Jay Underwood
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Born | Minneapolis,Minnesota,United States | October 1, 1968
Occupation(s) | Actor, pastor |
Years active | 1986–present |
Jay Underwood(born October 1, 1968) is an American actor and pastor. Beginning a prolific career as a teen actor in the mid-1980s, he is perhaps best known for his starring feature film roles; portraying Eric Gibb inThe Boy Who Could Fly,Chip Carson inNot Quite Human,Grover Dunn inThe Invisible Kid,Sonny BonoinThe Sonny and Cher Story,Bug inUncle Buck,and Ernest Hemingway inThe Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.He also portrayed theHuman Torchin the 1994 unreleased filmFantastic Four.
Career
[edit]In 2001, Underwood was honored by theYoung Artist Foundationwith itsFormer Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Awardfor his role inThe Boy Who Could Fly.[1]Subsequently, Underwood appeared in the feature filmNo Greater Love,released in 2010.
Underwood worked for Calvary Bible Church inBurbank, Californiaasjunior highpastorfrom August 2005 to June 2007 while attending TheMaster's Seminary,[2]and was the full-time pastor of First Baptist Church ofWeaverville, Californiafrom 2007 to 2020. As of January 1, 2021, Jay returned to Calvary Bible Church in Burbank and is currently Interim Pastor-Teacher.[3]
Partial filmography
[edit]- 1986Desert Bloomas Robin
- 1986The Boy Who Could Flyas Eric
- 1987Not Quite Human(TV movie) as Chip Carson
- 1987Promised Landas Circle K Clerk
- 1988The Invisible Kidas Grover Dunn
- 1989Uncle Buckas 'Bug'
- 1989Not Quite Human II(TV Movie) as Chip Carson
- 198921 Jump Street(TV Series) as Rob Daniels
- 1990Blind Faith(TV Mini-Series) as Chris Marshall
- 1990The Gumshoe Kidas Jeff Sherman
- 1990The Adventures of Ford Fairlaneas Club Guy Bob (uncredited)
- 1991Son of Darkness: To Die for IIas Danny
- 1992Still Not Quite Human(TV Movie) as Chip Carson
- 1993The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles(TV Series) asErnest Hemingway
- 1994The Fantastic FourasJohnny Storm
- 1994Stalkedas Daryl Gleeson
- 1994The Raffleas Wilson Lowe
- 1995Sleepstalkeras Griffin Davis
- 1995A Reason to Believeas Jim Curran
- 1996Star Command(TV Movie) as Ensign Ken Oort
- 1996The Dark Mistas Priamus
- 1997The Nurseas John Beecher
- 1997Afterglowas Donald Duncan
- 1998Possumsas John Clark
- 1998Fatal Affairas Ezra Tyler
- 1999Valerie Flakeas Tim Darnell
- 1999The Beat Goes On: The Sonny & Cher Story(TV movie) asSonny Bono
- 1999Dead Dogsas Derek
- 2000Dancing in Septemberas Michael Daniels
- 2000The Girls' Roomas Shepp
- 2000Star Trek: Voyager(Episode: "Good Shepherd") as Mortimer Harren
- 2001Road to Redemptionas Alan Fischer
- 2001The X-Files(Episode:Empedocles) as Jeb Dukes
- 2001Legend of the Candy Cane(TV movie) as Chester (voice)
- 2004Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!as Police Officer Tom
- 2005Annie's Point(TV movie) as Police Officer
- 2006Where There's a Will(TV movie) as Jimmy Ray
- 2010No Greater Loveas Dave
- 2016Drift(Short) as Dad
- 2016Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequelas Cross
- 2019Surge of Dawnas Cross
References
[edit]- ^"22nd Annual Young Artist Awards".YoungArtistAwards.org.Archived fromthe originalon 2014-09-28.Retrieved2011-03-31.
- ^Search Alumni by Name - The Master's SeminaryArchived2009-02-12 at theWayback Machine
- ^"Calvary Bible Church: Our Team".