Jake Burbage

Jake Burbage (born September 27, 1992) is an American actor who is best known for his role on Grounded for Life as Henry Finnerty. Burbage attended Moorestown Friends School and graduated in 2011.[1]

Jake Burbage
Born
Jacob Daniel Burbage

(1992-09-27) September 27, 1992
Willingboro Township, New Jersey, U.S.
OccupationActor, voice actor, writer
Years active1999–present

Born in Willingboro Township, New Jersey, and raised in Delran Township, New Jersey, Burbage attended The College of New Jersey where he majored in English.[2]

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 voice of Benny the Bull in the Nickelodeon series Dora the Explorer.

He is currently on the board of Shakespeare 70, a non-professional theatre company located in central Jersey.

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 The Bull 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-present Nuke City Cade Amazon Prime 5 episodes (also writer)
2018-present Fake News @ Night Jack Garbage Facebook Video Co-host

Stage

Acting
Production Role Company
A Midsummer Night's Dream Bottom Friends of Shakespeare
Macbeth Malcolm Friends of Shakespeare
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead Alfred Moorestown Friends School
The Tempest Ferdinand Moorestown Friends School
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Joseph Moorestown Friends School
Six Characters in Search of an Author The Director Moorestown Friends School
Guys and Dolls Sky Masterson Moorestown Friends School
Our Town Stage Manager Moorestown Friends School
Romeo & Juliet Mercutio Friends of Shakespeare
Cabaret (musical) Cliff Bradshaw The College of New Jersey
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
Hamlet Laertes Shakespeare 70
God of Carnage Michael Brooklyn, NY
Our Town Stage Manager Millersburg, OH
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead Guildenstern Circle Players
This Is Our Youth Dennis Philadelphia Fringe Festival
Clybourne Park Karl/Steve Shakespeare 70
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot Judas Iscariot ActorsNet of Bucks County
Richard III (play) Richard/Richmond Shakespeare 70
The Antipodes Dave Shakespeare 70

[3][4]

Playwriting
Year Title Notes
2015 Dead American Writers Premiered at The College of New Jersey in 2015.
2016 Five Leaves Left
2017 Someone, a play on love & fucking
2019 Babyland

References
  1. Fuhrer, Diane. "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. https://pro-labs.imdb.com/name/nm0120737?ref_=hm_nv_usr_prof
  4. https://www.shakespeare70.org/members/10
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