Jay Underwood
Born
October 1, 1968 (56 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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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Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel
Cross
2018
Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four
Himself
2015
No Greater Love
Dave
2010
Where There's a Will
Jimmy Ray
2006
Annie's Point
Policeman
2005
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
Policeman Tom
2004
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out
Mr. Entertainment
2003
Miracles
(1 episode)
2003
First Monday
(1 episode)
2002
Road to Redemption
Alan Fischer
2001
The Legend of the Candy Cane
Chester (voice)
2001
Dancing in September
Michael Daniels
2001
The Girls' Room
Shepp
2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
Ernest Hemingway
1999
The West Wing
Congressman Christopher Wick · (1 episode)
1999
Fatal Affair
Ezra Tyler
1999
And the Beat Goes On: The Sonny and Cher Story
Sonny Bono
1999
Dead Dogs
Derek
1999
Valerie Flake
Tim Darnell
1999
V.I.P.
Adam Elliot · (1 episode)
1998
V.I.P.
Adam Elliott · (1 episode)
1998
Possums
John Clark
1998
Afterglow
Donald Duncan
1997
The Nurse
John Beecher
1997
Millennium
Michael Slattery · (1 episode)
1996
Star Command
Kenneth 'Ken' Oort
1996
The Dark Mist
Priamus
1996
A Reason to Believe
Jim Curran
1995
Sleepstalker
Griffin Davis
1995
Star Trek: Voyager
Mortimer Harren · (1 episode)
1995
The Raffle
Wilson Lowe
1994
ER
Mr. Burke · (1 episode)
1994
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
Jack Montgomery
1994
The Fantastic Four
Johnny Storm
1994
Stalked
Daryl Gleeson
1994
The X-Files
Jeb Dukes · (1 episode)
1993
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
Ernest Hemingway
1993
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Ernest Hemingway · (3 episodes)
1992
Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story
Kyle Lawrence
1992
Still Not Quite Human
Chip Carson
1992
Son of Darkness: To Die For II
Danny
1991
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
Club Guy Bob (uncredited)
1990
Blind Faith
Chris Marshall · (2 episodes)
1990
The Gumshoe Kid
Jeff Sherman
1990
Not Quite Human II
Chip Carson
1989
Uncle Buck
Bug
1989
Superboy
Mike Walker (Kryptonite Kid) · (1 episode)
1988
Dare to Say No!
1988
The Invisible Kid
Grover Dunn
1988
Promised Land
Circle K Clerk
1988
The Day My Kid Went Punk
Terry
1987
J.J. Starbuck
(1 episode)
1987
A Year in the Life
Gus · (2 episodes)
1987
Not Quite Human
Chip Carson
1987
21 Jump Street
Rob Daniels · (1 episode)
1987
The Boy Who Could Fly
Eric
1986
Desert Bloom
Robin
1986
Murder, She Wrote
Will Rafferty · (1 episode)
1984
Murder, She Wrote
Spencer · (1 episode)
1984