Jay Underwood
Biography
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 in The Boy Who Could Fly, Chip Carson in Not Quite Human, Grover Dunn in The Invisible Kid, Sonny Bono in The Sonny and Cher Story, Bug in Uncle Buck, and Ernest Hemingway in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. He also portrayed the Human Torch in the 1994 unreleased film Fantastic Four. In 2001, Underwood was honoured by the Young Artist Foundation with its Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award for his role in The Boy Who Could Fly. Subsequently, Underwood appeared in the feature film No Greater Love, released in 2010. Underwood worked for Calvary Bible Church in Burbank, California, as junior high pastor from August 2005 to June 2007 while attending The Master's Seminary and was the full-time pastor of First Baptist Church of Weaverville, California, from 2007 to 2020. As of January 1, 2021, Jay returned to Calvary Bible Church in Burbank and is currently interim pastor-teacher. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jay Underwood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Bug
Uncle Buck
Ezra Tyler
Fatal Affair
Chip Carson
Not Quite Human
Kenneth 'Ken' Oort
Star Command
Johnny Storm
The Fantastic Four
Dave
No Greater Love
Grover Dunn
The Invisible Kid
Eric
The Boy Who Could Fly
Jimmy Ray
Where There's a Will
Donald Duncan
Afterglow
Shepp
The Girls' Room
Chip Carson
Not Quite Human II
Alan Fischer
Road to Redemption
Dare to Say No!
Chip Carson
Still Not Quite Human
Priamus
The Dark Mist
John Clark
Possums
Jim Curran
A Reason to Believe
Griffin Davis
Sleepstalker
Himself
Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four
Sonny Bono
And the Beat Goes On: The Sonny and Cher Story
Robin
Desert Bloom
Terry
The Day My Kid Went Punk
Michael Daniels
Dancing in September
Jeff Sherman
The Gumshoe Kid
Mr. Entertainment
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out
Kyle Lawrence
Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story
Jack Montgomery
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
Tim Darnell
Valerie Flake
Derek
Dead Dogs
John Beecher
The Nurse
Daryl Gleeson
Stalked
Policeman
Annie's Point
Danny
Son of Darkness: To Die For II
Club Guy Bob (uncredited)
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
Cross
Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel
Ernest Hemingway
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
Ernest Hemingway
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
Circle K Clerk
Promised Land
Chester (voice)
The Legend of the Candy Cane
Policeman Tom
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
Wilson Lowe
The Raffle
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
42
Gender
Male
Birthday
1968-10-01
Place of Birth
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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