Jay Underwood
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1968-10-01 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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.
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Known For
Acting
(2018)
(2015)
(2010)
No Greater Love
as Dave
(2006)
Where There's a Will
as Jimmy Ray
(2005)
Annie's Point
as Policeman
(2004)
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
as Policeman Tom
(2003)
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out
as Mr. Entertainment
(2001)
Road to Redemption
as Alan Fischer
(2001)
Dancing in September
as Michael Daniels
(2001)
The Legend of the Candy Cane
as Chester (voice)
(2000)
The Girls' Room
as Shepp
(1999)
And the Beat Goes On: The Sonny and Cher Story
as Sonny Bono
(1999)
Valerie Flake
as Tim Darnell
(1999)
Fatal Affair
as Ezra Tyler
(1999)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
as Ernest Hemingway
(1999)
Dead Dogs
as Derek
(1998)
Possums
as John Clark
(1997)
Afterglow
as Donald Duncan
(1997)
The Nurse
as John Beecher
(1996)
The Dark Mist
as Priamus
(1996)
Star Command
as Kenneth 'Ken' Oort
(1995)
Sleepstalker
as Griffin Davis
(1995)
A Reason to Believe
as Jim Curran
(1994)
The Fantastic Four
as Johnny Storm
(1994)
Stalked
as Daryl Gleeson
(1994)
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
as Jack Montgomery
(1994)
The Raffle
as Wilson Lowe
(1993)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
as Ernest Hemingway
(1992)
Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story
as Kyle Lawrence
(1992)
Still Not Quite Human
as Chip Carson
(1991)
Son of Darkness: To Die For II
as Danny
(1990)
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
as Club Guy Bob (uncredited)
(1990)
The Gumshoe Kid
as Jeff Sherman
(1989)
Uncle Buck
as Bug
(1989)
Not Quite Human II
as Chip Carson
(1988)
Promised Land
as Circle K Clerk
(1988)
The Invisible Kid
as Grover Dunn
(1988)
(1987)
The Day My Kid Went Punk
as Terry
(1987)
Not Quite Human
as Chip Carson
(1986)
The Boy Who Could Fly
as Eric
(1986)
Desert Bloom
as Robin