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Jonathan Adam Saunders Baruchel [1] (/ ˈ b ær ə ʃ ɛ l /; [2] born April 9, 1982) [1] is a Canadian actor and director. He is best known for his voice role as Hiccup Haddock in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise, and for his lead roles in the comedies Fanboys (2009), She's Out of My League (2010), and This Is the End (2013).
He made his acting debut in the year 1995, when he was cast to play three different roles in the then famous show ‘Are You Afraid of the Dark?’ He also landed a role in a TV series called ‘My Hometown’ in the year 1996.
Baruchel had spent some downtime and finally got a chance to be in a classic film called Almost Famous (2000) in 2000. He played "Vic", a devout fan of Led Zeppelin. Judd Apatow soon had a show in the works and Baruchel played "Steven Karp" on Undeclared (2001).
- January 1, 1
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- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Oct 3, 2013 · 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.
- He’s a self-proclaimed mamas boy. “She was the first person to ever read what I wrote. She reads everything I write before anyone else,” he says.
- He has a maple leaf tattoo in honour of his favourite hockey team – the Montreal Canadiens. “A red one, not a blue one,” he explains. “It’s as close to a religion as I have, hockey.
- He’s still best friends with his This Is The End costar (and fellow Canuck!) Seth Rogen. “We live in different cities in different countries, but we’ve known each other since we were both 18,” says Jay.
- He’s a cat person and has two cats of his own – Mary Minew and Rocky Montana. “They’re my life,” he tells .” I go to the cat show when it’s in Montreal.
May 8, 2023 · Baruchel plays Mike Lazaridis, the engineering student turned RIM co-founder who watched his dreams get gobbled up by the iPhone, but not before they made him a billionaire. Playing the more...
Aug 16, 2020 · Baruchel took it on board: at 17 he was cast in a small role in Almost Famous, and would play frisbee with Cameron Crowe during lunch breaks and talk with him about Hitchcock and Truffaut.
