Jay Baruchel
Jonathan Adam Saunders Baruchel (; born April 9, 1982) is a Canadian actor, director, stand-up comedian and screenwriter. He is known for his voice role as Hiccup in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise, and for his roles in comedy movies such as Knocked Up, Tropic Thunder, The Trotsky, Fanboys, She's Out of My League, Goon, This Is the End and the action-fantasy film The Sorcerer's Apprentice. He has had lead roles as Josh Greenberg in the FXX comedy television series Man Seeking Woman and Steven Karp in Judd Apatow's comedy series Undeclared.
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| Full name at birth | Jonathan Adam Saunders Baruchel
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| Claim to fame | his voice role as Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise, for co-writing and starring in the Goon movie franchise, and for his roles in blockbuster feature comedies Tropic Thunder, Knocked Up, and This is the End
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| Date of birth | 9 April 1982
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| Place of birth | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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| Occupation | Actor, film director, screenwriter, comedian
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| Height | 6' 2" (188 cm)
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| Weight | 166 lbs (75 kg)
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| Residence | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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| Net worth | $6,000,000 USD
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- He has won multiple awards as an actor including the “Best Actor” award for the movie I’m Reed Fish in 2007, “Best Performance by a Male – Film” and “Best Actor” award for The Trotsky, “Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production” for How to Train Your Dragon, “Best Musical Moment” for This Is The End, “Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program” for the computer-animated series Dragons: Race to the Edge, and an ACTRA Award in the category “Award of Excellence”.
- In 2018, Jay Baruchel made his debut as an author with his book Born Into It: A Fan’s Life which was released on Harper Collins.
- Baruchel is a homebody and enjoys staying at home rather than packing up for a vacation.
- He’s an ultimate cat lover and owns 2 cats named Mary Minew and Rocky Montana.
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