Jay Underwood
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jay Underwood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Birthday: October 01, 1968
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Gender: Male
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Uncle Buck
Overview: Buck Russell, a lovable but slovenly bachelor, suddenly becomes the temporary caretaker of his nephew and nieces after a family emergency. His freewheeling attitude soon causes tension with his older niece Tia, loyal girlfriend Chanice and just about everyone else who crosses his path.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-08-16
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Fatal Affair
Overview: Young advertising executive Mack Maddox is on a career fast-track. Happily married with a young daughter, Mack seems to have it all... until a bizarre series of events make him the target for murder.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-05-07
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Not Quite Human
Overview: Dr. Jonas Carson, a scientist, invents Chip, an android teenager. Dr. Carson sends Chip to school with his daughter Becky to see whether an android could interact with others. But his former employer decides to try and make a profit by stealing the mechanical boy.
Genres: Comedy Family Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-19
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Star Command
Overview: A bunch of young and impulsive space cadets make their first real flight in space and realize that the attack they suffered wasn't a training mission. They face the Enemy alone and have the chance to save the world, and maybe to prevent the war? Can the cadets conquer the more experienced, stronger and much more evil enemy? (Written by Peter 'grin' Gervai )
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller TV Movie Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-11
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The Fantastic Four
Overview: When dosed with cosmic rays, four intrepid astronauts are given incredible powers. They decide to form a superhero group called the Fantastic Four to fight their arch-enemy, Dr. Doom.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-31
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No Greater Love
Overview: Jeff and Heather Baker were life long sweethearts and happily married... for a time. But at her greatest moment of weakness, Heather abandons Jeff, forcing Jeff to raise their young son alone. Ten years later, through a God ordained encounter, Jeff and Heather meet again. They must wrestle with forgiveness, reconciliation and the pressing of the Savior on their hearts.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-19
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The Invisible Kid
Overview: A nerdy teenage scientist discovers a formula for invisibility, and uses it to take revenge on all those who have wronged him--and also to spy on the girls' shower room.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-30
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The Boy Who Could Fly
Overview: Milly and Louis, and their recently-widowed mom, Charlene, move to a new neighborhood. Once there, they all deal with a variety of personal problems, but Milly finds a friend in Eric, her autistic next door neighbor. Eric has a fascination with flight, and as the story progresses, he exerts an enthralling force of change on all those around him.
Genres: Drama Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-08-15
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Where There's a Will
Overview: A hapless grifter stands to inherit a small fortune from his estranged grandmother if he travels to Harmony, Texas to live with her. Instead of a short road to easy money, he finds a soft spot in his heart for the little town and unconditional love from his only living relative.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-06
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Afterglow
Overview: Lucky Mann is a builder equally handy at repairs and seduction. The latest housewife to succumb to his charms is Marianne, unhappily married to corporate exec Jeffrey. When Jeffrey becomes enraptured by Lucky’s wife Phyllis, the four get caught in a love quadrangle that reignites their marriages.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-26
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The Girls' Room
Overview: Two college roommates -- prim and proper Grace (Cat Taber) and wild and woolly Casey (Soleil Moon Frye) -- find themselves in a tense rivalry when Casey's conduct almost destroys Grace's engagement to preppie heartthrob Charlie (Wil Wheaton). Not too high-minded to seek revenge, Grace cozies up to Casey's pal Joey (Gary Wolf), setting off a cycle of envy and mistrust that may destroy both women's lives in director Irene Turner's well-paced indie.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-03-02
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Not Quite Human II
Overview: Chip, the android boy is back. This time, he is off to college, suffering from a computer virus and in love with Roberta, another android. Will there be a happy ending?
Genres: TV Movie Science Fiction Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-23
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Road to Redemption
Overview: A couple come into contact with stolen mob money, gamble it away, and end up on the run from gangsters
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-28
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Dare to Say No!
Overview: Shows children various reasons why they need to resist peer pressure, refuse drugs, and refuse to follow the crowd just to fit in
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-15
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Still Not Quite Human
Overview: In the final film of the series, Chip and his "father" attend a robotics convention. Here, Dr. Carson is kidnapped and replaced by an android. Can Chip and his newfound friends save Dr. Carson from a dangerous competitor?
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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The Dark Mist
Overview: With the future of the world hanging in the balance, one fearless hero's quest to solve "The Riddle of the Chosen". As the Lord Protector makes his way through a land of magic and mystery, his allies grow stronger and his enemies more fierce. Will the Lord Protector make it to the center of evil and banish the dark forces that plot destruction, or will the power of evil overwhelm this mortal man and envelope the entire planet in a shroud of darkness and despair?
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Possums
Overview: When the town of Nowata votes to cancel its losing high school football team, the Possums, a local radio announcer decides to keep broadcasting imaginary games, team or no team.
Genres: Drama Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-13
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A Reason to Believe
Overview: Sorority gal Charlotte's innocence is lost after she is raped during a frat party. Confused, terrified and shunned by her peers, she finds solace and the courage to confront her attacker after she is befriended by the leader of a campus women's group.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1995-10-27
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Sleepstalker
Overview: Seventeen years after slaughtering all but one member of a family, a vicious serial killer known only as "The Sandman" awaits execution. But first, his jailers allow a minister to visit the killer to give him last rites, unaware that the minister is a voodoo priest and an ally of the condemned prisoner. The priest places a hex on the Sandman so that when he is executed, his soul migrates into a new body made of sand. To sever his ties with his former life and achieve absolute power, the sandman must find and kill a man named Griffin, the sole survivor of the last family murdered by the killer
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-23
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Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four
Overview: A history of the ill-fated 1994 production of “The Fantastic Four” that was executive produced by Roger Corman.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-07-10
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And the Beat Goes On: The Sonny and Cher Story
Overview: Based on the autobiography of Sonny Bono, this film focuses on the volatile relationship between Sonny (Jay Underwood) and Cher (Renee Faia) during the early 60's to their divorce in the late 70's.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-21
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Desert Bloom
Overview: The story involves Rose Chismore's youth. She flashes back and remembers her coming-of-age. Her recollections are sometimes less than sweet, particularly those of her troubled and alcoholic step-father. Her memories of Robin, her first-love, are much happier and she also recalls her colorful Aunt Starr -- who's visit is fun but also detrimental to her family's health. The setting of 1950s Las Vegas' bomb testing is increasingly significant to the development of the story.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-22
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The Day My Kid Went Punk
Overview: A nerdy teen makes himself over as a punk rocker, embarrassing his conservative parents in the process.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-23
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Dancing in September
Overview: A black female TV producer struggles in Hollywood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-02-03
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The Gumshoe Kid
Overview: Originally bound for Harvard, Jeff joins the family detective business to save his mother and sister from eviction. He learns the ropes quickly when a gangster hires him to find out if his bombshell fiancee is two-timing him. Shadowing her every movement - and eyeing her every curve - Jeff lands in real hot water, not to mention a hot shower, when thugs kidnap her lover and try to get him. Now they're both on the run - from the mob, from the police (who might be working with the mob), and from his mother (who might pose the biggest danger of them all)!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-02
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44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out
Overview: After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes.
Genres: Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-06-05
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Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story
Overview: Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story (TV) Edmund Perry appears to have things all going his way when he graduates from Phillips Exeter Academy with a scholarship to Stanford U. when an unfortunate meeting with a police officer ends his life. The focus is on the four years and the events at the Academy which ultimately led to the tragedy.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-06
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Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
Overview: Combining colorized footage from the television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955) with new scenes shot in Tombstone, Arizona, this film shows the return of the legendary former Marshal Wyatt Earp to his old stomping grounds. He visits old friends, teaches bad guys some manners and reveals secrets about his early life.
Genres: TV Movie Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-01
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Valerie Flake
Overview: A boozing, recently widowed young woman gives every one she comes into contact with a hard time. She moves back home with her in-laws, where she is pursued by a nice young grocer. However, his mother recognizes her as a heartbreaker and warns him away, creating a battle with her...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-22
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Dead Dogs
Overview: A young security guard works the late shift at the Driftwood Inn along with a desk clerk and a married night maid with whom he is having an affair in whatever room is available. Unexpectedly, his brother and his lover, who used to be the guard's girl friend, show up at the motel. Turns out the two have been robbing convenience store and want the guard to join them to steal the motel safe after the Fourth of July when it will be at its fullest. Past history surfaces as jealousies mar the group's plans.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-16
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The Nurse
Overview: A traumatized nurse plots revenge against a catatonic businessman whom she blames for the death of her family. By integrating herself as his personal nurse, she plots revenge by killing off his family members one by one.
Genres: Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Stalked
Overview: Clean-cut, handsome looking psychiatric patient Daryl Gleeson finds himself hopelessly falling in love with restaurant owner Brooke Daniels, after having instinctively rescued her little son Mikey from a traffic accident. When she doesn't return his love he snaps and begins to stalk her, eliminating all who stand in his way...
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Annie's Point
Overview: A recently widowed grandmother is determined to grant her husband's last wish of setting his ashes free over the idyllic bluff they called Annie's Point. The charm of this tale lies in her journey.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-22
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Son of Darkness: To Die For II
Overview: Vampires come to town. Who's a vampire? Who's not? Ask our main character, who is suspicious, and our main character's brother, who gets seduced by one.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-31
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The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
Overview: To the Los Angeles elite, Ford Fairlane is known as "Mr. Rock 'n' Roll Detective." This loudmouthed ladies' man serves an exclusive rock star clientele, who depend on his keen eye and smug discretion. So when a heavy-metal musician dies mid-concert, Fairlane is on the case before the lights come up. But things turn shocking when radio personality Johnny Crunch hires Fairlane to find a missing groupie mere hours before he is electrocuted live on air.
Genres: Action Comedy Thriller Crime Mystery Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-07-11
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Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel
Overview: When a neighborhood development is built over a former CIA hidden underground base that was destroyed 30 years earlier, but what no one knew there is a life form that was imprisoned and forgotten about,a life form from another planet,it was placed there to keep it from contacting its home planet and was awakened during construction, it was assumed dead years ago when the self destruct was activated and the base was destroyed.this should take place in New Mexico,when the base was remote,but now developers have managed to purchase the land because of all the building going on and anyone who knew about the base is dead or very old,....there's more but you have to wait till next time no this is not an area 51 story use Arizona or Yuma.this not a crashed ship story,and the base has a huge underground warehouse in the middle of the desert.
Genres: Comedy Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-19
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
Overview: In Italy, Indy's espionage work takes him behind enemy lines where he embarks on an important propaganda assignment that he hopes will bring a swift end to the war. Along the way, he engages in a comic rivalry with Ernest Hemingway over the affections of a beautiful Italian girl. After being wounded in action, Indy is transferred to North Africa where he joins the French Foreign Legion. While trying to uncover the identity of a traitor in his own ranks, Indy battles hostile Berber tribesmen and engages in an innocent flirtation with author Edith Wharton.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-28
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
Overview: Going to college and working in a seedy speakeasy bring Indy into contact with jazz great Sidney Bechet, who teaches him how to play the blues. Unfortunately, he also crosses paths with up-and-coming thug Al Capone and it's only with the assistance of his dorm roommate, future Untouchable Eliot Ness, that Indy is able to solve a vicious murder and prevent himself from ending up in a pair of cement overshoes.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-26
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Promised Land
Overview: Three recent high school grads - star athlete Hancock, his cheerleader girlfriend, Mary, and the awkward Senator - aim to leave their small town behind and realize big dreams, but their idealistic plans collide with life's harsh realities.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-22
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The Legend of the Candy Cane
Overview: The night a mysterious stranger rode into the lonely prairie town of West Sage, no one realized their lives would never be the same.
Genres: Animation TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-06-01
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Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
Overview: A small-town girl wins a date with a Hollywood star through a contest. When the date goes better than expected, a love triangle forms between the girl, the celebrity, and the girl's best friend.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-23
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The Raffle
Overview: Two out of work men come up with a money-making promotion to find the most beautiful woman in the world and to set up a raffle where the winner wins a date with her.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-11
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