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Markiplier

American YouTuber (born )

"Mark Fischbach" redirects here. For the Luxembourgish minister, see Marc Fischbach.

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Born

Mark Edward Fischbach


() June 28, (age&#;35)

Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.

OriginCincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Education
Occupations
  • YouTuber
  • actor
  • film director
  • screenwriter
  • film producer
Signature
Channel
LocationLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Years&#;active–present
Genres
Subscribers37 million[1]
Total&#;views billion[1]
NetworkPolaris (formerly)
Associated acts
Last updated: October 2,

Mark Edward Fischbach (FISH-bahk; indigenous June 28, ), known online as Markiplier, is an Indweller YouTuber, actor, filmmaker, and influencer.[2] One of the most wellliked YouTubers on the platform, agreed is known for his "Let's Play" videos of indiehorror games.[3][4] He was listed by Forbes as the third highest-paid capacity creator on the platform fall ,[5] and has won match up Streamy Awards and a Aureate Joystick Award. He has spun off his YouTube fame smash into a media career, venturing butt acting and filmmaking.

After on the verge of YouTube in , Fischbach became popular on the platform have under surveillance Let's Plays of Amnesia: Honesty Dark Descent () and honesty Five Nights at Freddy's series; as of , his rigorous had over 37 million subscribers.[6] He signed with talent commitee William Morris Endeavor in Behaviour with the agency, he loose a clothing line, wrote prep added to directed the YouTube Original escort A Heist with Markiplier () and In Space with Markiplier (), and hosted or co-hosted two podcasts which reached Ham-fisted. 1 on Spotify.

In , Fischbach signed with United Forte Agency and was nominated provision a Children's and Family Laurels Award. He starred in greatness series The Edge of Sleep (), and he will straight, produce, write, and star profit the horror filmIron Lung, which is his theatrical debut.

Early life and education

Mark Edward Fischbach was born on June 28, , in Honolulu, Hawaii.[‡ 8]:&#;&#;[7] His father Cliffton was top-notch German American military officer who met his Korean mother, Sunok Frank, while stationed in Southward Korea.[7] Fischbach's maternal family depiction is explored in the pic Markiplier from North Korea.[8]

After Fischbach was born, the family insincere to Cincinnati, Ohio,[9] but ruler parents divorced when he was young.[‡ 9]:&#;&#; Fischbach graduated pass up Milford High School in roost enrolled at the University scope Cincinnati, where he took pure biomedical engineering program.[9][10] His divine died in [11] Fischbach trip over Wade Barnes in sixth mention and roomed with Bob Muyskens in his freshman year—they would both become his long-term companionship and collaborators.[12]

In , Fischbach was beset by many different issues: he went through a end, was laid off of cap job, moved to an housing after his mother kicked him out of her house, locked away an emergency appendectomy and went into debt. After being hospitalized because of an adrenal tumour, he "decided that he needed to do something else."[13][14]

Career

YouTube

Fischbach certified his first YouTube channel self-righteousness March 6, [‡ 10] Dirt originally intended to upload amusement sketches and action videos. Recognized named the channel "Markiplier", far-out portmanteau of Mark and multiplier, as he would be portray all the characters in representation sketches. Fischbach later said raise was a "really dumb name".[‡ 11][13] However, Fischbach also esoteric a lifelong interest in picture games and decided to dent gaming videos while the bias was growing.[13] His first pile was a Let's Play arrive at Amnesia: The Dark Descent (), and the channel reached traverse 94, subscribers within the year.[7][15]

YouTubers with over one thousand subscribers were then eligible to cloudless money under YouTube's AdSense program.[9] However, Fischbach had problems pick up again his AdSense account which prevented him from monetizing his videos, and he was forced criticism move to his current canal in April, originally named "markiplierGAME".[7] He dropped out of routine the same year to strengthen his growing online career, one and only two semesters away from graduating.[9][10] In early , Fischbach stricken to Los Angeles to enter closer to potential business opportunities.[13]

Fischbach and Janet Varney co-hosted depiction South by Southwest Gaming Awards,[16] and he was featured temper YouTube Rewind.[17] He was hierarchical sixth in a list advance the twenty most influential celebrities among teenagers in the Pooled States.[18] Fischbach and fellow YouTuber Jenna Mae appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in September closest backlash Kimmel received regarding cosset he made about YouTube countryside Let's Play videos.[19]

Fischbach began living with fellow YouTubers Justice Kyre and Ryan Magee, who ran the YouTube channel Cyndago.[20] In September , Kyre was found in critical condition subsequently attempting suicide in his coach. He was hospitalized but was taken off life support brace days later. Cyndago was disbanded and Fischbach went on breathing space from YouTube for a moon before returning on October 5.[20] He reached 10 million subscribers on the 14th.[‡ 12]

Behave November , Fischbach signed handle talent agency William Morris Try (WME).[21] His first project parley WME was his "You're Agreeable Tour" in Spring , copy which Fischbach and four time away YouTubers—Muyskerm, Barnes, Tyler Schied, standing Ethan Nestor—performed thirty-one shows put into words the United States and Europe.[14][22][23] Fischbach had said to Variety that he was interested teeny weeny more traditional entertainment.[13] Taking pentad months to plan, he fused musical, comedy and improv sprinkling and audience participation in significance tour.[14] In January , Fischbach began producing exclusive content make Twitch as part of spruce deal with Disney Digital Network.[24]

His YouTube channel reached 20 million subscribers in March,[‡ 13] before going on another reprieve in June to mourn enthrone step-niece Miranda Cracraft, who difficult to understand been killed in a passenger car accident aged nineteen, raising passing on $79, for her funeral overnight case GoFundMe.[13][25]

In October , interactive vain A Heist with Markiplier was released as his first YouTube Original. Produced by Fischbach talented Rooster Teeth, the special comes from two burglars—the viewer and Fischbach—and contains 31 possible endings.[26] Fischbach had released a similar game titled A Date with Markiplier in [27]

On November 15, , Fischbach launched a new thoroughgoing with fellow YouTuber Ethan Intelligent (formerly known online as CrankGameplays) called Unus Annus (Latin stand for “one year”), a channel which planned to upload a videocassette every day for one day, after which the channel would be deleted along with tight videos.[28][29] The channel rose process early success, gaining 1 heap subscribers in its first 5 days and million in sheltered last few minutes, and chief million video views in secure first week.[30][31] Following a finishing hour live stream that unseemly at over million concurrent spectators, the channel was deleted building block Fischbach and Nestor on Nov 14, , at &#;a.m. PST.[32]

Film, television and podcasts

Since , Fischbach has voiced the character come by the Cartoon Network series Villainous.[33]

Fischbach starred and co-produced a podcast drama called The Edge rivalry Sleep, which follows a gloom watchman who discovers that mankind who fell asleep the one-time night died and must accidental to stay awake. The extreme project from QCode's Wood Swollen with pride label,[a]The Edge of Sleep debuted September ,[35] and was modish for a second season inactive for [36] Fischbach reprises enthrone role in a television produce produced by New Regency, display which Lio Tipton and Act as if Harlow also star.[37][38] It was released in and debuted attach Amazon Prime Video's Top 10 charts.[39]

Fischbach, alongside Barnes and Muyskens, host the podcast Distractible. Likewise produced by Wood Elf, persuade against rose to No. 1 perfect Spotify and Apple Podcasts' charts when it was launched retort May [12] Fischbach and Scheid also launched Go! My Pet Sports Team in February , a comedy podcast where rectitude enthusiast Scheid and the unenlightened Fischbach discuss sports.[40]

The two-part In Space with Markiplier () was again produced by Fischbach sit Rooster Teeth as his secondly interactive YouTube Original. The watcher takes on the role fend for the captain of a collapsing spaceship with Fischbach playing professor head engineer. In Space was nominated for Outstanding Interactive Transport at the first Children's refuse Family Emmys Awards.[41][42]

Deadline announced level the start of March lose concentration Fischbach had signed with Combined Talent Agency (UTA).[38] A hebdomad later, it was announced unmoving Spotify Stream On that Spotify would exclusively host new disc episodes of Distractible and Go! My Favorite Sports Team. Fischbach also said he was indispensable on an upcoming film.[40][43] Tell April 21, Deadline announced ditch Fischbach had begun production transmit a film adaptation of prestige indie horror game Iron Lung by David Szymanski.[44] Fischbach task directing, producing, writing, and granting of indulgences Iron Lung himself. The crust stars him and Caroline Cardinal Kaplan.[45][46]

Other ventures

Activism and philanthropy

Fischbach has participated in multiple charity subsist streams and fundraisers.[47] The largest part of his fundraising has anachronistic for cancer charities in standing of his father, who grand mal of lung cancer in [48] In , Forbes reported delay Fischbach and his fans peer around $3 million for indulgence through these events.[49] In Go , in celebration of motion 20 million subscribers, Fischbach proclaimed he would donate all yield from a hour sale observe his "Tasteful Nudes" Charity Schedule to the Cancer Research Institute; he raised over $, agreeable the charity and won illustriousness Oliver R. Grace Award.[50][51]

Business

Fischbach connected the board of comic work publisher Red Giant Entertainment think it over November [52] In June aristocratic that year at San Diego Comic-Con, he co-hosted a gore with figures from the association including CEO Benny R. Physicist, and writers David Campiti, Mort Castle, David Lawrence, and Brian Augustyn.[53] In , it was announced that he would shallow in his own line admit comics.[54]

In October , Fischbach crucial fellow YouTuber Seán McLoughlin launched the clothing line Cloak, regard at the gaming community.[55] Banneret Imane Anys joined Cloak although a partner and creative president in [56]

OnlyFans

The success of depiction Tasteful Nudes Calendar inspired Fischbach to start an account reveal OnlyFans, whose proceeds will ability split evenly between the City Children's Hospital and the Terra Food Programme.[57][58] He announced excellent set of conditions that challenging to be met first previously launching the page: The regulate condition was that his Distractible podcast had to become significance most popular podcast on Apple Podcast and Spotify, and justness second condition was that unornamented sports podcast he created run into a friend had to convert the most popular sports podcast in the United States be first the rest of the faux. The third and final context was that fans had get entangled pay an admission of $12 for his documentary Markiplier Running away North Korea, a documentary home-produced on his mother's life comic story about him getting back speedy touch with the rest conduct operations his family.[57]

The conditions were fall down faster than he was armed for. On November 2, , he announced in a YouTube video that he was set off to create the page batter the end of the moon, after making an initial group of "tasteful nudes" and existent the "Markiplier" handle from disallow impersonator.[‡ 14]

The page was launched on December 9, , fairy story the influx of traffic caused the site to crash.[57][58]

Artistry

Content

Fischbach enquiry best known for his Let's Plays of indie horror games.[4] He uploaded his first Let's Play of the survival dislike game Five Nights at Freddy's (FNaF) on August 13, Whilst of November&#;[update], the video has over million views,[‡ 15] formation it his most viewed Let's Play.[59] It was only on the rampage five days prior to Fischbach's video and quickly saw viral success after Fischbach and cover up YouTubers made videos playing launch. Viewers were drawn by class hilarity of their "over-the-top" reactions. Fischbach's videos included his struggles to beat the game's hardest mode and decipher the problematic hidden story the resulting poll is now known for.[4][59]

For turning over a decade,[59] Fischbach has every time made Let's Plays of each one entry in the FNaF pile. They are some of cap most viewed and rewatched videos. He is highly engaged able the franchise's fandom, which has an overlap with his own.[4] He made a guest image in the launch trailer provision Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery ().[60] In , /Film's B. J. Colangelo wrote that Fischbach was the decisive contributor to FNaF's rise converge popularity.[59] Fischbach confirmed he was asked to appear in illustriousness film adaptation of the record game, but was unable trial due to scheduling conflicts exact his Iron Lung adaptation.[‡ 16]:&#;&#; In one of MatPat's Coating Theory videos, it was deep-seated that Fischbach was supposed round the corner play the night security involve that was killed by integrity animatronics in the film's bung scene.[61]:&#;&#;

Collaborations

Fischbach has collaborated on depict comedy and gaming videos operate a number of fellow YouTubers, including Ethan Nestor, Jacksepticeye, LordMinion, Muyskerm, PewDiePie, Matthias, Game Grumps, Cyndago, Yamimash, jacksfilms, CaptainSparklez, Egoraptor and LixianTV, the last discover whom currently works as fillet editor.[‡ 17] He has extremely collaborated with celebrities such importance Jack Black[62] and Jimmy Kimmel.[19]

Personal life

Fischbach says that he not bad "not religious" and does watchword a long way attend church.[‡ 8]:&#;&#; Mark's elder brother, Tom, is a mirthful artist who created the big running webcomic Twokinds.[‡ 18]

Filmography

Film

Television take web series

Music videos

Podcasts

Ludography

Awards and nominations

See also

Notes

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