Joe Sugg

Joe Sugg

Joe Sugg in 2014
Personal information
Born Joseph Graham Sugg
(1991-09-08) 8 September 1991[1]
Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom[2]
Nationality British
Residence London, United Kingdom
Occupation YouTuber, vlogger, author
YouTube information
Channel ThatcherJoe
Years active 2011–present
Subscribers 7+ million (main)
3+ million (vlogs)
1+ million (games)
Total views 1+ billion (main)
517+ million (vlogs)
195+ million (games)
Associated acts Zoe Sugg, Alfie Deyes, Caspar Lee

Joseph Graham "Joe" Sugg (born 8 September 1991) is a British YouTuber, film-maker, author, and vlogger. He is known for his YouTube channels ThatcherJoe[3], ThatcherJoeVlogs[4] and ThatcherJoeGames.[5]

Career

Sugg created his 'ThatcherJoe' channel in November 2011 and was able to reach the 1 million subscriber mark two years later. As of 6 July 2017 he has over 8 million subscribers and over 500 million video views.[6] His videos consist of challenges, pranks, and impressions. He created a 'YouTuber Innuendo Bingo', similar to the BBC Radio 1 segment and was later invited to appear on the Radio 1 segment himself.[7]

Music

Sugg was a member of the 'YouTube Boyband' that raised money for Comic Relief and was featured in The Guardian.[6][8][9]

Sugg also featured on the 2014 single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" as part of the Band Aid 30 charity supergroup, raising money for the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa.[10][11][12]

Film

Sugg made an uncredited[13] cameo voiceover as a seagull along with flatmate Caspar Lee, comic Alan Carr and singer Stacey Solomon in the 2015 UK version of the film The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.[14]

Also in 2015, Sugg appeared alongside Caspar Lee in the direct-to-DVD film Joe and Caspar Hit the Road,[15] which was shown on British television channel E4 in April 2016.[16] A second DVD, Joe & Caspar Hit the Road USA, was released in 2016.[17]

Graphic novels

Sugg is author of the graphic novel Username: Evie, published in 2015 by Hodder & Stoughton. The writing is by Matt Whyman, with artist Amrit Birdi, colourist Joaquin Pereyra, and letterer Mindy Lopkin. The story tells of bullied teenage schoolgirl Evie, who dreams of a place she can be herself. Her terminally ill father creates a virtual reality for her but dies before it is completed. After he leaves her an app that allows entry, Evie is transported into a world where everything is influenced by her personality.[18]

A second graphic novel, Username: Regenerated, was published in 2016 as a sequel to Username: Evie.[19]

In 2017, Sugg announced a third and final graphic novel in the "Username" series titled Username: Uprising. It is set to release on 21 September 2017.

Television

Alongside fellow YouTubers Alfie Deyes and Marcus Butler, Joe starred in an episode of the British television show Release the Hounds. The episode aired on 2 March 2017.[20]

Personal life

Sugg is the younger brother of Zoe Sugg, who is also a blogger and internet personality and known on YouTube as Zoella.[21] He worked as a roof thatcher in addition to his YouTube career.[22] Up until early 2016, Sugg lived in an apartment in London with fellow YouTuber Caspar Lee. Currently, he lives independently in his own apartment located near to Lee's new apartment.[22][23]

Awards and nominations

Year Nominated Award Result
2015 Radio 1 Teen Choice Awards Best British Vlogger Won

References

  1. ↑ Draw My Life | Thatcher Joe. Youtube. 12 May 2013
  2. ↑ "EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENTS!". YouTube. 19 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "ThatcherJoe", "Youtube. Retrieved 6 July 2017"
  4. ↑ "ThatcherJoeVlogs", "Youtube. Retrieved 6 July 2017"
  5. ↑ "ThatcherJoeGames", "Youtube. Retrieved 6 July 2017"
  6. 1 2 Dobbins, Amanda (21 April 2014). "Meet the YouTube Boy Band". Vulture. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  7. ↑ "BBC Radio 1 – Scott Mills, Innuendo Bingo With Joe Sugg Off've YouTube". Bbc.co.uk. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  8. ↑ Dredge, Stuart (21 March 2014). "YouTube Boy Band's cover version of It's All About You becomes viral hit | Music". theguardian.com. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  9. ↑ "Marcus Butler, Alfie Deyes, Joe Sugg, Jim Chapman and Caspar Lee are The YouTube Boyband for Sport Relief – VIDEO OF JOY". Sugarscape. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  10. ↑ Petridis, Alexis (16 November 2014). "Do They Know It's Christmas review – in tune with non-musical times". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  11. ↑ Butterly, Amelia (16 November 2014). "Zoella talks 'surreal' experience of singing with Band Aid 30". BBC Newsbeat. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  12. ↑ Pocklington, Rebecca (17 November 2014). "Who's who in Band Aid 30? One Direction, Bono, vloggers and more". The Mirror. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  13. ↑ "Joe Sugg". IMDb. Retrieved 2016-09-07.
  14. ↑ Skulskyj, Lee (20 February 2015). "Caspar Lee and Joe Sugg land mega roles in The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water". Metro. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  15. ↑ Joe and Caspar Hit the Road on IMDb
  16. ↑ "BBC Worldwide sells Joe & Caspar Hit the Road to UK Channel E4". Media Centre. BBC Worldwide. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  17. ↑ Joe & Caspar Hit the Road USA on IMDb
  18. ↑ Sugg, Joe, 2015, 'Username Evie', Hodder & Stoughton, London
  19. ↑ Cowdrey, Katherine (20 June 2016). "Joe Sugg's second graphic novel to Hodder". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2016-09-07.
  20. ↑ Weiss, Geoff (2017-02-02). "The Trailer For Marcus Butler, Alfie Deyes, And Joe Sugg’s Reality TV Debut Has Arrived". Tubefilter. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  21. ↑ Woods, Judith (3 April 2014). "Zoella: The squeaky clean big sister no teen should be without". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  22. 1 2 De Grunwald, Tanya (15 June 2014). "Meet the YouTube big hitters: The bright young vloggers who have more fans than 1D". Daily Mail. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  23. ↑ Lee, Caspar. "ROOMMATE PRANKS WAR WENT TOO FAR :(". Youtube. Google. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
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