After watching his first stage performance at the Croswell Opera House in his Midwest hometown, Jay immediately fell in love with theater. He was soon performing on the very same stage throughout his adolescence and went on to study Music Theatre Performance at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Jay credits his success to his upbringing in the theater having performed in countless stage productions over the years. In addition he's been a part of multiple television and film productions.

Jay is also an accomplished voice actor having voiced characters for many of the industries most successful companies and titles.

He has dual nationality being both a citizen of the United States and the United Kingdom.