Markiplier

Markiplier

Markiplier in 2014
Personal information
Born Mark Edward Fischbach
(1989-06-28) June 28, 1989[1]
O'ahu, Hawaii
Origin Cincinnati, Ohio
Nationality American
Residence Los Angeles, California
Occupation Internet personality
Website youtube.com/markiplierGAME
YouTube information
Pseudonym Markiplier
Channel name MarkiplierGAME
Years active 2012–present
Genre
Subscribers 11.5 million subscribers (February 2016)
Total views 4 billion views (February 2016)
Network Revelmode (Maker Studios)[2]
Associated acts
Subscriber and view counts updated as of 11 February 2016.

Mark Edward Fischbach (born June 28, 1989), known by his YouTube username Markiplier, is an American Youtuber/Internet personality. Originally from O'ahu, Hawaii, Fischbach began his career in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is currently based in Los Angeles, California.[3]

As of December 2015, his channel has over 11 million subscribers,[4][5] over 3 billion total video views, and is the 27th most subscribed channel on YouTube.[6] Fischbach specializes in Let's Play gameplay commentary videos and indie games, commonly of survival horror and action video games.[7]

Personal life

Fischbach was born on an air force base stationed in O'ahu, Hawaii. His father served in the military where he met his mother of Korean origin.[3] His family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio.[3] Originally, Fischbach studied to become a biomedical engineer at the University of Cincinnati,[8] but dropped out of college to pursue his YouTube career. He has one brother, Thomas, who is an artist and author of the webcomic Twokinds.[3][9]

Internet video career

Fischbach first joined YouTube on May 26, 2012, creating a channel under the username "Markiplier". Fischbach's first series was a playthrough of the video game Amnesia: The Dark Descent. After playing several other game series, including Penumbra and Dead Space, YouTube banned Fischbach's AdSense account. Though he appealed to YouTube as a last effort, the appeal was ultimately lost.[10] Because of this, a new and current channel was created and dubbed MarkiplierGAME.[11] In 2014, Fischbach's YouTube Channel, Markiplier, was listed on New Media Rockstars Top 100 Channels, ranked at #61.[12]

Since then, he has collaborated with many others, including Jacksepticeye, LordMinion777, Muyskerm, PewDiePie, Matthias, GameGrumps, Cyndago, Yamimash, Jacksfilms, CaptainSparklez, Egoraptor and LixianTV, as well as acting appearances in TomSka's asdfmovie series (voice only) and in Smosh: The Movie. He has also played many games on his channel, including the Five Nights at Freddy's series, Garry's Mod, Happy Wheels, Surgeon Simulator 2013, Minecraft (while intoxicated), and otherwise, SCP – Containment Breach, HuniePop, SOMA, Until Dawn, Octodad: Dadliest Catch, To the Moon, The Evil Within, Alien: Isolation, Among the Sleep, Grand Theft Auto V, and many more. He has also done "Impossible Challenges" (spicy peppers, painful trials, etc.), sketch comedy with Matthias and Cyndago, and played horror spin-off parodies from games like Slender: The Eight Pages and Five Nights at Freddy's.

At the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con, Fischbach appeared on a panel with Red Giant Entertainment including Benny R. Powell (Wayward Sons), David Campiti (Pandora's Blogs), Mort Castle (Darchon), David Lawrence, and Brian Augustyn.[13] He also co-hosted the 2015 South By Southwest (SXSW) Gaming Awards with The Legend of Korra voice actor Janet Varney.[14]

Fischbach and fellow Youtuber Jenna Mae appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in September of 2014 following backlash that Kimmel received regarding jokes he had made about YouTube and Let's Play videos.[15]

Fischbach joined the Red Giant Entertainment board in November 2014.[16] He was featured in Youtube Rewind 2015.

Fischbach is often referred to as one of the most kind, generous, and down-to-earth YouTubers. He has done many charity livestreams, donating to charities such as Doctors Without Borders and to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, located in his hometown. Fischbach also enjoys keeping a close relationship with his viewers, often going to conventions and interacting with them on social media. He also highly praises his community's support, taking much pride in how his viewers care about each other as well as him.[17]

In late 2015 Fischbach announced in a video that he had chosen to abstain from alcohol because of a deficient enzyme important to the process of breaking down alcohol. The decision came after an incident where he had fainted and had to be taken to the hospital, and was advised by the doctors to do so. He said that because of this, a popular series of his, Drunk Minecraft, would no longer be produced.[18]

Cyndago collaboration

Beginning in 2015, Fischbach lived with fellow YouTubers Daniel Kyre and Ryan Magee, creators of the YouTube sketch comedy and music channel Cyndago. The channel was founded in 2012 in South Carolina, stemming from Magee's post-high school film work. Matt Watson from Maker Studios later joined Cyndago after they moved to Los Angeles. Their work was noted for having unexpected endings and dark, often disturbing, humor.[19][20] Following Kyre's attempted suicide on September 16, 2015 and subsequent death two days later, the remaining members of Cyndago chose to disband.[21] At the time of their disbandment, the group had done forty sketches and fourteen original songs, many of them featuring Fischbach.[19] Watson and Magee then decided to work on Watson's own comedy and music channel, Kids w/ Problems, and they continue to collaborate with Fischbach and usually appear in sketches and challenges on his channel. After the death of Daniel Kyre and disbandment of Cyndago, Fischbach temporarily halted uploads and went on hiatus from September 17 to October 5, 2015.[22]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ANXIETY: Ib Playthrough #4". YouTube. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  2. ↑ http://mashable.com/2016/01/13/pewdiepie-maker-studios/#FAXZ6Z1eX5qR
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Draw My Life - Markiplier". YouTube. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Markiplier". YouTube. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  5. ↑ "2,000,000". YouTube.
  6. ↑ http://vidstatsx.com/youtube-top-100-most-subscribed-channels
  7. ↑ Hernandez, Patricia. "Famous YouTubers Go On TV, Teach Jimmy Kimmel A Lesson". Kotaku.com. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "TALK NERDY TO ME BABY Poly Bridge". Markiplier. YouTube. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  9. ↑ http://twokinds.keenspot.com/?p=about
  10. ↑ "Please Subscribe to my NEW Channel". YouTube.
  11. ↑ "Markiplier". YouTube. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  12. ↑ "The NMR Top 100 YouTube Channels: 75-51!". New Media Rockstars. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  13. ↑ "YouTube Star 'Markiplier' to Host Red Giant Entertainment Panel Presentation at San Diego Comic-Con 2014". Marketwired. July 7, 2014.
  14. ↑ "South By Southwest Gaming Preview". TWC News. Turner-Warner Cable News. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Famous YouTubers Go On TV, Teach Jimmy Kimmel A Lesson". Kotaku. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
  16. ↑ "Mark 'Markiplier' Fischbach Joins Red Giant Entertainment's Board of Directors: YouTube Superstar Brings Extraordinary New Media Expertise To Board". CNN Money.
  17. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0a64wprkfo
  18. ↑ Markiplier (2015-11-17), MARK HAD A HEART ATTACK?! | Reading Your Comments #4, retrieved 2016-02-06
  19. 1 2 Wall, Cameron (September 20, 2015). "RIP Daniel Kyre". The Odyssey Newspaper. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  20. ↑ Lipkin, Richard (February 24, 2014). "Youtube duo Cyndago pave their way to Youtube stardom". The Daily Gamecock. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  21. ↑ Magee, Ryan; Watson, Matt; Kyre, David. "Cyndago - Hello everyone. We have some very important and...". Facebook. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  22. ↑ "Markiplier's Hiatus 2". Markiplier. Facebook. Retrieved 17 September 2015.

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