Yahoo Canada Web Search

Sign In

Search results

  1. www.cbc.ca › arts › qJay Baruchel explains why he wants to live in Canada 'as ...

    Apr 22, 2024 · The actor, who grew up in Montreal, talks about his career choices, his love for Canada and his inspiration from Trailer Park Boys. He also reveals his fear of death and his optimism in life.

  2. nationalpost.com › entertainment › celebrity'I won’t lie — Quebec’s politics did my head in': Jay ...

    Jun 1, 2015 · Jay Baruchel has been a relentless booster of his hometown in general and his ‘hood of N.D.G. in particular, for years telling anyone who would listen that he would never move to L.A. even ...

  3. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca › jay-baruchelJay Baruchel - The Canadian Encyclopedia

    • Early Years and Career
    • Hollywood Career
    • Career in Canada
    • Personal Life
    • Awards

    The son of an antiques dealer father and freelance writer mother, Baruchel grew up in Montreal’s Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood and studied theatre at the Fine Arts Core Education (FACE) School. He began acting professionally at age 12, appearing in such television programs as Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1995) and My Hometown (1996) before co-h...

    See full list on thecanadianencyclopedia.ca

    Baruchel’s big break came when he appeared as a devout Led Zeppelin fan in Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous (2000). That performance caught the attention of director-producer Judd Apatow, who cast Baruchel as the lead in the short-lived FOX comedy Undeclared (2001–03), which co-starred fellow Canadian Seth Rogen. The two actors became roommates and cl...

    See full list on thecanadianencyclopedia.ca

    Throughout his career, Baruchel has remained an outspoken patriot (he has a red maple leaf tattooed on his chest) and a staunch advocate for Canadian film. Fluently bilingualand based for many years in his native Montreal, he has balanced his Hollywood career with steady work in homegrown projects while publicly encouraging other Canadian actors to...

    See full list on thecanadianencyclopedia.ca

    Baruchel was engaged to Canadian actress Alison Pill from December 2010 to March 2013. In 2015, he officially moved to Toronto after “Quebec’s politics did my head in.” As he told the Montreal Gazettein May 2015, “The last election was very traumatic in a way.” He attributed the decision to move to “the kind of poisonous ethnic dialogue, which real...

    See full list on thecanadianencyclopedia.ca

    Best Performance by a Male – Film (The Trotsky), Canadian Comedy Awards(2010)
    Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production (How to Train Your Dragon), Annie Awards (2011)

    See full list on thecanadianencyclopedia.ca

  4. Videos

    View all

  5. torontolife.com › culture › canadians-suffer-from"Canadians suffer from this absolute refusal to see myth and ...

    May 11, 2023 · Ottawa-born, Montreal-bred and now Beaches-bumming, Jay Baruchel has been working in Canadian film and TV for more than 25 years—even if a lot of people know him best as the goofy stoner dude ...

  6. www.vice.com › en › articleJay Baruchel Is Living the Canadian Dream - VICE

    Sep 14, 2017 · Jay Baruchel Is Living the Canadian Dream. By Amil Niazi. September 14, 2017, 11:46am. Share: X; ... This is the End and Man Seeking Woman is a national rarity, a flag-waving patriot (he literally ...

    • Amil Niazi

  7. www.vulture.com › 2012 › 03Jay Baruchel on His Hockey Comedy, Goon , Meeting James ...

    Mar 26, 2012 · Jay Baruchel co-wrote and starred in Goon, a comedy about hockey enforcers. He talks about his love of the sport, his fiancée Alison Pill, and his upcoming apocalypse movie with James Franco.

  8. People also ask

  9. www.cbc.ca › radio › thenextchapterJay Baruchel reveals a few of his favourite things and ...

    Dec 10, 2018 · Better known as a successful actor, Ottawa-born, Montreal-raised Jay Baruchel is also a lifelong hockey fan. ... I'm a patriot and I adore this country and I was raised to do so. My mom's family ...