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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Jonathan Adam Saunders Baruchel (born April 9, 1982) is a Canadian actor. He has had a successful career in comedy films, and has appeared in such box office successes as Million Dollar Baby, Knocked Up, Tropic Thunder, and How to Train Your Dragon film series, as well as the films She's Out of My League, The Trotsky, The Art of the Steal, Robocop (2014), This is the End, and The Sorcerer's…
Known for
- Mile End Kicks — Jeff2026
- The Stunt Driver — Ken Carter2026
- Tiny Fugitives — Mark2026
- I, Object — (voice)2026
- A Beautiful Thing — Self2026
- Hockey Fanatics — Self2026
- The Tom Green Farm — Self2026
- Bread Will Walk — Voice2025
- Humane — Jared York2024
- Bird Hostage — Reggie (voice)2023
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Key facts
- Born
- Jonathan Adam Saunders Baruchel , ( 1982-04-09 ) April 9, 1982 (age 44) , Ottawa , Ontario, Canada
- Occupations
- Actor, director, producer, writer
- Years active
- 1995–present
- Spouse
- Rebecca-Jo Dunham, ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. September 21, 2019</span>"}]]}'>2019 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jay
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Ottawa
- Occupation
- television actor
- Educated at
- Dawson College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Jay Baruchel Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst 2014 crop.jpg
- Residence
- Toronto
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- Commons category
- Jay Baruchel
- date of birth
- 1982-04-09
- birth name
- Jonathan Adam Saunders Baruchel
- start of work period
- 1994-00-00
- name in native language
- Jay Baruchel
- social media followers
- 301782
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Encyclopedic overview
Jonathan Adam Saunders "Jay" Baruchel (/ˈbærəʃɛl/; born April 9, 1982) is a Canadian actor and filmmaker. He voiced Hiccup Haddock in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise (2010–2019) and had lead roles in the comedies Fanboys (2009), She's Out of My League (2010), and This Is the End (2013). Baruchel was the co-lead in the Disney action-fantasy film The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010). Films in which Baruchel has had a starring role have grossed over $1.28 billion at the worldwide box office as of 2024.
Baruchel has also had supporting roles in comedy movies such as Knocked Up (2007), Tropic Thunder (2008), Goon (2011), and The Art of the Steal (2013). In television, he had lead roles as Steven Karp in Judd Apatow's comedy series Undeclared (2001–2002) and Josh Greenberg in the FXX comedy series Man Seeking Woman (2015–2017), both of which received praise from critics.
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