Actor

Jonathan Burke

Jonathan Burke is an Obie Award winning actor who began his acting training in high school at the Baltimore School for the Arts and ultimately received a BFA in musical theatre from Ithaca College. He can be seen as 'Eric' on Amazon Prime's "Harlem," and has been seen on NBC's "New Amsterdam," Hulu's "Only Murders in the Building," and MGM+'s "Bridge and Tunnel." On Broadway, he appeared as the leading role, 'Pharus Jonathan Young,' in the closing company of Choir Boy, as 'Young Man 5/Toby's Agent/Charles Wilcox' in the Original Broadway Cast of the Best Play Tony Award winning, The Inheritance, and was a member of the Original Broadway Cast of Tuck Everlasting. Jonathan was seen Off-Broadway as 'Mungojerrie' in CATS: "The Jellicle Ball," as 'Jeff' in Love + Science at NY City Center Stage II, as 'Jordan' in Patience at Second Stage's McGinn/Cazale Theater, as 'Elzie' in Toni Stone at the Roundabout Theatre Company's Laura Pels Theatre, and as 'Priest/Judge' in Joan of Arc: Into the Fire at the Public Theater. His tour credits include Mary Poppins, A Christmas Story: The Musical, Joseph..., and Cats. Regionally, he has appeared across the country at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Goodspeed Opera House, The Cape Playhouse, Syracuse Stage (for which he won a SALT Award for Leading Actor in a Musical as 'Bert' in Mary Poppins), The Muny, Portland Center Stage, Baltimore Center Stage, the Studio Theatre, the Hangar Theatre, the MGR Playhouse, the Broad Stage, and the Virginia Stage Company. Jonathan is the co-creator of the series in development, "Not Looking," and served as the Unit Production Manager for the upcoming digital series, "Men Like Us."