Jonathan Burke
Acting
Biography
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."
Known For
The new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public hospital. Max Goodwin sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care, but the doctors and staff are not so sure he can succeed. They've heard this before. Not taking "no" for an answer, Dr. Goodwin's instinctive response to problems large and small is four simple words: "How can I help?" He has to disrupt the status quo and prove he'll stop at nothing to breathe new life into this underfunded and underappreciated hospital, returning it to the glory that put it on the map.
New Amsterdam
Three strangers share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one.
Only Murders in the Building
Four stylish and ambitious best girlfriends in Harlem, New York City: a rising star professor struggling to make space for her love life; a savvy tech entrepreneur always dating someone new; a no-filter singer; and a hopeless romantic fashion designer. Together, they level up into the next phase of their careers, relationships, and big city dreams.
Harlem
A pandemic-era reunion special of Patrik-Ian Polk’s groundbreaking ’Noah’s Arc’ series.
Noah's Arc: The 'Rona Chronicles
A queer memoirist's rise to fame turns into a chilling nightmare when he hires a medium to stop the traumatic voices in his head, at the moral cost of silencing spirits from his past.