Jay Baruchel
Jay Baruchel was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on April 9th, 1982 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 42, Jay Baruchel biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Jonathan Adam Saunders Baruchel (born April 9, 1982) is a Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter.
He is best known for his voice in the How to Train Your Dragon film and his appearances in comedies such as Knocked Up, Tropic Thunder, Fanboys, She's Out of My League, Goon, This Is the End, and the action-fantasy film The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
Josh Greenberg, the lead actor in FXX comedy television series Man Seeking Women, and he played lead character Steven Karp in Judd Apatow's comedy series Undeclared.
Early life
Baruchel was born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of Robyne (née Ropell), a freelance writer, and Serge Baruchel, an antiques dealer. He grew up in Montréal, Quebec,'s Notre Dame-de-Grâce neighborhood, and has a younger sister. His father was born in Paris, France. Baruchel is of one-quarter Jewish descent, with the remainder of his ancestry being French and Irish Catholic. He has stated that he believes his Irish roots are from County Mayo.
Personal life
Baruchel was engaged to actress Alison Pill from 2011 to 2013. In a Twitter post on February 16, 2013, he related to their break-up. Baruchel revealed his love to Rebecca-Jo Dunham in May 2018. They were married in Portugal on September 21, 2019. Baruchel has said he is "probably agnostic."
Baruchel has several tattoos, including a Celtic cross (on his upper right arm) to honor his Irish roots, as well as a red Maple Leaf on his left pectoral, which can be seen in Fanboys, Knocked Up, Tropic Thunder, and This Is the End.
Career
Baruchel began acting when he was 12 years old. In 1996, one of his first major acting appearances was on the local television show My Hometown. With Elisha Cuthbert, he co-hosted Popular Mechanics for Kids from 1997 to 1998. Baruchel appeared in Cameron Crowe's Oscar-winning film Almost Famous, where he appeared alongside Seth Rogen, Carla Gallo, Charlie Hunnam, and Monica Keena. In Roger Avary's The Rules of Attraction, he appeared alongside James Van Der Beek.
In 2004, Baruchel played boxing hopeful Danger Barch in Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby. Baruchel appeared on Nemesis Game and Fetching Cody before debuting alongside Don Johnson on the WB's Just Legal in 2005 and guest-starring CBS drama Numb3rs in 2006.
Baruchel appeared in the films Knocked Up (which reunited him with Judd Apatow, Jason Segel, and Seth Rogen), I'm Reed Fish, Just Buried), and Tropic Thunder, directed by Ben Stiller, alongside Jack Black, Nick Nolte, Steve Coogan, and Robert Downey Jr. In the 2007 trailer for Jay and Seth versus the Apocalypse, directed by Rogen and Evan Goldberg as a way to gain enthusiasm and support for a larger-scale project (later called This Is the End). He appeared in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist in 2008. He also appeared in Night at the Smithsonian Museum as Battle of the Smithsonian.
Baruchel appeared in the films The Trotsky, DreamWorks' She's Out of My League (opposite Alice Eve), and the live-action Disney version of The Sorcerer's Apprentice in 2010. He also appeared in the hit animated film How to Train Your Dragon, a role he has continued in throughout the franchise, including the television series. He appeared in two supporting characters in the Canadian comedy series The Drunk and On Drugs Happy Fun Time Hour from 2010. Goon's screenplay was conceived by him, with Evan Goldberg playing Johnny Klutz, a fictional character created by his own creation. Seann William Scott and Eugene Levy, both from Canada, co-stars.
Baruchel appeared in "Cantina," a 2010 Adidas Originals ad campaign, as well as video clips for Rush's 2012–2013 Clockwork Angels tour.
He appeared in rapper Necro's music video for the song "Toxsik Waltz" in July 2012. In the summer of 2013, he appeared in the hit apocalyptic comedy This Is the End, and in 2014, he appeared in the RoboCop remake and reprised his role in How to Train Your Dragon 2.
Baruchel will be seen in the FX comedy Man Seeking Woman, which premiered in January 2015. He appeared in the Idlewild's album "Every Little Means Trust" in 2015.
Baruchel was also instrumental in the creation of the Chapterhouse comic book series Captain Canuck.
Baruchel wrote, directed, and appeared in Goon, the 2017 sports comedy film that was sequel to the 2011 film Goon.
Born Into It: A Fan's Life, Harper Collins' debut as an author in 2018. With anecdotes, childhood memories, and heartfelt tales about his time as a fan of the team, he delves into his love of the Montreal Canadiens.
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World in 2019 saw Baruchel appear in the Danish film The Kindness of Strangers and the Canadian horror film Random Acts of Violence, his second film as a director.
Baruchel produced the first audio podcast documentary series for Audible.ca, Highly Legal, that explored the political and economic history of Canada's medicalization of marijuana. Baruchel and his partner, Rebecca-Jo Dunham, appeared in "Ouch," the lead single from The Tragically Hip's archived EP Saskadelphia, in the same year. On Amazon Prime Video, he appeared on LOL: Last One Laughing Canada, which premiered on February 18, 2022. In the seventh episode of The Kids in the Hall revival, he appears.
Baruchel hosted We're Gonna Die (Even Jay Baruchel), a six-episode docuseries about the end of the world that looked at potential world-ending threats in 2022. Baruchel, the host, met with scientists and other experts to discuss the risks and potential solutions and technologies to combat the challenges.