07-07-2025
Former Nickelodeon star is now unrecognizable two decades after he starred on the network
A former Nickelodeon child star is now completely unrecognizable, more than two decades after he starred on the network.
Devon Werkheiser was skyrocketed into the spotlight when he was cast in Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide at only 12 years old.
The show, which premiered in 2004 and went on for three seasons before concluding in 2007, focused on Devon's character Ned Bigby as he created a guide to help middle school students survive.
It was a massive success and a huge staple in many people's childhoods, launching Devon into a huge star at a very young age.
But now, 22 years after it premiered, Devon, 34, looks completely different from his Nickelodeon days.
He's certainly all grown up, and he was recently spotted with a scruffy beard and mustache.
Before starring in Ned's Declassified, Devon had small roles in the war film We Were Soldiers and the TV movie Recipe for Disaster.
But his big break came when he acted in the beloved Nickelodeon series from 2004 until 2007.
After that, his career took off. He went on to land roles in the comedy film The Prankster, the thriller Beneath the Darkness, horror flick The Wicked, psychological thriller California Scheming, ABC Family series Greek, and crime drama Crown Vic.
Most recently, he starred in the controversial western film Rust, the movie in which Alec Baldwin tragically shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
In addition to acting, Devon launched his own podcast with his former Ned's Declassified costars Lindsey Shaw and Daniel Curtis Lee called Ned's Declassified Podcast Survival Guide in 2023.
It features them re-watching the show from start to finish while discussing the episodes together and reminiscing about their time on the show.
He has also dabbled in music, releasing three EPs from 2013 to 2020.
In addition, he dropped an EP under the name Good/Vlly in 2023 that had a more electronic sound than his past music.
Last year, Devon became embroiled in scandal after he, along with Lindsey, and Daniel, appeared to make light of Drake Bell's claims that he was sexually abused during his years on Nickelodeon.
Drake alleged that he was the victim of 'unspeakable' and 'brutal' sexual abuse at the hands of his former dialogue coach Brian Peck in the docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.
The trio was seen laughing as they declared how their 'set was not like that' during a TikTok live.
'Daniel, we told you never to speak about that. Get back in your hole, Daniel, and give me your holes,' Devon quipped, before immediately backpedaling on the insensitive remark. 'Sorry, we shouldn't joke about this. We really shouldn't.'
Drake slammed the stars afterwards, writing, 'Ned's Declassless… this is wild… laugh it up guys… laugh it up… "Give me your h*les?!" Really?!'
The trio went on to issue an apology, claiming the comments had been taken out of context.
'If you haven't seen the clip, if you haven't seen what's going on, we were on a TikTok Live being asked to comment on the Quiet on Set documentary, which we hadn't seen, and a super s**t joke came out that was referenced at Daniel and looked like I was talking about Drake,' Devon explained.
'We f**ked up. I get it. We hadn't seen the doc and everyone was asking us for our opinions on it.'
The actor later admitted that he 'felt like a piece of s**t' after the Drake & Josh star called them 'declassless' and slammed them for 'laughing' at his trauma.
'I know it looks like I'm laughing at this and I f**king wasn't, but I know what it looks like, and that Drake saw it … yeah,' he clarified.
'I just felt so f**king awful, knowing that Drake saw us in that context.'
