Josh Henderson Biography

For the soccer player, see Josh Henderson (soccer).

Joshua Baret "Josh" Henderson (born October 25, 1981) is an American actor, model and singer. He played Austin McCann on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives and currently stars as John Ross Ewing III in the TNT revival of Dallas. He first became widely known from his appearance on The WB singing competition show Popstars 2, on which he was one of the winners selected to be a member of the pop group Scene 23.

Early life

Henderson was born in Dallas, Texas, the son of Sharon Lea Henderson. He grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he graduated from Memorial High School in 2000. He has a condition called heterochromia, meaning his eyes are two different colors; his left eye is green, while his right eye is blue. Henderson graduated from Tulsa Memorial Senior High School, where he enjoyed playing sports, particularly baseball.

Career

Henderson competed on the second season of the WB reality show Popstars, where he won a spot in the group Scene 23, which disbanded due to their record company folding. Later he was dating singer and actress Ashlee Simpson. The couple dated for over two years before breaking up.

After Scene 23, Henderson began modeling, singing and acting career. He appeared in several sitcoms, such as Maybe It's Me, Do Over, One on One, Rodney and 8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter. Henderson made his film debut in 2003 straight-to-video horror Leeches!, and well appeared in The Girl Next Door in next year.

In 2005 Henderson was cast in lead role on the short-lived FX drama series Over There. In film, he appeared on Yours, Mine and Ours (2005), Step Up (2006), Broken Bridges (2006), Fingerprints (2006), April Fool's Day (2008) and The Jerk Theory (2009). In The Jerk Theory he also recorded soundtrack album, which was released in 2009.

From 2006 to 2007, Henderson co-starred in ABC comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives as Austin McCann. From 2008 to 2009 he appeared on CW's 90210, and next guest-starred in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

In February, 2011, Henderson has landed a lead role in TNT revival of 1978-1991 CBS prime-time soap opera Dallas. Henderson plays the character of John Ross Ewing III, the son of Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) and J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman). The TNT's Dallas was premiered on June 13, 2012.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Leeches!	Jason	Direct-to-video
2004	The Girl Next Door	Pep Rally Jock
2005	Yours, Mine and Ours	Nick De Pietro
2006	Step Up	Brett Dolan
2006	Broken Bridges	Wyatt
2006	Fingerprints	Penn
2008	April Fool's Day	Blaine Cartier
2009	The Jerk Theory	Adam Dynes
2012	Rushlights	Billy Brody
2014	Swelter

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Popstars	Himself - Scene 23	13 episodes
2002	Maybe It's Me	Jackson	Episode: "The Rick's in Love Episode"
2002	Do Over	Jake	Episode: "Halloween Kiss"
2003	Newton	Eli	TV pilot
2003	She Spies	Raine	Episode: "Rane of Terror"
2002–2003	One on One	Josh	11 episodes
2004	The Deerings	Kyle	TV pilot
2004	North Shore	Derek	Episode: "Tessa"
2004	8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter	Tyler	Episode: "Out of the Box"
2005	Rodney	Wes	Episode: "Talent Show"
2005	Over There	Pfc. Bo Rider	13 episodes
2006–2007	Desperate Housewives	Austin McCann	16 episodes
2008–2009	90210	Sean Cavanaugh	3 episodes
2009	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Calvin Crook	Episode: "Bloodsport"
2010	Betwixt	Nix Uyarak	TV pilot
2012"present	Dallas	John Ross Ewing III	Series regular

Other

• Ashley Tisdale - "He Said She Said" (2007) Music Video
• Ashley Tisdale - "Suddenly" (2008) Music Video
• Ashley Tisdale - "Not Like That"( 2007) Music Video
• Scene 23 - "I Really Don't Think So" (2002) Music Video