---
name: "Jay Baruchel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jay-baruchel"
fi1m_id: "jay-baruchel"
imdb_id: "nm0059431"
tmdb_id: 449
wikidata_id: "Q316756"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 April 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-05T14:55:47.033490+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jay Baruchel

## Identity

Jay Baruchel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jay-baruchel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jay-baruchel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0059431
- **TMDB ID:** 449
- **Wikidata ID:** Q316756
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Baruchel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q316756, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0059431/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/449

Actor. Born 9 April 1982 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 April 1982, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Also known as:** جی باروشل
- **Frequently works with:** [America Ferrera](https://film.one/person/america-ferrera.md), [Bonnie Arnold](https://film.one/person/bonnie-arnold.md), [Dean DeBlois](https://film.one/person/dean-deblois.md), [Gerard Butler](https://film.one/person/gerard-butler.md), [Cate Blanchett](https://film.one/person/cate-blanchett.md), [Craig Ferguson](https://film.one/person/craig-ferguson.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as actor, over 8 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 74 (3), 2010s 78 (3), 2020s 72 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 69 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 5 of 6 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Adventure 4, Drama 4, Family 4, Action 3, Animation 3, Comedy 3
- **Screen time:** 15 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,337m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Baruchel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q316756, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0059431/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/449

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Million Dollar Baby*](https://film.one/film/million-dollar-baby.md) (86)
- **AMC+:** [*BlackBerry*](https://film.one/film/blackberry.md) (78)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*How to Train Your Dragon 2*](https://film.one/film/how-to-train-your-dragon-2.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Jay Baruchel

> Jay Baruchel is persuasive when he sounds unsure of himself. His hesitant voice gives Hiccup warmth without making him conventionally heroic, and we like him most when the awkward outsider gets something to do beyond supplying jokes.

In *How to Train Your Dragon* (2010), Jay Baruchel gives Hiccup a voice that sounds hesitant even as the boy starts questioning the people around him. It is a useful quality for a hero who has to reconsider the business of fighting dragons. Baruchel does not need to make him sound bold to make him worth following. We were moved by Hiccup’s growing tenderness towards the wounded Toothless, because the friendship develops slowly enough for the trust to feel earned. That slightly awkward voice is central to the film’s warmth.

That uncertainty has also been an easy thing to cast. After *Almost Famous* (2000) and the television lead in *Undeclared* (2001–02), his work included supporting parts in Judd Apatow comedies and the lead in *She’s Out of My League* (2010). His early films also include Clint Eastwood’s *Million Dollar Baby* (2004), with Baruchel in the supporting role of Danger Barch. Repeated casting as the awkward, likeable outsider can leave an actor demonstrating the same few qualities, however well he does them.

*How to Train Your Dragon* shows how much depends on what the directors ask of that familiar voice. Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders give Hiccup time to change his mind, so Baruchel’s hesitancy serves a developing character rather than a succession of jokes. The plot is predictable and the human supporting characters receive less care, reservations that matter in a film so concerned with understanding others. But the boy’s friendship with Toothless is persuasive enough to carry it, and Baruchel helps make its lesson about tolerance worth hearing again.

The lead as Mike Lazaridis in *BlackBerry* (2023) takes him into biographical drama, away from the comic version of himself he played in *This Is the End* (2013). It is a direction we would welcome more of, though there is no need to dismiss the work that made him familiar. For a first encounter, choose *How to Train Your Dragon* and listen to how little he needs to push.

## Biography

Jay Baruchel is a Canadian actor and filmmaker. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he grew up in Montreal and began acting professionally at the age of 12. He trained in theatre at the Fine Arts Core Education School.

Baruchel is known for his role as Danger Barch in *Million Dollar Baby* (2004). He voiced Hiccup Haddock in the *How to Train Your Dragon* film series (2010–2019) and appeared in *Knocked Up* (2007), *Tropic Thunder* (2008), *The Sorcerer's Apprentice* (2010), *This Is the End* (2013) and *RoboCop* (2014). On television he has had lead roles in *Undeclared* (2001–2002) and *Man Seeking Woman* (2015–2017). He has also directed films including *Goon: Last of the Enforcers* (2017).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *The Stunt Driver* (2026), Fi1m 66, as Ken Carter — [page](https://film.one/film/the-stunt-driver.md)
- *BlackBerry* (2023), Fi1m 78, as Mike — [page](https://film.one/film/blackberry.md)
- *How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World* (2019), Fi1m 78, as Hiccup (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-train-your-dragon-the-hidden-world.md)
- *How to Train Your Dragon 2* (2014), Fi1m 74, as Hiccup (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-train-your-dragon-2.md)
- *How to Train Your Dragon* (2010), Fi1m 82, as Hiccup (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-train-your-dragon-2010.md)
- *Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian* (2009), Fi1m 54, as Sailor Joey Motorola — [page](https://film.one/film/night-at-the-museum-battle-of-the-smithsonian.md)
- *Million Dollar Baby* (2004), Fi1m 86, as Danger Barch — [page](https://film.one/film/million-dollar-baby.md)
- *Almost Famous* (2000), Fi1m 82, as Vic Munoz — [page](https://film.one/film/almost-famous.md)

## Complete filmography (72)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Stunt Driver* (2026), as Ken Carter · Executive Producer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-stunt-driver.md)
- *Tiny Fugitives* (2026), as Mark
- *I, Object* (2026), as (voice)
- *Mile End Kicks* (2026), as Jeff
- *Bread Will Walk* (2025), as Voice
- *Humane* (2024), as Jared York
- *BlackBerry: The Limited Series* (2023), series, Actor
- *Bird Hostage* (2023), as Reggie (voice)
- *FUBAR* (2023), series, as Carter Perlmutter
- *BlackBerry* (2023), as Mike — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/blackberry.md)
- *The Kindness of Strangers* (2019), as John Peter
- *The Moodys* (2019), series, as Sean Moody Jr.
- *How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming* (2019), as Hiccup (voice)
- *Random Acts of Violence* (2019), as Ezra · Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World* (2019), as Hiccup (voice) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-train-your-dragon-the-hidden-world.md)
- *New Kid Placement Committee* (2018), as Billy
- *Goon: Last of the Enforcers* (2017), as Pat · Screenplay, Director, Producer
- *Lovesick* (2016), as Mark Adam Jones
- *Letterkenny* (2016), series, as Hard Right Jay
- *Rush: R40 Live* (2015), Actor
- *Dragons: Race to the Edge* (2015), series, as Hiccup (voice)
- *Man Seeking Woman* (2015), series, as Josh Greenberg
- *Dragons: Dawn of the Dragon Racers* (2014), as Hiccup (voice)
- *How to Train Your Dragon 2* (2014), as Hiccup (voice) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-train-your-dragon-2.md)
- *Don Peyote* (2014), as Bates
- *RoboCop* (2014), as Tom Pope
- *The Art of the Steal* (2013), as Francie
- *This Is the End* (2013), as Jay Baruchel · Co-Producer
- *Santa Baby* (2012), Actor
- *Dreamworks: Holiday Classics* (2012), as Hiccup (voice)
- *DreamWorks Dragons* (2012), series, as Hiccup (voice)
- *Cosmopolis* (2012), as Shiner
- *Goon* (2012), as Pat · Screenplay, Producer
- *Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury* (2011), as Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III (voice)
- *Book of Dragons* (2011), as Hiccup (voice)
- *The Drunk and On Drugs Happy Fun Time Hour* (2011), series, Actor
- *Good Neighbours* (2011), as Victor Spiegelman
- *Being Human* (2011), series, as Stu — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/being-human.md)
- *How to Train Your Dragon: Legends* (2010), as Hiccup (voice)
- *Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon* (2010), as Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III (voice)
- *The Sorcerer's Apprentice* (2010), as David "Dave" Stutler
- *The Trotsky* (2010), as Leon
- *How to Train Your Dragon* (2010), as Hiccup (voice) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-train-your-dragon-2010.md)
- *En audition avec Simon* (2010), series, as Jay Baruchel
- *She's Out of My League* (2010), as Kirk Kettner
- *Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian* (2009), as Sailor Joey Motorola — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/night-at-the-museum-battle-of-the-smithsonian.md)
- *Fanboys* (2009), as Windows
- *Real Time* (2008), as Andy
- *Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist* (2008), as Tal
- *Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness* (2008), as Kevin Sandusky
- *Tropic Thunder* (2008), as Kevin Sandusky
- *Just Buried* (2007), as Oliver Whynacht
- *Jay and Seth Versus the Apocalypse* (2007), as Jay
- *Knocked Up* (2007), as Jay
- *I'm Reed Fish* (2007), as Reed Fish
- *Just Legal* (2005), series, as Skip Ross
- *Fetching Cody* (2005), as Art
- *Numb3rs* (2005), series, as Oswald Kittner
- *Million Dollar Baby* (2004), as Danger Barch — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/million-dollar-baby.md)
- *The Stones* (2004), series, as Winston Stone
- *Nemesis Game* (2003), as Jeremy Curran
- *The Rules of Attraction* (2002), as Harry
- *Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher* (2002), as Jimmy Fleming
- *Undeclared* (2001), series, as Steven Karp
- *Trailer Park Boys* (2001), series, Director
- *Almost Famous* (2000), as Vic Munoz — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/almost-famous.md)
- *Who Gets the House?* (1999), as Jonathan
- *Running Home* (1999), as Kid
- *The Worst Witch* (1998), series, as Bean Pole
- *Popular Mechanics for Kids* (1997), series, Actor
- *My Hometown* (1996), series, Actor
- *Are You Afraid of the Dark?* (1992), series, as Jason Midas, Alex, Ross Doyle

## Gallery

- ![Jay Baruchel](https://film.one/media/person/98497/gallery-48b62e87601d.jpg) Jay Baruchel — Scott Saldukas, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Jay_Baruchel_Joint_Base_McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst_2014_crop.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![America Ferrara and Jay Baruchel, voices of characters in the new movie “How to Train Your Dragon 2”, sign autographs during a USO tour June 4, 2014, at Joint B](https://film.one/media/person/98497/gallery-dccd1dfb2f0c.jpg) America Ferrara and Jay Baruchel, voices of characters in the new movie “How to Train Your Dragon 2”, sign autographs during a USO tour June 4, 2014, at Joint B — Scott Saldukas, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/America_Ferrara_and_Jay_Baruchel%2C_Joint_Base_McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst_2014.jpg/1280px-America_Ferrara_and_Jay_Baruchel%2C_Joint_Base_McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dean DeBlois and Jay Baruchel speaking at the 2014 WonderCon, for "How to Train Your Dragon 2", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.](https://film.one/media/person/98497/gallery-a01ce7aec866.jpg) Dean DeBlois and Jay Baruchel speaking at the 2014 WonderCon, for "How to Train Your Dragon 2", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Dean_DeBlois%2C_Jay_Baruchel%2C_2014_WonderCon.jpg/1280px-Dean_DeBlois%2C_Jay_Baruchel%2C_2014_WonderCon.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![“How to Train Your Dragon 2” cast Dean DeBlois, writer and director, Jay Baruchel, voice of Hiccup, and America Ferrara, voice of Astrid, conduct an interview d (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/98497/gallery-603859f5b324.jpg) “How to Train Your Dragon 2” cast Dean DeBlois, writer and director, Jay Baruchel, voice of Hiccup, and America Ferrara, voice of Astrid, conduct an interview d (2014) — Scott Saldukas, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Dean_DeBlois%2C_Jay_Baruchel_and_America_Ferrara%2C_Joint_Base_McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst_2014.jpg/1280px-Dean_DeBlois%2C_Jay_Baruchel_and_America_Ferrara%2C_Joint_Base_McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jay Baruchel](https://film.one/media/person/98497/gallery-5733d43ee5e7.jpg) Jay Baruchel — Image via TMDB
- ![Jay Baruchel](https://film.one/media/person/98497/gallery-328cc3d73bdd.jpg) Jay Baruchel — Image via TMDB
- ![Jay Baruchel](https://film.one/media/person/98497/gallery-3153aaeb693d.jpg) Jay Baruchel — Image via TMDB
- ![Jay Baruchel and Don Johnson on the set of the TV series "Just Legal" (Venice Beach, Ocean Front Walk) (2005)](https://film.one/media/person/98497/gallery-1a07f47e1f92.jpg) Jay Baruchel and Don Johnson on the set of the TV series "Just Legal" (Venice Beach, Ocean Front Walk) (2005) — SvenPaulus, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Jay-baruchel-don-johnson-just-legal-2005.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jay Baruchel speaking at the 2014 WonderCon, for "How to Train Your Dragon 2", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.](https://film.one/media/person/98497/gallery-003d133707ad.jpg) Jay Baruchel speaking at the 2014 WonderCon, for "How to Train Your Dragon 2", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Jay_Baruchel%2C_2014_WonderCon-1-crop.jpg/1280px-Jay_Baruchel%2C_2014_WonderCon-1-crop.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role 2014: Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (nominated), for *The Art of the Steal*
- Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role 2013: Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (nominated), for *Goon*
- Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production 2010: Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production (won), for *How to Train Your Dragon*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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