Jake Burbage

Jacob Daniel Burbage (born September 27, 1992) is an American actor, writer, director, and musician. As an actor, he is best known for his role on Grounded for Life as Henry Finnerty. Burbage attended Moorestown Friends School and graduated in 2011.[1] He later attended The College of New Jersey where he majored in English.[2]

Jake Burbage
Born
Jacob Daniel Burbage

(1992-09-27) September 27, 1992
Willingboro Township, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actor, writer, director
Years active1999–present

Career

Burbage played the role of youngest child Henry Finnerty for the first four seasons of Grounded for Life, but left the show at the end of season 4 to move back home to New Jersey. He has also guest starred in Sex and the City and was the original voice of Benny the Bull in the first four seasons of the Nickelodeon series Dora the Explorer.

He currently serves on the Executive Committee of Shakespeare 70, a non-professional theatre company in central New Jersey.[3]

Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1999 On the Q.T. Jari at age 6
Television
Year Title Role Network/Platform Notes
1999 Sex and the City Simon Cobb HBO 1 episode
2000–2007 Dora the Explorer Benny Nickelodeon 58 episodes
2001 Hollywood Squares Himself NBC 2 episodes
2001 Any Day Now Lifetime 1 episode
2001–2004 Grounded for Life Henry Finnerty FOX (later The WB) 78 episodes
2002 The Nightmare Room Adam Kids' WB 2 episodes
2017 Nuke City Cade Amazon Prime 5 episodes (also writer)
2018 Fake News @ Night Jack Garbage Facebook Video

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Stage
Year Production Role Venue
2007 A Midsummer Night's Dream Bottom Friends of Shakespeare
2008 Macbeth Malcolm Friends of Shakespeare
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead Alfred Moorestown Friends School
Baby with the Bathwater John Moorestown Friends School
2009 The Tempest Ferdinand Moorestown Friends School
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Joseph Moorestown Friends School
2010 Six Characters in Search of an Author The Director Moorestown Friends School
The Curious Misadventures of Alice in Wonderland (director/writer) Moorestown Friends School
Guys and Dolls Sky Masterson Moorestown Friends School
2011 Our Town Stage Manager Moorestown Friends School
Glengarry Glen Ross (director) Moorestown Friends School
2013 Cabaret (musical) Cliff Bradshaw The College of New Jersey
2014 Smitten Peter The College of New Jersey
Proof (play) Robert The College of New Jersey
Much Ado About Nothing Borachio Shakespeare 70
Romeo & Juliet Romeo The College of New Jersey
2015 Dead American Writers (writer/director) The College of New Jersey
2016 Cowboy Mouth (play) Slim Brooklyn, NY
Hamlet Laertes Shakespeare 70
2017 God of Carnage Michael Brooklyn, NY
Our Town Stage Manager Millersburg, OH
Murder Most Foul: An Evening of Shakespeare (director) Shakespeare 70
2018 Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead Guildenstern Circle Players
This Is Our Youth Dennis Philadelphia Fringe Festival
Clybourne Park Karl/Steve Shakespeare 70
2019 The Last Days of Judas Iscariot Judas Iscariot ActorsNet of Bucks County
Richard III (play) Richard, et al Shakespeare 70
2020 The Antipodes Dave Shakespeare 70
2021–2022 Our Town (director) Shakespeare 70

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References
  1. Fuhrer, Diane (March 3, 2011). "Take a Visit to 'Our Town'". Patch. Patch. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
  2. LoCascio, Chelsea. "Jake Burbage: Child Actor Returns to His New Jersey Roots", The College of New Jersey, October 14, 2014. Accessed November 25, 2018. "With a few acting gigs and an agent before middle school, Jake Burbage’s accomplishments surpassed those of many average ten-year-olds. While growing up in Delran, N.J., Burbage aspired to be like actor Harrison Ford.... After taking a few years off after graduating high school, Burbage, 22, is now a sophomore English major here at the College."
  3. "Jake Burbage".
  4. "Jake Burbage - RESUME".
  5. "Jake Burbage - Contact Info, Agent, Manager". IMDbPro.
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