 10 he played the role of Mel Gibson's son in "We Were Soldiers". In 2002 he was in the TV movie "Recipe for Disaster". From 2004-2007 he starred in "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide", his most notable role. While still on "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide" he did the voice for Casper in "Casper's Scare School" and played Nolan Byrd in "Shredderman Rules".name = 'bio'/> He is currently working on his first silver screen movie "The Greatest Escape" since "We Were Soldiers" and the tv movie "Christmas in Paradise".==Music career==Werkheiser has signed to Universal Records, and is expected to release his debut album by the end of 2007 or early 2008. The album's genre will be a combination of pop and rock. Trilogy Productions' Eddie Galan, Andrew Lane, and Jay Condiotti have announced that they have worked with Werkheiser for at least one song for his debut album via Eddie Galan's official MySpace page. A demo song by Werkheiser, "Superhero", was released on the "Shredderman Rules" DVD. ==Filmography====References====External links==* (Official site) ** (Unofficial Street Team)
Credit
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