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Jay Karales

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  • Actor
  • Writer
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Jay Karales
A private investigator manipulates a grieving mother.
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Jay Karales is a Greek-American director, actor, and comedian from Boston, Massachusetts. He is best known for performing in the sketch comedy group Headshot, LLC. and directing and starring in Mass State Lottery (2025). He is also the founder of Forgotten Genres, a film production company in New York, New York.
BornOctober 23, 1990
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BornOctober 23, 1990
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    • Awards
      • 9 nominations total

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    Known for

    Mass State Lottery (2025)
    Mass State Lottery
    5.6
    • Director
    • 2025
    CMFRT_SYSTMS (2019)
    CMFRT_SYSTMS
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    Hans Lam Barboza in Disorderly
    Disorderly
    • Director
      James Franco, Thomas Mann, and Sam Dillon in Memoria (2015)
      Memoria
      4.9
      • Producer(as Jayme Karales)
      • 2015

      Credits

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      Director

      • Plea to a Paper God
        • Director
        • Completed
        • 2027
      • Disorderly
        • Director
        • Post-production
      • Sheila Ball, Matthew Giacalone, and Jay Karales in Omega Fish Corp. (2024)
        Omega Fish Corp.
        TV Mini Series
        • Director
        • 2026
      • Charles Grant and Jose Moreno in Music for a While (2025)
        Music for a While
        Music Video
        • Director
        • 2025
      • Mass State Lottery (2025)
        Mass State Lottery
        5.6
        • Director
        • 2025
      • Jerry Jensen in Closing Up Shop (2023)
        Closing Up Shop
        8.3
        Short
        • Director
        • 2023
      • Middle American (2022)
        Middle American
        Music Video
        • Director
        • 2022
      • After Dark: Niche Influential Films of the 20th Century (2021)
        After Dark: Niche Influential Films of the 20th Century
        TV Series
        • Director
        • 2021–2022
      • CMFRT_SYSTMS (2019)
        CMFRT_SYSTMS
        8.3
        TV Series
        • Director
        • 2019–2021
      • Kenney Dorcely, Jay Karales, and Jacob A. Miller in Glue Addict (2019)
        Glue Addict
        TV Series
        • Director
        • 2019–2021
      • LP: Japan
        TV Series
        • Director
        • 2019–2020
      • Jay Karales, Jacob A. Miller, and Thomas Speed in I Remember You (2019)
        I Remember You
        Short
        • Director
        • 2019
      • //Movies (2018)
        //Movies
        8.3
        Podcast Series
        • Director (as LowRes Wünderbred)
        • 2018
      • Jay Karales in How 2 Rob a Bank: Everybody Dies Sometimes (2018)
        How 2 Rob a Bank: Everybody Dies Sometimes
        • Director (as LowRes Wünderbred)
        • 2018
      • Let's Play with LowRes (2018)
        Let's Play with LowRes
        TV Series
        • Director
        • 2018
      • Deconstructing Boaz Yakin's Batman Beyond
        • Director (as LowRes Wünderbred)
        • 2018
      • Deconstructing Andy Warhol's Batman/Dracula
        • Director (as LowRes Wünderbred)
        • 2018

      Actor

      • The 3_2 Pulldown
        • Mr. Kraft
      • Sheila Ball, Matthew Giacalone, and Jay Karales in Omega Fish Corp. (2024)
        Omega Fish Corp.
        TV Mini Series
        • Aldo Penner
        • 2026
      • Mass State Lottery (2025)
        Mass State Lottery
        5.6
        • Rathke
        • 2025
      • Jack (2023)
        Jack
        5.2
        Short
        • Radio DJ
        • 2023
      • The Isolation Chamber (2021)
        The Isolation Chamber
        Podcast Series
        • Donald Morgan Santa Fe
        • 2021–2023
      • Bust Back Better
        Music Video
        • Talking Head
        • 2022
      • Thought Cops
        Podcast Series
        • Elon Musk
        • 2022
      • Roy (2022)
        Roy
        Short
        • Charlie (voice)
        • 2022
      • After Dark: Niche Influential Films of the 20th Century (2021)
        After Dark: Niche Influential Films of the 20th Century
        TV Series
        • LowRes
        • 2021–2022
      • Willem Dafoe, Jamie Foxx, Rhys Ifans, Benedict Cumberbatch, Zendaya, and Tom Holland in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
        Spider-Man: No Way Home
        8.1
        • Bodega Customer (uncredited)
        • 2021
      • CMFRT_SYSTMS (2019)
        CMFRT_SYSTMS
        8.3
        TV Series
        • LowRes
        • Doxxer
        • Venture Capitalist ...
        • 2019–2021
      • The Ice Box
        Short
        • Sean Dailey
        • 2021
      • Ston Head in Sewer City TV (2020)
        Sewer City TV
        TV Series
        • LowRes Wünderbred
        • 2020
      • CIVIC-TV (2020)
        CIVIC-TV
        TV Series
        • LowRes
        • 2020
      • LP: Japan
        TV Series
        • LowRes Wünderbred
        • 2019–2020
      • Jay Karales, Jacob A. Miller, and Thomas Speed in I Remember You (2019)
        I Remember You
        Short
        • Eric
        • 2019

      Writer

      • Plea to a Paper God
        • written by
        • Completed
        • 2027
      • Disorderly
        • story
        • screenplay
        • Post-production
      • Nicholas Goroff and Jay Karales in Practice Makes Perfect (2026)
        Practice Makes Perfect
        Podcast Series
        • Writer
        • 2026
      • Sheila Ball, Matthew Giacalone, and Jay Karales in Omega Fish Corp. (2024)
        Omega Fish Corp.
        TV Mini Series
        • Writer
        • 2026
      • Mass State Lottery (2025)
        Mass State Lottery
        5.6
        • screenplay
        • 2025
      • After Dark: Niche Influential Films of the 20th Century (2021)
        After Dark: Niche Influential Films of the 20th Century
        TV Series
        • Writer
        • 2021–2022
      • CMFRT_SYSTMS (2019)
        CMFRT_SYSTMS
        8.3
        TV Series
        • Writer
        • 2019–2021
      • Kenney Dorcely, Jay Karales, and Jacob A. Miller in Glue Addict (2019)
        Glue Addict
        TV Series
        • Writer
        • 2019–2020
      • Jay Karales, Jacob A. Miller, and Thomas Speed in I Remember You (2019)
        I Remember You
        Short
        • Writer
        • 2019
      • LP: Japan
        TV Series
        • Writer
        • 2019
      • Let's Play with LowRes (2018)
        Let's Play with LowRes
        TV Series
        • Writer
        • 2018
      • Jay Karales in How 2 Rob a Bank: Everybody Dies Sometimes (2018)
        How 2 Rob a Bank: Everybody Dies Sometimes
        • Writer (as LowRes Wünderbred)
        • 2018
      • Deconstructing Boaz Yakin's Batman Beyond
        • Writer (as LowRes Wünderbred)
        • 2018
      • Deconstructing Andy Warhol's Batman/Dracula
        • Writer (as LowRes Wünderbred)
        • 2018
      • Designing Women
        • Writer (as LowRes Wünderbred)
        • 2018
      • HidingInMyFlat 2
        • Writer (as LowRes Wünderbred)
        • 2018
      • Jay Karales in Bitcoin Madness (2017)
        Bitcoin Madness
        • Writer (as Jayme Karales)
        • 2017

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      Personal details

      • Official site
        • Official Site
      • Alternative names
        • John J. Griswald
      • Height
        • 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
      • Born
        • October 23, 1990
        • Boston, Massachusetts, USA

      Did you know

      • Trivia
        Originally attached to helm an adaptation of the George V. Higgins short story collection Sins of the Fathers (1988).
      • Nickname
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