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.
Movie Appearances
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
as Jay
2026
The Dirties
as Mr. Bird
2013
Captain Coulier (Space Explorer)
as Iggy
2009
Rudy the Red-Faced Bachelor
as Sean
2012
The Apostles
as Matthew
2010
A Song for Torah Jane
as Father
2013
Nirvana the Band the Show the Adventures
as Jay
2010
Nirvana the Band the Show: Live @ the Rivoli
as self
TBA
