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My Take
Devon Werkheiser had the trickiest assignment in child stardom: being the relatable everykid rather than the flashy one. Ned Bigby worked because Werkheiser played him with genuine warmth, and a generation of Nickelodeon viewers absorbed his school survival tips like scripture. What I respect is how he handled the after: instead of chasing scandal or vanishing, he leaned into music with If Eyes Could Speak and kept working on stage and screen. The second act of a former child star is a brutal genre, and his quiet persistence in it tells me more about his character than the sitcom ever did.
Overview
Devon Joel Werkheiser (born March 8, 1991) is an American actor and musician. As an actor, Werkheiser is best known for his starring role as Ned Bigby on the Nickelodeon sitcom Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, and for his role as the lead character Nolan Byrd in the 2007 Nickelodeon television movie Shredderman Rules.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Devon Werkheiser
- Name (Japanese)
- デヴォン・ワークハイザー
- Reading
- でゔぉん・わーくはいざー
- Born
- March 8, 1991 (age 35)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Goat
- Origin
- Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / singer / stage actor / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Northview High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | If Eyes Could Speak | — | |
| Notable work | Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide | — |
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://devonwerkheiser.com/
- Xhttps://x.com/devonwerkharder
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devon%20Werkheiser
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.