Chris Jay is a musician, songwriter, screenwriter, producer, actor, journalist and podcaster best known as the frontman and founder of the rock band Army of Freshmen and for co-writing and acting in the comedy film The Bet.
[1] He formed his first band, Yclept, while still in high school and performed throughout South Jersey including opening for one of his heroes, Arlo Guthrie, a show which the 16-year-old Jay booked and promoted himself.
Chris Jay and fellow Army of Freshmen member Aaron Goldberg wrote the screenplay for the full-length comedy film The Bet, which was released on July 26, 2016.
Jay along with other AOF members Aaron Goldberg and Kai Dodson can be seen multiple times in the movie's opening sequence which was filmed at the Playboy Mansion and stars Hugh Hefner's then-girlfriends Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt of The Girls Next Door.
Jay has been a freelance writer, primarily covering music and sports, for the Ventura-based weekly newspaper, The VC Reporter since 1999.