Jay Baruchel

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.

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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)

Origin

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Occupation

actor / film director / screenwriter / cinematographer / film producer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Dog

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

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jonathanadamsaundersbaruchel/
• Xhttps://x.com/BaruchelNDG
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay%20Baruchel
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%AB%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q316756

Tags

• Ontario
• actor
• film director
• screenwriter

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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