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Jay McCarrol
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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…
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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 Lead Performance in Comedy at the 14th Canadian Screen Awards in 2026, for his work on the film Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, which also netted him a win in the Best Original Song category for co-writing and performing The Alphabet Song. Outside of Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, he has received recognition at four other CSA ceremonies for his musical work, including his Best Original Score win for BackBerry at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024, as well as nods for Best Original Music for a Program at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2013 for I, Martin Short, Goes Home, 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.
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2026
Tony
Movie Original Music Composer
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2026
Crash Land
Movie Thanks
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2026
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Movie Jay
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2025
Hell of a Summer
Movie Original Music Composer
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2023
BlackBerry: The Limited Series
TV show Music
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2023
BlackBerry
Movie Executive Producer
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2021
Matt & Bird Break Loose
TV show Bird (Voice)
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2020
Loose Ends
Movie Music
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2020
The Kid Detective
Movie Original Music Composer
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2017
Nirvanna the Band the Show
TV show Jay
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2016
Operation Avalanche
Movie Original Music Composer
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2016
Operation Avalanche
Movie Mr. Bird
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2013
The Dirties
Movie Mr. Bird
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2013
A Song for Torah Jane
Movie Father
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2012
Rudy the Red-Faced Bachelor
Movie Sean
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2012
A Pretty Funny Story
Movie Guy at Work 3
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2012
I, Martin Short, Goes Home
Movie Original Music Composer
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2010
The Apostles
Movie Matthew
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2010
Nirvana the Band the Show the Adventures
Movie Jay
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2009
Shubadak
Movie Bleaks
- 2009
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2009
Captain Coulier (Space Explorer)
Movie Iggy
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2007
Nirvana the Band the Show
TV show Jay / Vince Valence (voice) / Additional Voices
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2006
Swink
Movie Music
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Journalism 101
Movie Original Music Composer
