Jay Baruchel (born April 9, 1982) is a Canadian actor who has starred in numerous movies including Tropic Thunder, I Am Reed Fish, She's Out of My League (with T.J. Miller), Million Dollar Baby, Fetching Cody, The Trotsky, The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Night at the Museum 2.
Baruchel is the voice of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III in the films How to Train Your Dragon, and How to Train Your Dragon 2 as well as the television series, DreamWorks Dragons: The Series.[1]
Biography
Baruchel was born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of Robyne (née Ropell), a freelance writer, and Serge Baruchel, an antiques dealer. He grew up and still lives in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâceneighbourhood 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 (of French,Irish, and German descent). 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. 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 the 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 the Ben Stiller-directed Tropic Thunder, alongside Jack Black, Nick Nolte, Steve Coogan andRobert 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 (later made in 2013 as This Is the End). 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 (opposite Alice Eve),[9] 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.[10] He developed the screenplay for Goon, with Evan Goldberg, playing Johnny Klutz, a character of his own creation.[11] Goon co-stars Seann William Scott and fellow Canadian actor, Eugene Levy.[12] Baruchel will also star in and direct the comedy/horror/slasher film Pig.[13]
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, he 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.[14][15]
In July 2014, it was announced that Baruchel will be starring in the FXX comedy Man Seeking Woman which premiered in January 2015.[16]
Filmography
Film
| 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 | |
| Edgar and Jane | Short film; director, writer and producer | ||
| 2003 | Nemesis Game | Jeremy Curran | |
| 2004 | Million Dollar Baby | Danger Barch | |
| 2005 | Fetching Cody | Art Frankel | |
| 2007 | Knocked Up | Jay | |
| Jay and Seth versus the Apocalypse | Jay Baruchel | Short film; also writer | |
| 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 | Sailor Joey Motorola | ||
| 2010 | She's Out of My League | Kirk Kettner | |
| How to Train Your Dragon | Hiccup (Voice) | ||
| The Trotsky | Leon | ||
| The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Dave Stutler | ||
| Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon | Hiccup (Voice) | Short film | |
| Good Neighbors | Victor | ||
| 2011 | Book of Dragons | Hiccup (Voice) | Short film |
| Gift of the Night Fury | |||
| 2012 | Goon | Pat | Also writer and producer |
| Cosmopolis | Shiner | ||
| 2013 | This Is the End | Jay Baruchel | Also co-producer |
| The Art of the Steal | Francie | ||
| 2014 | RoboCop | Tom Pope | |
| Don Peyote | Bates | ||
| How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Hiccup (Voice) | ||
| Dawn of the Dragon Racers | Short film | ||
| 2016 | Lovesick | Mark | |
| 2017 | Goon: Last of the Enforcers | Pat | Also director and writer |
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon 3 | Hiccup (Voice) |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995, 1999–2000 | Are You Afraid of the Dark? | Joe / Alex / Ross Doyle / Jason Midas | 4 episodes |
| 1996–1997 | My Hometown | Thomas Thompson | 40 episodes |
| 1997–1998 | Popular Mechanics for Kids | Himself | 22 episodes |
| 1998 | The Worst Witch | Bean Pole | Episode: "The Great Outdoors" |
| 2001–2002 | Undeclared | Steven Karp | 17 episodes |
| 2002 | Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher | Jimmy Fleming | Television film |
| 2004 | The Stones | Winston Stone | 6 episodes |
| 2005–2006 | Just Legal | Skip Ross | 8 episodes |
| 2006–2007 | Numb3rs | Oswald Kittner | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | The Drunk and On Drugs Happy Fun Time Hour | Private Prosciutto / Falcon | 2 episodes |
| 2012–present | DreamWorks Dragons | Hiccup (voice) | 79 episodes |
| 2012 | Being Human | Stu | Episode: "When I Think About You I Shred Myself" |
| 2014 | Trailer Park Boys | Directed episode: "Crawling Through the Shitpipe" | |
| 2015–present | Man Seeking Woman
[2] || Josh Greenberg || 20 episodes |
Notes and References
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