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Jay Baruchel

ACTOR · BORN 1982

Jay Baruchel

Born
9 April 1982
Known for
How to Train Your Dragon (2010), Fanboys (2009), The Art of the Steal (2013), Undeclared (2001)

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Jay Baruchel (born 9 April 1982) is an actor best known for How to Train Your Dragon, Fanboys and The Art of the Steal.

11 Interesting Facts About Jay Baruchel

Interesting Facts (8)

  1. #001

    Jay Baruchel is fluent in French.

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  2. #002

    Jay Baruchel and Seth Rogen are close friends.

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  3. #003

    Jay Baruchel went to the same high school as Christopher Plummer, William Shatner, Melissa Auf der Maur and Mitsou.

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  4. #004

    From December 2010 to March 2013, Jay Baruchel was engaged to actress Alison Pill.

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  5. #005

    Jay Baruchel is a diehard Montreal Canadiens fan.

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  6. #006

    You say Jay Baruchel's surname "bare-ooh-CHELL."

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  7. #007

    Baruchel started acting lessons at 12 and drummed in the Canadian rock band "Martin."

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  8. #008

    Jay Baruchel's younger sibling is Taylor Baruchel.

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Life & Family (3)

  1. #009

    Jay Baruchel has a golf ball-sized red maple leaf tattooed on the left side of his chest, over his heart, along with a Celtic cross and his mother's maiden name.

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  2. #010

    Jay Baruchel's father was born in Paris, France, and his paternal grandfather, Johnny Baruchel, was a Sephardic Jew from Alexandria, Egypt. His other three grandparents came from Christian backgrounds: his paternal grandmother, Marie-Madeleine Virlouvet, was French, and his maternal grandparents, Robert William Ropell and Helen Margaret Saunders, were from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. His mother is of Irish, English and German descent.

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  3. #011

    His fiancée is Rebecca-Jo Dunham, who models and works as a manager at Agency FH.

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Reference databases

  • Wikipedia English Wikipedia article
  • IMDb IMDb name page (biography and trivia)

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