QUICK FACTS
Activity Actor
Real name Henrique Chagas Moniz de Aragao Gonzaga
Nationality Brazil
Birth April 30, 1993 (Brasilia)
BIOGRAPHY
Henry Zaga ‘s parents had a great influence on his artistic education. Taking him to see local plays on Sundays, as well as to painting and drama school while he was growing up, set him on the path to participating in the performing arts at an early age. After graduating high school, Henry moved to Los Angeles to pursue a degree in film acting. He was discovered in his first year of college and had to drop out to work on his first feature film. He gained recognition early in his career, when he was cast as Josh Diaz in the MTV series Teen Wolf (2015-2016). Zaga later appeared in Netflix-exclusive releases such as the film XOXO (2016) and the first season of the series 13 Reasons Why . In 2019 he starred as Jake in the Hulu series adaptation of Looking for Alaska . In April 2017, he was cast as Marvel superhero Roberto da Costa/Sunspot in the film The New Mutants (2020).
