Jay McCarrol

For the American fashion designer, see Jay McCarroll.

Jay McCarrol (born August 9, 1983) is a Canadian musician, writer and actor, most noted as co-creator and co-star with Matt Johnson of Nirvanna the Band the Show.^[1]

Jay McCarrol
Occupation(s)	Composer, screenwriter, actor
Notable work	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.^[2] He was previously a nominee for Best Original Music for a Program at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2013 for I, Martin Short, Goes Home^[3] and at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016 for The Second City Project,^[4] and for Best Original Score at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021 for The Kid Detective.^[5]

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^[6] and at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.^[7]

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

Film

As composer

• The Dirties (2013)
• Operation Avalanche (2016)
• The Kid Detective (2020)
• BlackBerry (2023)

Television

As writer

Years	Title	Writer	Composer	Actor	Notes
2017-2018	Nirvanna the Band the Show	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-wrote all 16 episodes with Andrew Appelle, Robert Hyland, Curt Lobb, Matthew Miller and Jared Raab

As actor

Years	Title	Role
2017-2018	Nirvanna the Band the Show	Jay

As composer

• I, Martin Short, Goes Home (2012)
• The Second City Project (2015)

References

1. Matthew Ritchie, "Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol on Keeping 'nirvanna the band the show' Bad with a Good Budget". Exclaim!, February 1, 2017.
2. Connie Thiessen, "Canadian Screen Awards winners: Cinematic Arts". Broadcast Dialogue, May 30, 2024.
3. "2013 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS Television Nominations". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.
4. Brent Furdyk, "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced" Archived 2019-04-16 at the Wayback Machine. ET Canada, January 19, 2016.
5. Brent Furdyk (March 30, 2021). "Canadian Screen Awards Announces 2021 Film Nominations". ET Canada. Archived from the original on August 29, 2021. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
6. Calum Slingerland, "'Nirvanna the Band the Show' to Continue Without VICELAND". Exclaim!, January 23, 2018.
7. Brent Furdyk, "2019 Canadian Screen Awards: Complete List Of Winners From Televised Gala" Archived 2021-05-25 at the Wayback Machine. ET Canada, March 31, 2019.

External links

• Jay McCarrol at IMDb