Jay Underwood
- Teen actor
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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Acted in
Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel
2018
as Cross
Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four
2015
as Himself
No Greater Love
2010
as Dave
Where There's a Will
2006
as Jimmy Ray
Annie's Point
2005
as Policeman
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
2004
as Policeman Tom
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out
2003
as Mr. Entertainment
Miracles
2003
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
2002
as Ernest Hemingway
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
2002
as Ernest Hemingway
First Monday
2002
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
2002
as Ernest Hemingway
Road to Redemption
2001
as Alan Fischer
The Legend of the Candy Cane
2001
as Chester (voice)
Dancing in September
2001
as Michael Daniels
The Girls' Room
2000
as Shepp
The West Wing
1999
as Congressman Christopher Wick
Fatal Affair
1999
as Ezra Tyler
And the Beat Goes On: The Sonny and Cher Story
1999
as Sonny Bono
Dead Dogs
1999
as Derek
Valerie Flake
1999
as Tim Darnell
V.I.P.
1998
as Adam Elliot
V.I.P.
1998
as Adam Elliott
Possums
1998
as John Clark
Afterglow
1997
as Donald Duncan
The Nurse
1997
as John Beecher
Millennium
1996
as Michael Slattery
Star Command
1996
as Kenneth 'Ken' Oort
The Dark Mist
1996
as Priamus
A Reason to Believe
1995
as Jim Curran
Sleepstalker
1995
as Griffin Davis
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
as Mortimer Harren
The Raffle
1994
as Wilson Lowe
ER
1994
as Mr. Burke
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
1994
as Jack Montgomery
The Fantastic Four
1994
as Johnny Storm
Stalked
1994
as Daryl Gleeson
The X-Files
1993
as Jeb Dukes
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
as Ernest Hemingway
Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story
1992
as Kyle Lawrence
Still Not Quite Human
1992
as Chip Carson
Son of Darkness: To Die For II
1991
as Danny
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
1990
as Club Guy Bob (uncredited)
Blind Faith
1990
as Chris Marshall
The Gumshoe Kid
1990
as Jeff Sherman
Not Quite Human II
1989
as Chip Carson
Uncle Buck
1989
as Bug
Superboy
1988
as Mike Walker (Kryptonite Kid)
Dare to Say No!
1988
The Invisible Kid
1988
as Grover Dunn
Promised Land
1988
as Circle K Clerk
The Day My Kid Went Punk
1987
as Terry
J.J. Starbuck
1987
A Year in the Life
1987
as Gus
Not Quite Human
1987
as Chip Carson
21 Jump Street
1987
as Rob Daniels
The Boy Who Could Fly
1986
as Eric
Desert Bloom
1986
as Robin
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Will Rafferty
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Spencer