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. 제이 맥캐롤(1983년생, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) 는 배우로, 대표작으로 너바나 더 밴드: 전설적 밴드 ‘너바나’와는 별 관련 없는 ‘너바나 더 밴드’의 콤비 맷과 제이. 어느 날 공연을 위해 타임머신을 만드는 황당한 작전을 세우고 처음 만났던 17년 전으로 돌, 고딩감독, Operation Avalanche가 있으며, 그 외에도 Nirvanna the Band the Show, Nirvana the Band the Show, The Apostles, Shubadak, Nirvana the Band the Show: Live @ the Rivoli, Rudy the Red-Faced Bachelor, A Song for Torah Jane, Nirvana the Band the Show the Adventures, A Pretty Funny Story, Captain Coulier (Space Explorer) 등 다양한 작품에 출연했다. 특히 2026년에는 너바나 더 밴드: 전설적 밴드 ‘너바나’와는 별 관련 없는 ‘너바나 더 밴드’의 콤비 맷과 제이. 어느 날 공연을 위해 타임머신을 만드는 황당한 작전을 세우고 처음 만났던 17년 전으로 돌에도 참여해서 활동중이다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2026년 토니 제작에 참여했다. 2026년 Crash Land 제작에 참여했다. 2026년 너바나 더 밴드에서 Jay 역을 맡았다.