About me
Jonathan Burke began his acting training in high school at the Baltimore School for the Arts and ultimately received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre from Ithaca College. He can be seen on Seasons 1, 2, and 3 of Prime Video’s hit comedy series, “Harlem,” as the recurring role of ‘Eric,' as well as on NBC’s “New Amsterdam,” Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building,” EPIX’s “Bridge and Tunnel” and in the short films, Noah’s Arc: The ‘Rona Chronicles, and The Distinguished, which can be seen on The Roku Channel. On Broadway, he appeared as the leading role, ‘Pharus Jonathan Young,’ in the closing company of the Best Play Tony Award nominated Choir Boy, as ‘Young Man 5/Toby’s Agent/Charles Wilcox’ in the Original Broadway Cast of the Best Play Tony Award winner, The Inheritance, and was a member of the Original Broadway Cast of Tuck Everlasting. Jonathan was seen Off-Broadway as 'Mungojerrie' in the highly acclaimed re-imagined production of Cats, CATS: "The Jellicle Ball", at PAC NYC, as ‘Elzie’ in Toni Stone at the Roundabout Theatre Company’s Laura Pels Theatre, as ‘Jordan’ in Patience at Second Stage Theater’s McGinn-Cazale Theatre, as 'Jeff' in Love & Science at New York City Center Stage II, in Joan of Arc: Into the Fire at the Public Theater, and in Langston in Harlem at Urban Stages. His national tour credits include Mary Poppins, A Christmas Story: The Musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Cats. Regionally, he has appeared across the country at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Goodspeed Opera House, Syracuse Stage (for which he won a SALT Award for Leading Actor in a Musical, as ‘Bert’ in Mary Poppins), The Muny, The Cape Playhouse, Portland Center Stage, Baltimore Center Stage, the Studio Theatre, the Hangar Theatre, the MGR Playhouse, the Broad Stage, the Virginia Stage Company, among others. Jonathan is one the co-creators, executive producers, and stars of the series in development, "Not Looking," and also served as the Unit Production Manager of the upcoming digital series, "Men Like Us." You can follow Jonathan on Facebook at Jonathan Burke, on X at @itsjonburke, and on Instagram at @itsjonathanburke.
