The video begins with Jepsen spying on her attractive tattooed neighbour ( Holden Nowell ) as he is working on his lawn . As he takes his shirt off and notices she is staring at him , Jepsen slips on her high heels and falls below her window . She is reading the books Love at First Sight ( Men In Uniform ) by B.J. Daniels and Skylar 's Outlaw by Linda Warren . The scene then cuts to her garage , where she is rehearsing the track with her band . Following the rehearsals , her bandmates push her to go and wash her car , where she tries to gain her neighbour 's attention with various provocative poses only to fall from the hood of the car . She is briefly knocked out from the fall , during which she dreams of a romance novel - type encounter with her crush against the backdrop of Peggys Cove . As she comes to , the neighbour then helps her get up , and watches the band rehearse the track again . After turning and writing down her telephone number , Jepsen sees her neighbour pass one of her male bandmates ( Tavish Crowe ) his own number , indicating he does n't like women at all and is gay , where the very end shows that Jepsen is taken aback by this . The video received three nominations on the 2012 MuchMusic Video Awards in the categories of UR Fave Video , Pop Video of the Year , and Video of the Year .

Question: who's the guy in call me maybe
Answer: Holden Nowell