Jonathan Adam Saunders "Jay" Baruchel is a Canadian actor and comedian.
He has appeared in supporting roles in box office successes as Million Dollar Baby, Knocked
Up and Tropic Thunder, and starring in the films She's Out of My League, The Trotsky,
How to Train Your Dragon, The Sorcerer's Apprentice and This Is the End.
Early life Baruchel was born in Ottawa, Ontario, the
son of Robyne, a freelance writer, and Serge Baruchel, an antiques dealer.
He grew up and still lives in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, and has
a younger sister, Taylor.
His paternal grandfather was a Sephardic Jew, while his three other grandparents were from
a Christian background.
Baruchel has said that he is "probably agnostic".
Career One of his first major acting roles was on
local television series My Hometown in 1996.
From 1997 to 1998, he co-hosted Popular Mechanics for Kids with Elisha Cuthbert.
After appearing briefly in Cameron Crowe's Oscar-winning Almost Famous, Baruchel won
the role of Steven Karp on Judd Apatow's acclaimed yet short-lived television series Undeclared,
where he starred alongside Seth Rogen, Carla Gallo, Charlie Hunnam, and Monica Keena.
He then appeared with James Van Der Beek in Roger Avary's The Rules of Attraction.
In 2004, Baruchel played boxing hopeful Danger Barch in Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby,
which received an Oscar for Best Picture the following year.
He was among those thanked by Eastwood during his acceptance speech.
Baruchel then starred in Nemesis Game and Fetching Cody, before appearing opposite Don
Johnson on the WB's Just Legal in 2005, and guest-starring on CBS's Emmy Award-nominated
Numb3rs in 2006.
Baruchel appeared in the films Knocked Up, I'm Reed Fish, Just Buried, and the Ben Stiller-directed
Tropic Thunder, alongside Jack Black, Nick Nolte, Steve Coogan and Robert Downey, Jr.
He co-starred with Seth Rogen in the 2007 trailer for Jay and Seth vs. The Apocalypse,
created by Rogen and Evan Goldberg as a strategy to garner interest and funding for a similar,
larger-scale project.
In 2008, he appeared in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist.
He also made a brief appearance in Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian.
In 2010, Baruchel starred in the films The Trotsky, DreamWorks' She's Out of My League,
and the live-action Disney adaptation of The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
He also voiced the starring role in the acclaimed animated feature, How to Train Your Dragon,
a role he has subsequently continued throughout the franchise, including its television series.
Also in 2010, he played two supporting characters in the Canadian comedy series The Drunk and
On Drugs Happy Fun Time Hour.
He developed the screenplay for Goon, with Evan Goldberg, playing Johnny Klutz, a character
of his own creation.
Goon co-stars Seann William Scott and fellow Canadian actor, Eugene Levy.
Baruchel will also star in and direct the comedyslasher film Pig.
Baruchel also appeared in the 2010 Adidas Originals ad campaign, "Cantina", in conjunction
with the FIFA World Cup, and in video clips for Canadian prog-rockers Rush's 2012–13
Clockwork Angels tour.
In July 2012, Baruchel appeared in the music video for the song "Toxsik Waltz" by rapper
Necro.
In the summer of 2013, he starred in the hit apocalyptic comedy This Is the End, and in
2014, he appeared in the RoboCop remake and reprised his role as Hiccup in How to Train
Your Dragon 2.
Baruchel is in the process of writing the sequel to Goon.
Personal life Baruchel was previously engaged to actress
Alison Pill.
He alluded to their breakup in a Twitter posting on February 16, 2013.
He has several tattoos: a Celtic cross, his mother's maiden name, and a red Maple Leaf
on his left pectoral.
Filmography
Film Television
References
External links Jay Baruchel at the Internet Movie Database