He’s got that Mike Myers’ sized animation franchise to lean on — “How to Train Your Dragon 2” is due out the 13th.

But Jay Baruchel is avoiding the Myers trap by acting-acting-acting, turning up in indie films like “The Trotsky” and “I’m Reed Fish,” ensemble comedies from “Tropic Thunder” to “This is the End,” and in action pics such as “Robocop” and “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.”

Lots of variety, though he gets cast typically as a nebbish, the nerdy guy who realizes “She’s Out of My League.”

Questions for Mr. Baruchel, who has a Cameron Crowe picture due out, and “Don Peyote” and a few other projects in the works in between “Dragon” training sequels?