Harrison Houde

Harrison Houde
Harrison Houde featured on the cover of VanAvenue magazine after attending the 2016 Cannes film festival.
Born	(1996-03-26) March 26, 1996 (age 20) Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation	Actor, Producer, Director, Musician.
Years active	2008–present
Website	http://www.HarrisonHoude.ca

Harrison Houde (born March 26, 1996) is a Canadian actor, producer, director, YouTuber, and musician currently best known for his role as Bowie Sherman on the Canadian show Some Assembly Required. His first acting role was "Darren Walsh" in the 2010 American film Diary of a Wimpy Kid. In the YouTube community, he's well known for his comedic sketches, vlogs, music video parodies, and pranks.

Houde was born on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. He became a musician at a very young age, and while doing this he developed an interest in creating videos and acting while making YouTube videos. All of this has led Harrison toward his professional career in the film and music industries.

When he was only 4 years old, he began playing the piano and subsequently had his first recital. He discovered that he had an ear for music. He had always wanted to learn to play multiple instruments and understand music theory to improve his musical abilities. He begged his parents to allow him to play guitar and drums. After years of practice and dedication, they surprised him with his very own drum kit on Christmas when he was 12. His talent as a musician has grown, and he now composes/writes original scores which have aired on TV, as well as in his YouTube videos, and short films. He also now plays a variety of synth lead, keys, drums, percussion, and instruments alike, creating tracks.

Harrison started acting in local theatre and school plays, as well as in his own YouTube videos whilst growing up. In 2009, he attended John Robert Powers School in Vancouver and studied acting for three years before beginning to audition in the industry. He landed his first role in Diary of a Wimpy Kid in 2010. He was nominated and won a Joey Award for his work in Some Assembly Required on November 16, 2014, under the category Best Young Actor age 10-19 or younger in a TV Series Comedy/Action Leading Role. In 2015 Harrison was named Hollywood Reporters young up-and-coming rising stars to watch from Canada. Harrison won a Canadian Screen Award in 2016 for best host of a youth/kids series for his work on Finding Stuff Out.