Jay McCarrol

Biography

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.

Known For

The Dirties

as Mr. Bird

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie

as Jay

Nirvanna the Band the Show

as Jay

Nirvana the Band the Show

as Jay / Vince Valence (voice) / Additional Voices

Captain Coulier (Space Explorer)

as Iggy

Rudy the Red-Faced Bachelor

as Sean

The Apostles

as Matthew

A Song for Torah Jane

as Father

Nirvana the Band the Show the Adventures

as Jay

Nirvana the Band the Show: Live @ the Rivoli

as self