“ | I've never played a character as much as I've played Hiccup. Sometimes it's hard to see where I stop and he begins. [src] | ” |
— Jay Baruchel |
Jay Baruchel (born April 9, 1982) is a Canadian actor who has starred in many movies including Tropic Thunder, I Am Reed Fish, She's Out of My League (with T.J. Miller), Million Dollar Baby, Fetching Cody, The Trotsky, The Sorcerer's Apprentice (with Alfred Molina) and Night at the Museum 2.
Baruchel is the voice of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III in the films How to Train Your Dragon, How to Train Your Dragon 2, and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World as well as the Cartoon Network series, DreamWorks Dragons: The Series,[1] and the Netflix Original Series, Dragons: Race to the Edge, and the short films Gift of the Night Fury, Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon, Dawn of the Dragon Racers and the movie short, Book of Dragons.
Biography[]
Baruchel was born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of Robyne (née Ropell), a freelance writer, and Serge Baruchel, an antique dealer. He grew up and, to this day, lives in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâceneighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, and has a younger sister, called Taylor. His paternal grandfather was a Sephardic Jew, while his three other grandparents were from a Christian background (of French, Irish, and German descent). Baruchel has said that he is "probably agnostic".
Selected Filmography[]
Year | Title | Role(s) | Type of Media |
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1999 | Who Gets the House? | Jonathan | Feature film |
Running Home | Kid #2 | ||
2000 | Almost Famous | Vic Munoz | |
2002 | The Rules of Attraction | Harry | |
Edgar and Jane |
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Short film | |
2003 | Nemesis Game | Jeremy Curran | Feature film |
2004 | Million Dollar Baby | Danger Barch | |
2005 | Fetching Cody | Art Frankel | |
2006 | I'm Reed Fish | Reed Fish | |
2007 | Knocked Up | Jay | |
Jay and Seth versus the Apocalypse |
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Short film | |
Just Buried | Oliver Whynacht | Feature film | |
2008 | Real Time | Andy Hayes | |
Tropic Thunder | Kevin Sandusky | ||
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist | Tal Hanson | ||
2009 | Fanboys | Windows | |
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Sailor Joey Motorola | ||
The Trotsky | Leon | ||
2010 | She's Out of My League | Kirk Kettner | |
The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Dave Stutler | ||
Good Neighbours | Victor | ||
2011 | Goon |
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2012 | Cosmopolis | Shiner | |
2013 | This Is the End |
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The Art of the Steal | Francie | ||
2014 | RoboCop | Tom Pope | |
Don Peyote | Bates | ||
2016 | Lovesick | Mark | |
2016 | Goon: Last of the Enforcers |
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DreamWorks Dragons Filmography[]
Year | Title | Role(s) | Type of Media |
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2010 | How to Train Your Dragon | Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III | Feature film |
Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon | Short film | ||
2011 | Book of Dragons | ||
Gift of the Night Fury | |||
2012–2013 | Dragons: Riders of Berk | Television series | |
2013–2014 | Dragons: Defenders of Berk | ||
2014 | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Feature film | |
Dawn of the Dragon Racers | Short film | ||
2015 | Dragons: Race to the Edge | Television series | |
2016 | |||
2017 | |||
2018 | |||
2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World |
Feature film | |
DreamWorks Dragons: Dawn of New Riders | Video game | ||
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming |
Short film |
Trivia[]
- According to Douglas Sloan, Jay Baruchel was very emphatic that no one else would play Hiccup but him, and that he was happy to come aboard and to voice Hiccup in the television series.[2]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Raymundo, Neil. (Date Published - March 3, 2012). DreamWorks Dragons: The Series • ToonBarnToonBarn. ToonBarn.
- ↑ Glennon, Christopher. (2015). "DreamWorks Dragons: Race To The Edge" Interview With Showrunners Art Brown and Douglas Sloan.
External Links[]
- Jay Baruchel on Wikipedia
- Jay Baruchel on IMDb
- Jay Baruchel on Twitter
- Jay Baruchel on Instagram
- Jay Baruchel on Rotten Tomatoes