Duane Henry

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Duane Henry (born March 18, 1985) is an English actor.

Henry is most notable for his work on NCIS, Doctors, Doctor Who, and W.E. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Early life

Duane Henry was born in Birmingham, West Midlands, England. He grew up in a working class home in Handsworth. As a child, Henry attended St. Francis Catholic Primary School in Birmingham, and St. John Wall School in Handsworth, eventually studying drama at Dudley College. When he was 17, Henry moved to London to explore a career in the entertainment industry.

Personal life

Henry was homeless for a period in his lifetime, and has connected his difficult upbringing in Birmingham to his success as an actor. His mother was a 16 year-old single parent. He eventually moved in with his aunt and held various jobs including selling shoes on Oxford Street, and in a theatre in Leicester Square, where he "was sacked for daydreaming and practising his autograph." Henry did not know his father. He stated that growing up they were hit with reality, and where he grew up showed him where he does and does not want to be in life; it made him work much harder to achieve his goals.

Henry has stated that if he were not an actor, he would still be involved in the arts, perhaps teaching drama to younger generations, or as a talent scout. When asked about his inspiration as an actor, Henry replied that he reviews the struggles of people in his social circles “from A-Z” and then sees them still on their feet and smiling and draws inspiration from them to “keep on going”.

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Career

Henry first started acting in 2004, a year after transferring to London on November 27, 2003. On The Afternoon Play, a British television anthology series, Samantha Janus appeared in his first acting role. Henry made a number of guest appearances on popular British television dramas, including Doctor Who, The Bill, and The Cut, earning him a nomination for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Screen National Award for Outstanding Emerging Talent in 2010.

Henry appeared on the British medical soap opera Doctors from 2005 to 2013, originally set in Birmingham. In a three-part special of the show entitled Doctors: War Zone, Gareth Broadhurst played Gareth Broadhurst, a former soldier with PTSD. Henry attributes his popularity on Doctors to the fact that he is a Birmingham boy and therefore is unavoidably selected for roles on the program. In Madonna's historical romance drama W.E., Henry played a security guard.

In November 2013, Henry moved from London to Los Angeles. Henry spent a year perfecting his American accent in order to extend his range as an actor. He auditioned for several roles, including one on Jennifer Lopez's Shades of Blue, in which Barry Levinson of Rain Man appeared.

Clayton Reeves, the first agent on NCIS, appeared in May 2016 for the 23rd and 24th episodes of the show's 13th season. Henry was given the opportunity to return for the following season. Henry's character would be seen on the show from the 14th season, which aired on September 20, 2016. Clayton Reeves' character didn't have roots in Birmingham, but he incorporated his upbringing into his story, according to Henry. In the 22nd episode of the 15th season titled "Two Steps Back," in which Reeves is killed off, Henry left NCIS. After the death of his creator and NCIS showrunner Gary Glasberg on September 28, 2016, Henry said neither he nor the producers knew what direction Reeves would take after his death, so the decision was made to write the character out of the story at the end of season 15.

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