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Jay Baruchel

ジェイ・バルチェル　/　じぇい・ばるちぇる

Actor from Canada

April 9, 1982 (age 44)　・　Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ontario
actor
film director
screenwriter

My Take

Jay Baruchel has more job titles than seems reasonable, but to me he'll always be Hiccup from How to Train Your Dragon, a voice role so good it won him an Annie Award. The Ottawa-raised actor has this gangly, endearingly nerdy presence that makes him weirdly easy to root for in comedies like She's Out of My League and This Is the End. What I respect is that he directs and writes too, so he isn't just waiting on Hollywood to call; he makes his own stuff. He's the textbook indispensable supporting player, never quite the lead, but a film feels emptier without him.

Overview

Jonathan Adam Saunders "Jay" Baruchel (; 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).

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Jay Baruchel
Name (Japanese): ジェイ・バルチェル
Reading: じぇい・ばるちぇる
Born: April 9, 1982 (age 44)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Dog
Origin: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: actor / film director / screenwriter / cinematographer / film producer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Dawson College

Awards & achievements

2010 Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production
Canadian Comedy Award for Best Performance by a Male – Film

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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