Early life

Baruchel was born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of Robyne (née Ropell), a freelance writer, and Serge Baruchel, an antiques dealer. He grew up in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, and has a younger sister, Taylor. His paternal grandfather was a Sephardic Jew, while his three other grandparents were from a Christian background (of French, Irish, and German descent). Baruchel has said that he is "probably agnostic".

Career

One of his first major acting roles was on local television series My Hometown in 1996. From 1997 to 1998, he co-hosted Popular Mechanics for Kids with Elisha Cuthbert. After appearing briefly in Cameron Crowe's Oscar-winning Almost Famous, Baruchel won the role of Steven Karp on Judd Apatow's acclaimed yet short-lived television series Undeclared, where he starred alongside Seth Rogen, Carla Gallo, Charlie Hunnam and Monica Keena. He then appeared with James Van Der Beek in Roger Avary's The Rules of Attraction.

In 2004, Baruchel played boxing hopeful Danger Barch in Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby. Baruchel then starred in Nemesis Game and Fetching Cody, before appearing opposite Don Johnson on the WB's Just Legal in 2005, and guest-starring on the CBS drama Numb3rs in 2006.

Baruchel appeared in the films Knocked Up (which reunited him with Judd Apatow, Jason Segel, and Seth Rogen), I'm Reed Fish, Just Buried, and the Ben Stiller-directed Tropic Thunder, alongside Jack Black, Nick Nolte, Steve Coogan and Robert Downey, Jr. He co-starred with Seth Rogen in the 2007 trailer for Jay and Seth vs. The Apocalypse, created by Rogen and Evan Goldberg as a strategy to garner interest and funding for a similar, larger-scale project (later made in 2013 as This Is the End). In 2008, he appeared in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. He also made a brief appearance in Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian.

In 2010, Baruchel starred in the films The Trotsky, DreamWorks' She's Out of My League (opposite Alice Eve), and the live-action Disney adaptation of The Sorcerer's Apprentice. He also voiced the starring role in the acclaimed animated feature, How to Train Your Dragon, a role he has subsequently continued throughout the franchise, including its television series. Also in 2010, he played two supporting characters in the Canadian comedy series The Drunk and On Drugs Happy Fun Time Hour. He developed the screenplay for Goon, with Evan Goldberg, playing Johnny Klutz, a character of his own creation. Goon co-stars Seann William Scott and fellow Canadian actor, Eugene Levy. Baruchel will also star in and direct the comedy/horror/slasher film Pig.

Baruchel also appeared in the 2010 Adidas Originals ad campaign, "Cantina", in conjunction with the FIFA World Cup and in video clips for Canadian prog-rockers Rush's 2012-13 Clockwork Angels tour.

In July 2012, he appeared in the music video for the song "Toxsik Waltz" by rapper Necro. In the summer of 2013, he starred in the hit apocalyptic comedy This Is the End and in 2014, he appeared in the RoboCop remake and reprised his role as Hiccup in How to Train Your Dragon 2.

Baruchel is in the process of writing the sequel to Goon.

In July 2014, it was announced that Baruchel will be starring in the FXX comedy Man Seeking Woman which premiered in January 2015.

Personal life

Baruchel was previously engaged to actress Alison Pill from 2011 to 2013. He alluded to their break-up in a Twitter posting on February 16, 2013.

Baruchel has several tattoos: a Celtic cross (on his upper right arm) to honour his Irish heritage, his mother's maiden name (on his forearm) and a red Maple Leaf on his left pectoral (which can be seen in Fanboys, Knocked Up, Tropic Thunder and This Is the End).

Baruchel is also an avid fan of Celtic F.C. and the Montreal Canadiens. He appeared in the 2015 music video for the song "Every Little Means Trust" by Idlewild.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film Title	Role	Notes
1999	Running Home	Kid #2
1999	Who Gets the House?	Jonathan
2000	Almost Famous	Vic Munoz
2002	The Rules of Attraction	Harry
2003	Nemesis Game	Jeremy Curran
2004	Million Dollar Baby	Danger Barch
2005	Fetching Cody	Art Frankel
2007	Knocked Up	Jay
2007	I'm Reed Fish	Reed Fish
2007	Just Buried	Oliver Whynacht
2008	Real Time	Andy Hayes
2008	Tropic Thunder	Kevin Sandusky
2008	Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist	Tal Hanson
2009	Fanboys	Windows
2009	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Sailor in Painting a.k.a. Joey Motorola
2010	She's Out of My League	Kirk Kettner
2010	How to Train Your Dragon	Hiccup (Voice)
2010	The Trotsky	Leon
2010	The Sorcerer's Apprentice	Dave Stutler
2010	Good Neighbours	Victor
2012	Goon	Pat	Also writer and producer
2012	Cosmopolis	Shiner
2013	This Is the End	Himself	Also executive producer
2013	The Art of the Steal	Francie
2014	RoboCop	Tom Pope
2014	Don Peyote	Bates
2014	How to Train Your Dragon 2	Hiccup (Voice)
2016	Goon: Last of the Enforcers	Pat	Filming, also director and writer
2018	How to Train Your Dragon 3	Hiccup (Voice)

Short film

Year	Title	Roles	Notes
2010	Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon	Hiccup (Voice)
2011	Book of Dragons	Hiccup (Voice)
2011	Gift of the Night Fury	Hiccup (Voice)
2014	Dawn of the Dragon Racers	Hiccup (Voice)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995, 1999-2000	Are You Afraid of the Dark?	Joe / Alex / Ross Doyle / Jason Midas	4 episodes
1996	My Hometown	Thomas Thompson	3 episodes
1997	Popular Mechanics for Kids	Himself	22 episodes"
1998	The Worst Witch	Bean Pole	Episode: "The Great Outdoors"
2001-2002	Undeclared	Steven Karp	17 episodes
2002	Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher	Jimmy Fleming	TV Movie
2004	The Stones	Winston Stone	6 episodes
2005-2006	Just Legal	Skip Ross	8 episodes
2006-2007	Numb3rs	Oswald Kittner	2 episodes
2011	The Drunk and On Drugs Happy Fun Time Hour	Private Prosciutto / Falcon	2 episodes
2012-present	DreamWorks Dragons	Hiccup (voice)	53 episodes
2012	Being Human	Stu	Episode: "When I Think About You I Shred Myself"
2014	Trailer Park Boys		Director, Episode: "Crawling Through the Shitpipe"
2015-present	Man Seeking Woman	Josh Greenberg

Frequent collaborations

Year	Title	Seth Rogen	James Franco	Jonah Hill	Jay Baruchel	Danny McBride	Craig Robinson	Steve Carell	Paul Rudd	Jason Segel	Elizabeth Banks	Judd Apatow	Leslie Mann	Michael Cera	Bill Hader
1999	Freaks and Geeks	Yes	Yes							Yes		Yes	Yes
2001	Undeclared	Yes			Yes					Yes		Yes
2004	Anchorman							Yes	Yes			Yes
2005	The 40-Year-Old Virgin	Yes		Yes				Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
2007	Knocked Up	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes		Yes
2007	Superbad	Yes		Yes								Yes		Yes	Yes
2007	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story			Yes			Yes		Yes			Yes
2008	Pineapple Express	Yes	Yes			Yes	Yes					Yes			Yes
2008	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Yes					Yes				Yes
2008	Forgetting Sarah Marshall			Yes					Yes	Yes		Yes			Yes
2008	Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist				Yes									Yes
2009	Funny People	Yes		Yes								Yes	Yes
2009	Fanboys	Yes			Yes	Yes	Yes
2010	How to Train Your Dragon			Yes	Yes
2011	Your Highness		Yes			Yes
2012	This Is 40								Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes		Yes
2013	This Is the End	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes				Yes
2014	How to Train Your Dragon 2			Yes	Yes

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result	Work
2007	US Comedy Arts Festival	Best Actor Award	Won	I'm Reed Fish
2011	Jutra Awards	Best Actor (Meilleur Acteur)	Won	The Trotsky
2011	Online Film & Television Association	Best Voice-Over Performance	Won	How to Train Your Dragon
2011	Vancouver Film Critics Circle	Best Actor in a Canadian Film	Nominated	The Trotsky
2011	Genie Awards	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Nominated	The Trotsky
2011	Annie Awards	Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production	Won	How to Train Your Dragon
2013	Genie Awards	Adapted Screenplay	Nominated	Goon
2013	Vancouver Film Critics Circle	Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film	Nominated	Goon
2014	Genie Awards	Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role	Nominated	The Art of the Steal
2014	MTV Movie Awards	Best Musical Moment	Won	This Is the End

[ Source: Wikipedia ]