Jay Cartwright (fictional character)

Jay Cartwright is a fictional character from the E4 coming-of-age British comedy The Inbetweeners, played by James Buckley, who made his first appearance during the pilot episode "First Day", broadcast on 1 May 2008. Simon appears in every episode of the series, as well as appearing in the follow-up films The Inbetweeners Movie (2011) and The Inbetweeners 2 (2014).

Jay Cartwright
The Inbetweeners character
James Buckley plays Jay
First appearance'First Day' (2008)
Last appearanceThe Inbetweeners 2 (2014)
Created byDamon Beesley
Iain Morris
Portrayed byJames Buckley
In-universe information
OccupationStudent
Night club toilet attendant
FamilyTerry Cartwright (father)

Mrs Cartwright (mother)

Uncle Bryan (uncle)
Significant otherChloe
Jane

Appearances

Series One

In the pilot episode “First Day”, Jay is introduced to the new kid Will McKenzie (Simon Bird) through his friend Simon Cooper (Joe Thomas) as he is forced to show Will around the school. Jay instantly dislikes Will calling him “Briefcase Mong”. In the episode “Bunk Off“, Jay, Simon, Will and Jay’s other friend Neil Sutherland (Blake Harrison) decide to skip school and they get Will to purchase alcohol for them and persuade Simon to ask out his crush Carli D’Amato (Emily Head) by spray painting her driveway. The group are confronted by the Head of Sixth Form, Mr Gilbert (Greg Davies), where he tells Jay and Neil that they have no obligation to stay in school however he sends Will and Simon to the Headteacher’s office for phoning the school as their parents. In the episode “Thorpe Park”, Simon drives Jay and Will to Thorpe Park to meet up with Neil who got them free tickets. While parking, Jay opens the passenger door into a pole which ripped the door off with Simon demanding he pay for it to be fixed which Jay refuses. Inside the park, Jay shoves Simon into a child and tells everyone that Simon is a pedophile causing him to get beat up by the child’s father. In the episode “Will Gets a Girlfriend” Jay, Simon and Neil are shocked to see Will chatting with an attractive older student and attempts to convince her that he is much funnier by doing a Crazy Frog impression which doesn’t impress her. The group tease Jay for having a friend outside of their group which causes him to angrily stomp on his friend’s car and his parents having to pay to get it fixed. In the episode “Caravan Club”, Jay persuades the group to come to a caravan site promising that each of them will hook up with a girl. They meet Jay’s father who verbally bullies him and constantly belittles him. At a disco, Jay hooks Simon up with a girl telling him she’s after sex however this is not the case and she is horrified when Simon starts getting undressed in front of her leading to them leaving early before Simon can get in trouble. In the episode “Xmas Party”, Jay agrees to help Will out with the school’s Christmas party as long as he can be DJ to which Will agrees. At the party, Jay stops the music so Simon can ask out Carli but he is unable to speak and the plan backfires. When everyone has left, the group play fight on trampolines.

Reception

The actor of Jay, James Buckley hated the fame that came with his character stating “I’m getting closer and closer to never leaving the house again” [1] Despite this, he is well received by fans and is ranked 3 best character in the show behind Neil and Mr Gilbert. [2] James Buckley was a nominee for the BAFTA for Best Male Performance in a Comedy Role (2011), [3] a nominee for British Comedy Award for best comedy actor [4] and a nominee for the Royal Television Society for best comedy performance [5]

References
  1. "Jay from Inbetweeners actor James Buckley reveals fame made him 'scared to leave the house'". Heart. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  2. "Ranking the 15 best characters from The Inbetweeners". Joe. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  3. "Television Awards Winners in 2011". BAFTA. 28 December 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  4. "The British Comedy Awards 2010 Winners and Nominees". The British Comedy Awards. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  5. "RTS Programme Awards 2011". Royal Television Awards. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
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