Jay McCarrol

Known for SoundBorn 1983-08-09 (age 42)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 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Nirvana the Band the Show

Nirvanna the Band the Show

Captain Coulier (Space Explorer)

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie

BlackBerry

The Kid Detective

The Dirties

Operation Avalanche

Matt & Bird Break Loose

A Pretty Funny Story

Hell of a Summer

Crash Land

Tony

Matt & Bird Break Loose

Loose Ends

A Song for Torah Jane

Rudy the Red-Faced Bachelor

The Apostles

Nirvana the Band the Show the Adventures

Nirvana the Band the Show: Live @ the Rivoli

Shubadak

Swink