Buddy Handleson
{{short description|American actor (born 1999)}}
{{Infobox person
| name =
| image = Buddy Handleson 2016.png
| caption = Handleson in 2016
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1999|11|01}}{{cite web|url=http://celebrityhautespot.wordpress.com/2012/11/01/happy-birthday-to-the-super-talented-buddy-handleson-budster925/|title=Happy Birthday To The Super Talented Buddy Handleson! (@BUDSTER925)|date=November 2012|publisher=Celebrity Haute Spot|access-date=May 6, 2013}}
| birth_place = Danville, California, U.S.{{cite web |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_22583101/ |title=Young actor Buddy Handleson gets big break in Nickelodeon's 'Wendell & Vinnie' |last=Barney |first=Chuck |date=February 14, 2013 |publisher=The Mercury News |archive-date=April 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411081944/http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_22583101/ |url-status=live }}
| other_names = Buddy Keaton
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2006–present
}}
Buddy Handleson (born November 1, 1999) is an American actor,{{cite web |url=http://www.danvilleweekly.com/news/show_story.php?id=3155 |title=Child Actor Hails From Danville |date=March 25, 2010 |archive-date=September 29, 2013 |work=The Danville Express |first=Dolores Fox |last=Ciardelli |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929180141/http://danvilleexpress.com/news/show_story.php?id=3155 |url-status=dead |access-date=February 24, 2013 }} best known for playing Henry Dillon in Disney Teen sitcom Shake It Up, Wendell Bassett in Nickelodeon comedy series Wendell & Vinnie, and Newt on Bella and the Bulldogs, also on Nickelodeon.{{cite web|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/no_couchin_it_EV1TCq684NP8bofl3GGkYL|title=No couchin' it|last=Starr|first=Michael|date=February 9, 2013|publisher=New York Post|access-date=February 24, 2013}}
Early life and career
Buddy is the son of Jay and Athena (née Poulos) Handleson.{{cite web |url=https://danvillesanramon.com/news/2010/03/25/child-actor-hails-from-danville |title=Child actor hails from Danville |website=DanvilleSanRamon.com |publisher=Gina Channell-Allen |last=Ciardelli |first=Dolores Fox |date=March 25, 2010 |access-date=April 19, 2017}} He has an older sister named Brooke (b. 1998).{{cite web |title=Athena Poulos Handleson Official Facebook Page |url=https://www.facebook.com/athena.handleson/about_family_and_relationships |website=facebook.com}} At the age of 3, his parents tried to introduce him to modeling, but the young Buddy Handleson did not like it.{{cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2013/02/13/young-actor-buddy-handleson-gets-big-break-in-nickelodeons-wendell-vinnie/|title=Young actor Buddy Handleson gets big break in Nickelodeon's 'Wendell & Vinnie'|website=Mercurynews.com|date=13 February 2013|author=Chuck Barney|access-date=16 April 2020}} He was spotted by the talent agent Cathy Steele based in Orlando.
He started auditioning for acting roles at the age of 7 and taking acting lessons with Romeo Marquez. In 2010, he co-starred in an episode of 'Til Death, and guest-starred in an episode of Sons of Tucson (role of Gabe AKA "Asskiss" in episode Kisses and Beads{{cite web|url=https://www.malcolminthemiddle.co.uk/2010/03/29/justin-berfield-shares-behind-the-scenes-photos-of-sons-of-tucson/|title=Justin Berfield shares behind-the-scenes photos of Sons of Tucson|website=Malcolminthemiddle.co.uk|date=29 March 2010|access-date=16 April 2020}}). In February 2013, he landed the lead role of Wendell Bassett in Wendell and Vinnie.
Filmography
| class="wikitable"
|+ Television and film roles |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2009
| Boy | Episode: "Jake... Another Little Piece of My Heart" |
| 2009
| Lost Boy Jonah | Episode: "Masquerade" |
| 2010
| Timmy | Episode: "Dog Fight" |
| 2010
| Gabe | Episodes: "Golden Ticket", "Kisses and Beads" |
| 2010–2012
| Henry Dillon | Recurring role, 9 episodes |
| 2011
| Timmy | Episodes: "Lingerie Football", "Family Business" |
| 2011
|Coming & Going | Christopher Crump | Film |
| 2012
| Luca | Voice role |
| 2012
|Bad Fairy | Rocco DiRizzo | TV movie |
| 2013
| Wendell Bassett | Lead role |
| 2014
| Little Savages | Vinny | Film |
| 2015–2016
| Newt | Main role |
| 2017–2018
| Wally | Episodes: "Quadpendence Day", "We'll Always Have Parasites" |
| 2019
| Gerald | Episode: "The Parent Track" |
| 2024
| DL Guy | Cameron | Short |
Personal life
Handleson lived in Burbank with his mother in 2012 until they moved to Redondo Beach, California in 2014.{{cn|date=December 2024}}
On June 25, 2017, Handleson came out as gay through a caption on an Instagram photo depicting him in front of a pride flag. He wrote,
"Over the past couple of years I've become more and more comfortable with my sexuality and I think I'm ready to share it with the world. I'm finally at a place in life where I can say 'I'm proud of who I am. I'm proud to be gay.'"{{Cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BVyCmIFBSuL/ |title=Buddy Handleson on Instagram: "Being at #Pride in SF has made me feel so safe and loved, it's really been a fun and exciting weekend. Now, I gots something to tell..." |access-date=2017-06-28 |archive-date=2019-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908185829/https://www.instagram.com/p/BVyCmIFBSuL/ |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
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Category:21st-century American LGBTQ people
Category:American LGBTQ comedians
Category:American male child actors
Category:American male comedians
Category:American male television actors
Category:Comedians from California
Category:LGBTQ people from California
Category:Male actors from California
Category:People from Danville, California
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