Shane Dawson
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Shane Lee Yaw July 19, 1988 Long Beach, California, U.S. |
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||
| Residence | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||
| Occupation | YouTuber, actor, author, comedian, singer, songwriter, film director | ||||||||
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| Years active | 2008–present | ||||||||
| Genre | Comedy | ||||||||
| Subscribers | 16.4 million subscribers (April 2016) |
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| Total views | 3 billion views (April 2016) |
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| Network | Fullscreen | ||||||||
| Associated acts | Trisha Paytas, Joey Graceffa, Gigi Gorgeous, Fine Brothers | ||||||||
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Shane Lee Dawson (né Yaw; born July 19, 1988) is an American YouTube personality, actor, author, sketch comedian, singer, songwriter and film director. Dawson was known for making comedy videos featuring recurring original characters he has created (such as Shananay, Ned the Nerd, S. Deezy, Mom, Aunt Hilda, Fruitlupe and Amy), celebrity impersonations (such as Paris Hilton, Miley Cyrus, Sarah Palin, Michael Jackson, Justin Bieber), and spoofs of popular music videos and television shows. Most of his major productions were done with the help of producer Lauren Schnipper.
As of April 2016, his YouTube channels, collectively, have more than 16.4 million subscribers and more than 3 billion views. In March 2012, Dawson began pursuing a music career, releasing six singles. He has also released numerous music video parodies.
His podcast, Shane and Friends, starring him and his friend Jessie Buttafuoco (originally with his producer, Lauren Schnipper), was created in 2013 and is still ongoing. As of July, 2016, 70 episodes have been released, with multiple YouTubers and celebrity guests.
In 2014, Dawson released his first film, Not Cool, directed by and starring himself. In early 2015, Dawson released a memoir titled I Hate Myselfie: A Collection of Essays.
On July 19, 2016, he released another book, It Gets Worse, and an accompanying short film on his main "Shane Dawson TV" YouTube channel.
Dawson grew up in Long Beach, California, where he attended Lakewood High School. As a teenager, he was overweight and was mentally and psychically abused by his alcoholic father, (as well as Shane's mother) who eventually abandoned his family. He has two other older biological brothers, Jerid and Jacob Yaw. They were really close, and helped Shane during this times. Additionally, his family was poor (because of his father) and he was often bullied because of this. He has since lost 150 pounds (68 kg). He first became interested in making videos when he would turn in videos as school projects with his friends in high school. He is of Swedish, Dutch, Welsh, and English descent.
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