Jake Burbage
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September 27, 1992
Jake Burbage | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jacob Daniel Burbage September 27, 1992 |
| Occupations | Actor, writer, director |
| Years active | 1999–present |
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]
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
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | On the Q.T. | Jari at age 6 |
| 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 |
