Jay Underwood
Biography
Jay Underwood is an American actor who began acting as a teenager in the mid-1980s. His best known work came in starring feature film parts. In The Boy Who Could Fly (1986), he played Eric Gibb. He was Bug in Uncle Buck (1989), and he took the part of Chip Carson in Not Quite Human (1987). He also played Grover Dunn in The Invisible Kid, Sonny Bono for The Sonny and Cher Story, and Ernest Hemingway on The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. In 1994 he appeared as the Human Torch in the unreleased Fantastic Four. The Young Artist Foundation gave him a Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001 for his work in The Boy Who Could Fly. He later acted in No Greater Love (2010).
58years old
Turns 59 on October 1in 325 days
- Born Minneapolis
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 39 years1986 to 2025
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Behind the award
Underwood received a Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award from the Young Artist Foundation in 2001, honoring his part in The Boy Who Could Fly.
Jay Underwood movies on Netflix
The Fantastic 4: First Stepsas Power Plant Worker #1
Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Fouras Himself
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!as Policeman Tom
Afterglowas Donald Duncan
The Fantastic Fouras Johnny Storm
The Gumshoe Kidas Jeff Sherman
Not Quite Human IIas Chip Carson
Uncle Buckas Bug
Promised Landas Circle K Clerk
Not Quite Humanas Chip Carson
The Boy Who Could Flyas Eric
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- The Fantastic 4: First Steps2025 Action, Adventure, Sci-Fias Power Plant Worker #1
IMDb rating 6.8291K votes
Most often with
Three actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.







Films together
Rebecca Staab3 films together, 1994 to 2025
Rebecca Staab's page The Fantastic 4: First Steps2025IMDb rating 6.8Underwood as Power Plant Worker #1Staab as Channel 9 Newscaster Carolyn Haynes
Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four2015IMDb rating 6.8Underwood as HimselfStaab as Herself
The Fantastic Four1994IMDb rating 3.8Underwood as Johnny StormStaab as Susan Storm
Alex Hyde-White3 films together, 1994 to 2025
Alex Hyde-White's page The Fantastic 4: First Steps2025IMDb rating 6.8Underwood as Power Plant Worker #1Hyde-White as ABC Newscaster William Russell
Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four2015IMDb rating 6.8Underwood as HimselfHyde-White as Himself
The Fantastic Four1994IMDb rating 3.8Underwood as Johnny StormHyde-White as Dr. Reed Richards
Michael Bailey Smith3 films together, 1994 to 2025
Michael Bailey Smith's page The Fantastic 4: First Steps2025IMDb rating 6.8Underwood as Power Plant Worker #1Smith as Power Plant Worker #2
Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four2015IMDb rating 6.8Underwood as HimselfSmith as Himself
The Fantastic Four1994IMDb rating 3.8Underwood as Johnny StormSmith as Ben Grimm
Alan Thicke2 films together, 1987 to 1989
Alan Thicke's page Not Quite Human II1989IMDb rating 5.9Underwood as Chip CarsonThicke as Jonas Carson
Not Quite Human1987IMDb rating 6.1Underwood as Chip CarsonThicke as Jonas Carson
Robyn Lively2 films together, 1987 to 1989
Robyn Lively's page Not Quite Human II1989IMDb rating 5.9Underwood as Chip CarsonLively as Becky Carson
Not Quite Human1987IMDb rating 6.1Underwood as Chip CarsonLively as Becky Carson
Carl Ciarfalio2 films together, 1994 to 2015
Carl Ciarfalio's page Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four2015IMDb rating 6.8Underwood as HimselfCiarfalio as Himself
The Fantastic Four1994IMDb rating 3.8Underwood as Johnny StormCiarfalio as Thing
Also two films together2 more actors
- Joseph CulpDoomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four (2015) and The Fantastic Four (1994)
- Kat GreenDoomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four (2015) and The Fantastic Four (1994)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
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