Jay Baruchel
Baruchel at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	Jonathan Adam Saunders Baruchel April 9, 1982 (1982-04-09) (age 27) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1995–present

Jonathan Adam Saunders "Jay" Baruchel (born April 9, 1982) is a Canadian actor.

Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 3 Filmography 4 Television 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Personal life

Baruchel was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the son of Robyne, a freelance writer, and Serge Baruchel, an antiques dealer,^[1] but grew up and still lives in the NDG neighborhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.^[2] He has a younger sister, Taylor.^[3] His father was Jewish and his mother is of Irish Catholic background.^[4][5] Baruchel is a fan of the Montreal Canadiens and the band Godspeed You! Black Emperor.^[6]

[edit] Career

One of his first major acting roles was on local television series My Hometown in 1996. From 1997–1998, 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, he played boxing hopeful Danger Barch in Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby, which received an Oscar for Best Picture the following year. Baruchel was among those thanked by Eastwood during his acceptance speech.

He 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 (which reunited him with Judd Apatow, Jason Segel, and Seth Rogen), I'm Reed Fish, and 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 pre-pre-production trailer Jay and Seth vs. The Apocalypse, a film created by Rogen and Evan Goldberg as a strategy to garner interest and funding. In 2008, he appeared briefly in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist.

He stars in the forthcoming films She's Out Of My League (co-starring Alice Eve), How to Train Your Dragon, and a live-action Disney adaptation of The Sorcerer's Apprentice. He is developing a screenplay, The Goon, with Evan Goldberg, and will play Johnny Klutz, a character of his own creation, in a film of the same name.^[7]

[edit] Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Running Home	Kid #2
	Who Gets The House?	Jonathan
2000	Almost Famous	Vic Munoz
2002	The Rules Of Attraction	Harry
	Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher	Jimmy Fleming	Television
2003	Nemesis Game	Jeremy Curran
2004	Million Dollar Baby	Danger Barch
2005	Fetching Cody	Art Frankel
2007	Knocked Up	Jay
	I'm Reed Fish	Reed Fish
	Just Buried	Oliver Whynacht
2008	Real Time	Andy Hayes
	Tropic Thunder	Kevin Sandusky
	Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist	Tal Hanson
2009	Fanboys	Windows
	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Joey Motorola
	The Trotsky	Leon	Post-production
2010	She's Out of My League	Kirk	Completed
	How to Train Your Dragon	Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third	Post-production
	The Sorcerer's Apprentice		Filming

[edit] Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Are You Afraid Of The Dark?	Joe	1 episode
1996	My Hometown	Thomas Thompson	Series regular
1996	Popular Mechanics For Kids	Himself	Series regular
1998	The Worst Witch	Bean Pole	1 episode
1999-2000	Are You Afraid Of The Dark?	Alex, Ross Doyle, Jason Midas	3 episodes
2001–2002	Undeclared	Steven Karp	Series regular, 17 episodes
2004	The Stones	Winston Stone	Series regular, 6 episodes
2005-2006	Just Legal	Skip Ross	Series regular, 8 episodes
2006-2007	Numb3rs	Oswald Kittner	Guest star, 2 episodes
2009	Murdoch Mysteries	Harry Houdini	Guest star, 1 episode

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Jay Baruchel at the Internet Movie Database