Jonathan Adam Saunders "Jay" Baruchel (born April 9, 1982) is a Canadian actor.
Baruchel was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the son of Robyne, a freelance writer, and Serge Baruchel, an antiques dealer, but grew up and still lives in the NDG neighborhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He has a younger sister, Taylor. His father was Jewish and his mother a Catholic of Irish descent. One of his first major acting roles was on local television serie...
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Jonathan Adam Saunders "Jay" Baruchel (born April 9, 1982) is a Canadian actor.
Baruchel was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the son of Robyne, a freelance writer, and Serge Baruchel, an antiques dealer, but grew up and still lives in the NDG neighborhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He has a younger sister, Taylor. His father was Jewish and his mother a Catholic of Irish descent. One of his first major acting roles was on local television series My Hometown in 1996. From 1997–1998, 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, he played boxing hopeful Danger Barch in Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby, which...
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