
Jay McCarrol
Born: 1983-08-09
Place of birth: 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 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.
Filmography

Nirvana the Band the Show
2007

Captain Coulier (Space Explorer)
2009

Nirvanna the Band the Show
2017

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
2026

BlackBerry
2023

The Kid Detective
2020

The Dirties
2013

Operation Avalanche
2016

Matt & Bird Break Loose
2021

Hell of a Summer
2025

Crash Land
2026

Matt & Bird Break Loose
2021

Loose Ends
2020

A Song for Torah Jane
2013

Rudy the Red-Faced Bachelor
2012

The Apostles
2010

Nirvana the Band the Show the Adventures
2010

Swink
2006