Jay McCarrol
Birthday: Born in 1983-08-09 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Deathday: Alive
Jay McCarrol is a Canadian musician, writer and actor, most noted as co-creator and co-star with Matt Johnson of Nirvanna the Band the Show. He won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Score at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024, for his work on the film BlackBerry. He is also a three-time Canadian Screen Award nominee for his musical work, receiving nods for Best Original Music for a Program at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2013 for I, Martin Short, Goes Home and at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016 for The Second City Project, and for Best Original Score at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021 for The Kid Detective. As a writer he has received two CSA nominations for Best Writing in a Comedy Program or Series for Nirvanna the Band the Show, at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018 and at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019. His other credits have included Johnson's theatrical films The Dirties, Operation Avalanche and BlackBerry. He is a member of the synth-pop band Brave Shores, along with his sister, Stefanie.
TV Credits
Nirvanna the Band the Show
Character: Jay
Two lifelong best friends and roommates are planning the greatest musical act in the history of the modern world....
Nirvana the Band the Show
Character: Jay / Vince Valence (voice) / Additional Voices
Musicians Matt and Jay attempt to achieve their dream of playing at a small Toronto venue, the Rivoli, through a series of various schemes and publicity stunts....
Matt & Bird Break Loose
Character: Bird (voice)
Monkey and bird best friends, Matt and Bird, have been studying humans very closely from their shared cage in the zoo. But everything they know about being human is based on what they've seen on TV. In each episode, Matt and Bird cleverly break out of the zoo in disguise in order to chase their dreams and fame...and quickly discover it's not so easy being human....
Movie Credits
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Character: Jay
When their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to the year 2008....
The Dirties
Character: Mr. Bird
The line between reality and fiction starts to blur when two best friends start making a movie about getting revenge on bullies....
Captain Coulier (Space Explorer)
Character: Iggy
A space captain struggles with his robot crew during an intergalactic mission....
Rudy the Red-Faced Bachelor
Character: Sean
A character study of an outdated misfit bachelor struggling to connect with others....
The Apostles
Character: Matthew
Jesus and the 12 apostles deal with the mundane, surprise and treachery of splitting the bill after the last supper....
A Song for Torah Jane
Character: Father
A young dad sings his daughter to sleep with a tale of animals in the zoo. She doesn't want to nod off and he drifts into a reverie of nostalgia of his own....
Nirvana the Band the Show the Adventures
Character: Jay
Musicians Matt and Jay step away from their quest for the Rivoli to conquer various Toronto landmarks and seasonal traditions through a series of misguided, high-energy excursions and chaotic improvisations....
Nirvana the Band the Show: Live @ the Rivoli
Character: self
Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol play live at the Rivoli to wrap up their web series in 2009....
Shubadak
Character: Bleaks
Two American soldiers hunting for buried treasure in Iraq meet a stranger in the dunes....