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Henry Grubstick is a fictional character in the American drama series Ugly Betty. He is played by Christopher Gorham.
Henry’s character is equivalent to Nicolás in Betty la fea. Henry and Nicolás have similar features. They are both tall, have dark brown hair, and wear square glasses. It is known that Grubstick has Dutch ancestry, due to the episode “Betty’s Wait Problem”, so that Grubstick is a Dutch-American. The name “Grubstick” is stated to be Dutch for “He who gives the fairest prices for his bricks” (Note that in reality, Grubstick does not make any sense at all in Dutch). Like Amanda Tanen, Henry shares a last name with a real-life member of Ugly Betty’s production staff — writer David Grubstick. Henry’s character may be based on Michell Doinel, Catalina Ángel’s French friend who falls in love with Betty during her soujorn in Cartagena.
Henry is an accountant on the 3rd floor for Meade Publications who catches Betty’s eye. Although he was introduced in “The Lyin’, the Watch and…