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. 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 Shakespeare 70, a non-professional theatre company in central New 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 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 2002The Nightmare Room Adam Kids' WB 2 episodes2017 Nuke City Cade Amazon Prime 5 episodes (also writer)2018 Fake News @ Night Jack Garbage Facebook Video
Stage
Year Production Role Venue2007A Midsummer Night's DreamBottomFriends of Shakespeare2008MacbethMalcolmFriends of ShakespeareRosencrantz & Guildenstern are DeadAlfredMoorestown Friends SchoolBaby with the BathwaterJohnMoorestown Friends School2009The TempestFerdinandMoorestown Friends SchoolJoseph and the Amazing Technicolor DreamcoatJosephMoorestown Friends School2010Six Characters in Search of an AuthorThe DirectorMoorestown Friends SchoolThe Curious Misadventures of Alice in Wonderlanddirector/writerMoorestown Friends SchoolGuys and DollsSky MastersonMoorestown Friends School2011Our TownStage ManagerMoorestown Friends SchoolGlengarry Glen RossdirectorMoorestown Friends School2013Cabaret (musical)Cliff BradshawThe College of New Jersey2014SmittenPeterThe College of New JerseyProof (play)RobertThe College of New JerseyMuch Ado About NothingBorachioShakespeare 70Romeo & JulietRomeoThe College of New Jersey2015Dead American Writersdirector, writerThe College of New Jersey2016Cowboy Mouth (play)SlimBrooklyn, NYHamletLaertesShakespeare 702017God of CarnageMichaelBrooklyn, NYOur TownStage ManagerMillersburg, OHMurder Most Foul: An Evening of Shakespeareco-directorShakespeare 702018Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are DeadGuildensternCircle PlayersThis Is Our YouthDennisPhiladelphia Fringe FestivalClybourne ParkKarl/SteveShakespeare 702019The Last Days of Judas IscariotJudas IscariotActorsNet of Bucks CountyRichard III (play)RichardShakespeare 702020The AntipodesDaveShakespeare 702021Our TowndirectorShakespeare 702022Our TownGeorge Gibbs; directorKelsey TheatreThe PillowmanKaturianShakespeare 702023The AntipodesDaveShakespeare 70Julius Caesar (play)BrutusShakespeare 702024All My SonsGeorge DeeverShakespeare 70The Minutes (play)Mr. HanrattyShakespeare 70A Midsummer Night's DreamProducerShakespeare 70Waiting For LeftyEnsembleShakespeare 702025Twelfth NightOrsino/AntonioShakespeare 70 The Taming of the ShrewKatherineShakespeare 702026Arms and the ManProducerShakespeare 70 The CrucibleDirectorShakespeare 70
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