Elden Henson

Elden Henson (born Elden Ryan Ratliff; August 30, 1977) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Fulton Reed in The Mighty Ducks trilogy (1992–1996), Foggy Nelson in Daredevil (2015–2018), the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe television series, and Pollux in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014) and Part 2 (2015).

Elden Henson
Henson at Phoenix Comicon 2017
Born	Elden Ryan Ratliff (1977-08-30) August 30, 1977 Rockville, Maryland, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1984–present
Spouse(s)	Kira Sternbach ( m. 2014)
Children	1

Early life

Elden Ryan Ratliff was born August 30, 1977 in Rockville, Maryland, to a professional photographer mother. His siblings are actors Garette Ratliff Henson (who appeared in The Mighty Ducks with Elden) and Erick Ratliff (who, like Elden, appeared in Elvis & Me). Henson also has a younger half-brother, Ellington Ratliff, who is a member of the band R5. Elden's father George Ratliff was an actor and his mother took her young boys for commercial auditions. They lived for a number of years in Weehawken, New Jersey.

Henson attended Emerson College.[1]

Career

From 1992 to 1996, Henson played Fulton Reed in all three films in The Mighty Ducks trilogy: The Mighty Ducks (1992), D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994) and D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996). He told TV Guide that he owes "a lot of [his] career" to those films. "What's funny is I still, more than anything, get recognized for The Mighty Ducks. I love it. When I was younger, I would get embarrassed. I played sports growing up and I'd be playing baseball and the other team would be quacking at me and stuff. I love those movies. I feel like these things come once in a lifetime and to experience this stuff as a kid and as an adult, I just feel really lucky."[2]

Since 2015, Henson has portrayed Foggy Nelson in the Netflix television series Daredevil. Henson spoke of his excitement for Foggy's role in the series, saying "I was really excited as I was getting the scripts and reading that Foggy wasn't just a useless sidekick. He's not just comic relief. I mean, he is some of those things. He does have comic relief, but it was exciting to know that these other characters would have their own path and their own things that they're dealing with."[3][4] During the audition for the role of Foggy Nelson that was organized as a conference call, Elden Henson held his phone the wrong way, appearing upside down in the video, which convinced the show's executives he was the right man for the part.[5] In addition to Daredevil, Henson has also portrayed Foggy in the crossover miniseries The Defenders[6] and a cameo appearance in season 2 of Jessica Jones and Luke Cage.[7]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Jaws: The Revenge	Additional Voices	Short film
1988	Elvis & Me	Don Beaulieu (Age 10)
1989	Turner & Hooch	Eric Boyett
1990	Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School	Steve Mills	Short film
1992	Radio Flyer	Fisher Friend #3
1992	The Mighty Ducks	Fulton Reed
1994	D2: The Mighty Ducks	Fulton Reed
1996	Foxfire	Bobby
1996	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Fulton Reed
1998	The Mighty	Maxwell Kane
1999	She's All That	Jesse Jackson
1999	Idle Hands	Pnub
1999	A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story	Daniel Huffman
2000	Cast Away	Elden Madden
2001	Manic	Michael
2001	O	Roger Rodriguez
2002	Pack of Dogs	Sheep
2002	Cheats	Sammy Green
2003	Dumb & Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd	Turk
2003	The Battle of Shaker Heights	Bart Bowland
2003	Under the Tuscan Sun	Author
2003	Evil Alien Conquerors	Ron
2004	The Butterfly Effect	Lenny Kagan (Adult)
2005	Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School	Young Steve Mills/Sampson
2005	The Moguls (aka The Amateurs)	Salesman
2005	Lords of Dogtown	Billy Z
2006	Déjà Vu	Gunnars
2007	Rise: Blood Hunter	Taylor
2008	Not Since You	Joey "Fudge" Fudgler
2009	Eldorado	Unknown
2013	Jobs	Andy Hertzfeld
2014	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1	Pollux
2015	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	1st & Ten		1 episode
1984–1985	As the World Turns	Paul Ryan	credited as Elden Ratliff
1985	Amazing Stories	Freckle-Faced Boy	credited as Elden Ratliff
1986	Fame	Matthew	guest, credited as Elden Ratliff
1987	Highway To Heaven	Alan Bailey	guest, credited as Elden Ratliff
1993	Saved By The Bell: The New Class	Dirk	guest, credited as Elden Ryan Ratliff
1993	The Ben Stiller Show	Cub Scout	uncredited
2004	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Will Caray	guest
2007	Smith	Matthew Marley	4 episodes
2007	ER	Fingerless Guy	guest
2007	Private Practice	Damon	guest
2009	Psych	Clive	guest
2009	Grey's Anatomy	Matt	guest
2014	Intelligence	Amos Pembroke	guest
2015–2018	Daredevil	Foggy Nelson	Series Main (38 episodes)
2017	Workaholics	Nipples	Guest
2017	The Defenders	Foggy Nelson	Series Main (6 episodes)
2018	Jessica Jones		Guest star; episode "AKA Sole Survivor"
2018	Luke Cage		Guest star; episode "All Souled Out"

References

1. "Elden Henson Biography". Yahoo! Movies. Archived March 18, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
2. Eng, Joyce (May 14, 2015). "Why Foggy Nelson Is Daredevil's Unsung Hero". TVGuide.com. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
3. Cornet, Roth (April 8, 2015). "Daredevil: How the Netflix Series Will Change the Marvel Cinematic Universe". IGN. Archived from the original on April 14, 2015.
4. "Elden Henson Joins Marvel's Daredevil For Netflix". Marvel.com. June 26, 2014. Archived from the original on June 26, 2014.
5. Barnhardt, Adam (5 May 2020). "Daredevil's Elden Henson Was Cast as Foggy Nelson Because He Accidentally Filmed Audition Upside Down". Comicbook.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
6. Han, Angie. "'The Defenders': 'Daredevil' Star Elden Henson Says Foggy Nelson Will Report for Duty". /film.
7. Cotter, Padraig (7 June 2019). "What Elden Henson Is Doing After Daredevil". Screenrant.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.

External links

• Elden Henson on IMDb