Jake Burbage

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Jake Burbage
Born
Jacob Daniel Burbage

(1992-09-27) September 27, 1992 (age 31)
Occupation(s)Actor, writer, director
Years active1999present

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]

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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
YearTitleRoleNotes
1999On the Q.T.Jari at age 6
Television
YearTitleRoleNetwork/PlatformNotes
1999 Sex and the City Simon CobbHBO1 episode
2000–2007 Dora the Explorer BennyNickelodeon58 episodes
2001 Hollywood Squares HimselfNBC2 episodes
2001 Any Day Now Lifetime1 episode
2001–2004 Grounded for Life Henry FinnertyFOX (later The WB)78 episodes
2002 The Nightmare Room AdamKids' WB2 episodes
2017Nuke CityCadeAmazon Prime5 episodes (also writer)
2018Fake News @ NightJack GarbageFacebook Video

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Stage

YearProductionRoleVenue
2007 A Midsummer Night's Dream BottomFriends of Shakespeare
2008 Macbeth MalcolmFriends of Shakespeare
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead AlfredMoorestown Friends School
Baby with the Bathwater JohnMoorestown Friends School
2009 The Tempest FerdinandMoorestown Friends School
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat JosephMoorestown Friends School
2010 Six Characters in Search of an Author The DirectorMoorestown Friends School
The Curious Misadventures of Alice in Wonderlanddirector/writerMoorestown Friends School
Guys and Dolls Sky MastersonMoorestown Friends School
2011 Our Town Stage ManagerMoorestown Friends School
Glengarry Glen Ross directorMoorestown Friends School
2013 Cabaret (musical) Cliff BradshawThe College of New Jersey
2014SmittenPeterThe College of New Jersey
Proof (play) RobertThe College of New Jersey
Much Ado About Nothing BorachioShakespeare 70
Romeo & Juliet RomeoThe College of New Jersey
2015Dead American Writersdirector, writerThe College of New Jersey
2016 Cowboy Mouth (play) SlimBrooklyn, NY
Hamlet LaertesShakespeare 70
2017 God of Carnage MichaelBrooklyn, NY
Our Town Stage ManagerMillersburg, OH
Murder Most Foul: An Evening of Shakespeareco-directorShakespeare 70
2018 Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead GuildensternCircle Players
This Is Our Youth DennisPhiladelphia Fringe Festival
Clybourne Park Karl/SteveShakespeare 70
2019 The Last Days of Judas Iscariot Judas IscariotActorsNet of Bucks County
Richard III (play) RichardShakespeare 70
2020The AntipodesDaveShakespeare 70
2021 Our Town directorShakespeare 70
2022 Our Town George Gibbs; directorKelsey Theatre
The Pillowman KaturianShakespeare 70
2023The AntipodesDaveShakespeare 70
Julius Caesar (play) BrutusShakespeare 70
2024 All My Sons George DeeverShakespeare 70
The Minutes (play) Mr. HanrattyShakespeare 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."
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