Jake Burbage


Jacob Daniel Burbage 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. He later attended The College of New Jersey where he majored in English.

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, a non-professional theatre company in central New Jersey.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999On the Q.T.Jari at age 6

YearTitleRoleNetwork/PlatformNotes
1999Sex and the CitySimon CobbHBO1 episode
2000–2007Dora the ExplorerBennyNickelodeon58 episodes
2001Hollywood SquaresHimselfNBC2 episodes
2001Any Day NowLifetime1 episode
2001–2004Grounded for LifeHenry FinnertyFOX 78 episodes
2002The Nightmare RoomAdamKids' WB2 episodes
2017Nuke CityCadeAmazon Prime5 episodes
2018Fake News @ NightJack GarbageFacebook Video

Stage

YearProductionRoleVenue
2007A Midsummer Night's DreamBottomFriends of Shakespeare
2008MacbethMalcolmFriends of Shakespeare
2008Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are DeadAlfredMoorestown Friends School
2008Baby with the BathwaterJohnMoorestown Friends School
2009The TempestFerdinandMoorestown Friends School
2009Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor DreamcoatJosephMoorestown Friends School
2010Six Characters in Search of an AuthorThe DirectorMoorestown Friends School
2010The Curious Misadventures of Alice in Wonderlanddirector/writerMoorestown Friends School
2010Guys and DollsSky MastersonMoorestown Friends School
2011Our TownStage ManagerMoorestown Friends School
2011Glengarry Glen RossdirectorMoorestown Friends School
2013Cabaret (musical)Cliff BradshawThe College of New Jersey
2014SmittenPeterThe College of New Jersey
2014Proof (play)RobertThe College of New Jersey
2014Much Ado About NothingBorachioShakespeare 70
2014Romeo & JulietRomeoThe College of New Jersey
2015Dead American Writersdirector, writerThe College of New Jersey
2016Cowboy Mouth (play)SlimBrooklyn, NY
2016HamletLaertesShakespeare 70
2017God of CarnageMichaelBrooklyn, NY
2017Our TownStage ManagerMillersburg, OH
2017Murder Most Foul: An Evening of Shakespeareco-directorShakespeare 70
2018Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are DeadGuildensternCircle Players
2018This Is Our YouthDennisPhiladelphia Fringe Festival
2018Clybourne ParkKarl/SteveShakespeare 70
2019The Last Days of Judas IscariotJudas IscariotActorsNet of Bucks County
2019Richard III (play)RichardShakespeare 70
2020The AntipodesDaveShakespeare 70
2021Our TowndirectorShakespeare 70
2022Our TownGeorge Gibbs; directorKelsey Theatre
2022The PillowmanKaturianShakespeare 70
2023The AntipodesDaveShakespeare 70
2023Julius Caesar (play)BrutusShakespeare 70
2024All My SonsGeorge DeeverShakespeare 70
2024The Minutes (play)Mr. HanrattyShakespeare 70
2024A Midsummer Night's DreamProducerShakespeare 70
2024Waiting For LeftyEnsembleShakespeare 70
2025Twelfth NightOrsino/AntonioShakespeare 70