Actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer Jay Baruchel is a Canadian with a $6 million net worth. “Million Dollar Baby” (2004), “Tropic Thunder” (2008), “Fanboys” (2009), “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” (2010), “She’s Out of My League” (2010), and “Knocked Up” (2007), “Jay and Seth versus the Apocalypse” (2007), and “This Is the End” (2013) are just a number of acting credits.
Jay Baruchel Bio
On April 9, 1982, Jay Baruchel was born in Ottawa, Ontario, as Jonathan Adam Saunders Baruchel. He was raised by his mother Robyne, a freelance writer, father Serge, an antiques dealer, and younger sister Taylor in the Notre-Dame-de-Gréal suburb of Montreal. Taylor and Robyne both starred in Jay’s first feature film, “Edgar and Jane.”
At a young age, Baruchel developed an interest in performing, and at the age of twelve, he began taking acting classes. The other three of Jay’s grandparents were German Catholic, Irish, and French, while one of them was Sephardic Jewish.
Jay Baruchel Personal Life and Wife
On September 21, 2019, Jay wed model Rebecca-Jo Dunham in Portugal. The two of them co-starred in the music video for “Ouch” by The Tragically Hip in 2021. From 2011 to 2013, Baruchel and his co-star Alison Pill from “Goon” were engaged. A Celtic cross, a crimson maple leaf, and his mother’s maiden name, Ropell, are all inked on Jay.
Awards
Daytime Emmy Award (2019) – Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program
🎬 Dragons: Race to the Edge
Annie Award (2011) – Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
🎬 How to Train Your Dragon
Film Discovery Jury Award (2007) – Best Actor
🎬 I’m Reed Fish (US Comedy Arts Festival)
Canadian Comedy Award (2010) – Best Performance by a Male – Film
🎬 The Trotsky
MTV Movie Award (2014) – Best Musical Moment
🎬 This Is the End (shared with Seth Rogen, Craig Robinson, and the Backstreet Boys)
Nominations
MTV Movie Award (2011) – Breakthrough Male Performance
🎬 The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Canadian Screen Awards – for Goon and The Art of the Steal
Genie Awards – for The Trotsky
Jutra Awards – for The Trotsky
L’Etrange Festival – for Random Acts of Violence
Online Film & Television Association Awards – for How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Awards Circuit Community Awards – for Million Dollar Baby
Behind the Voice Actors Awards – for How to Train Your Dragon 2 and Dragons: Dawn of the Dragon Racers
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards – for The Trotsky and Goon
Jay Baruchel Career
Jay Baruchel’s journey on screen began back in 1995 when he made his television debut on the Nickelodeon/YTV series Are You Afraid of the Dark?. He returned to the show for three more episodes in 1999 and 2000, marking the start of what would become a diverse acting career. From 1996 to 1998, he played Thomas Thompson on the Canadian series My Hometown, and not long after, he co-hosted Popular Mechanics for Kids alongside Elisha Cuthbert, who would later star in 24 and Happy Endings.
By the late ’90s, Jay had already started making his mark in films, appearing in Running Home and Who Gets the House? (1999). In 2000, he landed a small but memorable role as Vic Munoz, a die-hard Led Zeppelin fan, in Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous. His breakout came soon after when he was cast as Steven Karp in Judd Apatow’s college comedy Undeclared. Though the show only ran for 17 episodes, it became a cult favorite, earning a spot on Entertainment Weekly’s list of “25 Best Cult TV Shows from the Past 25 Years.”
In 2002, Baruchel appeared alongside James Van Der Beek and Jessica Biel in The Rules of Attraction. Two years later, he starred as the lovable underdog Danger Barch in Million Dollar Baby, the Academy Award-winning drama that went on to gross more than $216 million worldwide. Around the same time, Jay kept busy on television, starring in The Stones (2004) and Just Legal (2005–2006), before taking on the title role in the quirky indie film I’m Reed Fish (2006).
The following years saw Baruchel take on a mix of comedic and dramatic roles. In 2007, he appeared in Knocked Up, Just Buried, and the short film Jay and Seth vs. The Apocalypse — which would later inspire the hit 2013 comedy This Is the End. He went on to star in Real Time, Tropic Thunder, and Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist (2008), followed by Fanboys, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, and The Trotsky (2009).
2010 was a huge year for Jay. He starred in the romantic comedy She’s Out of My League, played the young sorcerer Dave Stutler in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, and voiced the beloved Hiccup in How to Train Your Dragon — a role that became one of his career-defining performances. The film was a massive box office success, earning nearly $495 million, and its sequels — How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) and The Hidden World (2019) — performed even better.
Beyond acting, Baruchel proved his talent behind the camera as well. He co-wrote and starred in the hockey comedy Goon (2011) with Evan Goldberg, and later co-wrote and directed its sequel, Goon: Last of the Enforcers (2017), with Jesse Chabot.
In the years that followed, Jay continued to balance acting, writing, and directing. In 2012, he appeared in The Watchmaker, Cosmopolis, and guest-starred in Being Human. He shared the screen with Kurt Russell in The Art of the Steal (2013) and took on a variety of projects in 2014, including directing an episode of Trailer Park Boys, appearing in RoboCop as Tom Pope, and starring in Don Peyote. From 2015 to 2017, he led the surreal comedy series Man Seeking Woman, which ran for three seasons and earned praise for its originality.
Baruchel’s later work included Lovesick (2016), guest spots on Letterkenny and The Magic School Bus Rides Again (2018), and starring roles in The Kindness of Strangers and Random Acts of Violence (2019). That same year, he joined Denis Leary and Elizabeth Perkins in The Moodys, playing Sean Moody Jr., further cementing his reputation as one of Canada’s most versatile and enduring talents.
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