Jay Baruchel

Jay Baruchel
Date of Birth: 09 Apr 1982
Country: Canada
Total Credits at Criticker: 59 (Actor), 2 (Director), 3 (Writer)
Biography submitted by MacSwell
Titles you haven't rated - Actor (59) | Director (2) | Writer (3)
Almost Famous
William Miller is a 15 year old kid, hired by Rolling Stone magazine to tour with, and write about Stillwater, an up and coming rock band. This wonderfully witty coming of age film follows William as he falls face first to confront life, love, and lingo. (imdb)
Million Dollar Baby
Frankie Dunn has trained and managed some incredible fighters during a lifetime spent in the ring. The most important lesson he teaches his boxers is the one that rules life: above all, always protect yourself. In the wake of a painful estrangement from his daughter, Frankie has been unwilling to let himself get close to anyone for a very long time... (imdb)
The Rules of Attraction
The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a bisexual classmate. (imdb)
Knocked Up
Slobby Ben and up and coming career girl Alison meet at a bar, and end up having a one night stand. Eight weeks later, Ben is shocked when Alison meets him and reveals that she is pregnant. Despite having little in common, the two decide that they have to at least try to make some kind of relationship work for the baby's sake. (imdb)
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Reed Fish's life turns into chaos when a high school crush returns to Mud Meadows on the eve of his marriage to the small town's sweetheart. (IMDB)
Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher
A soldier who was long thought dead in World War 2, returns to modern day New York to combat monsters, who are now the power elite, running the city. (imdb)
Tropic Thunder
Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying.
Nick and Norah\
High school student Nick O'Leary, bassist of the queercore band The Jerk Offs, meets college-bound Norah Silverberg after a show. She asks him to fake being her boyfriend for five minutes to avoid being alone in front of a girl from school, but complications arise when the girl is Nick's ex, Tris, who's left him heartbroken.
Just Buried
A young man inherits a nearly bankrupt funeral home from his estranged father. He falls in love with the alluring young mortician, only to find out she's offing people to keep the place in business!
Rain of Madness
Rain of Madness (2008) - Direct-to-Video
A behind-the-scenes mockumentary of Tropic Thunder. (imdb)
Nemesis Game
Sara Novak is an introverted college student with a few skeletons in her closet. Shying away from classmates, she prefers to spend time with Vern, an older comic store owner who shares her passion for mind games and riddles. But when the riddles she solves lead to the deaths of those around her, she realizes the riddles are more than a simple game. (imdb)
Fanboys
"Star Wars" fans travel to Skywalker Ranch to steal an early copy of "Episode I: The Phantom Menace".
Real Time
Real Time is a comedic drama about a compulsive gambler given one hour to live by the man hired to kill him. (imdb)
The Trotsky
Leon, an upper-middle-class teenager, fervently believes he is the reincarnation of fabled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky. (topten.ca)
How to Train Your Dragon
A hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed.
She\
When he starts dating drop-dead gorgeous Molly (Alice Eve), insecure airport security agent Kirk (Jay Baruchel) can't believe it. As his friends and family share their doubts about the relationship lasting, Kirk does everything he can to avoid losing Molly forever.
Jay and Seth vs. The Apocalypse
Two guys. One room. When the world ends, the battle begins.
The Sorcerer\
Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage) is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina). Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler (Jay Baruchel), a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness.
Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon
Hiccup and the gang join Gobber on a quest to find a legendary boneclad Dragon. (imdb)
Good Neighbors
Takes place in 1995, the year of the second referendum on the separation of Quebec. In the dead of winter, a serial killer is on the loose in the small Montreal neighborhood of Notre Dame de Grace. The tenants of an old apartment house must figure out who they can trust and who they can't.
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury
As the village of Berk prepares for its winter holiday, the resident dragons all inexplicably fly away. (imdb)
Goon
Labeled an outcast by his brainy family, a bouncer overcomes long odds to lead a team of under performing misfits to semi-pro hockey glory, beating the crap out of everything that stands in his way. (imdb)
Book of Dragons
Book of Dragons (2011) - Direct-to-Video
Hiccup and his friends explore and add to their primary reference about dragons. (imdb)
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis is a day in the life of Eric Packer, a 28-year-old New York stock market multi-millionaire, as he crosses Manhattan in his customized limousine to go for a haircut. His cross-town journey becomes an almost vertical voyage, with bizarre occurrences and an authentic parade of crazy characters along the way, in a landscape that depicts the modern soul of the West at the end of the millennium (mubi.com)
This Is the End
While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse. (imdb)
Fetching Cody
Art, a drug-addicted dealer and hustler, arrives at his girlfriend Cody's apartment to find that she has overdosed on heroin. He tries to fix things by traveling back in time in an attempt to prevent her death. (imdb)
The Art of the Steal
A third-rate motorcycle daredevil and part-time art thief teams up with his snaky brother to steal one of the most valuable books in the world. (imdb)
RoboCop
In 2028 Detroit, when Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman) - a loving husband, father and good cop - is critically injured in the line of duty, the multinational conglomerate OmniCorp sees their chance for a part-man, part-robot police officer. (imdb)
Citizens of Cosmopolis
David Cronenberg directs Cosmopolis with a walkie talkie while he chills in his trailer. He also makes a man apologize to some guy the man stabbed in the eye.
Don Peyote
DON PEYOTE tells the story Warren Allman, an unemployed stoner who finally finds a purpose in life after an unpleasant encounter with a homeless man preaching the end is near. Fueled by vivid apocalyptic dreams, Warren becomes obsessed with 2012 doomsday theories and decides to make a documentary on the subject while his fiance is busy planning their wedding. (imdb)
How to Train Your Dragon 2
When Hiccup and Toothless discover an ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to protect the peace. (imdb)
Aloha
In Aloha, a celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs - the US Space program in Honolulu, Hawaii - and reconnects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watchdog assigned to him. (imdb)
Man Seeking Woman
A naive romantic goes on a desperate quest for love when his longtime girlfriend dumps him. (imdb)
Undeclared
Undeclared (2001) - TV Series
College freshman Steve Karp and his fellow dorm-mates embark on one the greatest experiences of their lives...unfortunately for Steve, his lonely and recently divorced father is tagging along for the ride. (imdb)
Goon: Last of the Enforcers
A hockey player plagued by injuries is confronted with the possibility of retirement when a tough new player challenges his status as the league's top enforcer. (imdb)
Dragons: Race to the Edge
The continuing adventures of Hiccup and Toothless.
Popular Mechanics for Kids
Popular Mechanics for Kids (sometimes abbreviated to PMK) is an educational Canadian television series based on Popular Mechanics magazine. (wikipedia)
Dragons: Riders of Berk
The further adventures of Hiccup and his friends on the Island of Berk.
Dragons: Dawn of the Dragon Racers
Dawn of the Dragon Racers, is a short film describing how Dragon Racing was invented. Hiccup and all his friends from the dragon academy fight about who really invented it.
Lovesick
Dash is 33, broke, depressed and still in love with his ex, Lauren, who suddenly gets engaged. It all seems hopeless until he meets Nora - a spontaneous and unforgettable woman. But timing is everything, and Nora's not going to wait around. (imdb)
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
As Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless' discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the Night Fury away. When danger mounts at home and Hiccup's reign as village chief is tested, both dragon and rider must make impossible decisions to save their kind. (imdb)
The Kindness of Strangers
The story of four people suffering through the worst crises of their lives.
The Moodys
The Moodys (2019) - TV Series
Dan Moody returns home to spend Christmas with his dysfunctional family. (imdb)
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
Hiccup and Toothless reunite to remind both their kinds of the inseparable bond between vikings and dragons.
Random Acts of Violence
A pair of comic book writers begin to notice scary similarities between the character they created and horrific real-life events. (imdb)
The Moodys - Season 1
The Moodys - Season 2
Man Seeking Woman - Season 1
Undeclared - Season 1
The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
documents the history of the troupe through both archival footage and contemporary interviews with the members, largely filmed at The Rivoli, the Toronto club where the troupe got their start on stage. (wikipedia)
BlackBerry
The company behind the first smartphone, the BlackBerry, meets a catastrophic demise.
Fubar
Fubar (2023) - TV Series
When a father and daughter discover they both secretly work for the CIA, an already dicey undercover mission turns into a dysfunctional family affair. (Netflix)
Fubar - Season 1
Just Legal
Just Legal (2005) - TV Series
A look at the relationship between two lawyers: a young prodigy (Baruchel) and his mentor (Johnson), a jaded defense attorney.
Just Legal - Season 1
  • Pilot (2005) - Season 1
Humane
In the wake of an environmental collapse that forces humanity to get rid of 20% of its population, a family dinner turns chaotic when a father's plan to enlist in the government's new euthanasia program goes horribly awry.
LOL: Last One Laughing Canada
Ten Canadian comedians compete to make each other laugh, while not laughing themselves; the comedian who doesn't break a smile wins $100,000 for the charity of their choice. (rottentomatoes.com)
The Drunk and On Drugs Happy Funtime Hour
Trailer Park Boys actors John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells and Mike Smith as fictionalized versions of themselves. The fictional trio are starring in a new sketch comedy series, Happy Funtime Hour, but their production goes awry when a mad scientist named Doctor Funtime forces them to ingest a hallucinogenic substance he created. The actors must go through unpredictable events while constantly meeting different characters. (imdb)