Thomas Ridgewell
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TomSka during the Geek Faëries in France in 2016.
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Thomas James Ridgewell 27 June 1990 Essex, England |
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||
| Occupation | Video blogger, filmmaker, actor | ||||||||
| Website | turbopunch |
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| Pseudonym | TomSka | ||||||||
| Channel | TomSka | ||||||||
| Years active | 2006–present | ||||||||
| Genre | Comedy | ||||||||
| Subscribers | 4.53 million (April 2017) |
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| Total views | 958 million (April 2017) |
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| Associated acts | Edd Gould | ||||||||
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Thomas James "TomSka" Ridgewell (born 27 June 1990) is an English YouTube celebrity known for his comedy video blogs, the animated web film series asdfmovie and webtoon Eddsworld. As of March 2017, his YouTube channel has over 4.5 million subscribers and his videos have garnered over 958 million views.
As a child, Ridgewell began making short films using his parents' video camera. Not long after YouTube was established, Ridgewell created CakeBomb, a website which he posted his video creations, including his friend Edd Gould's EddsWorld, and his first asdfmovie. Ridgewell graduated from University of Lincoln, and while there created a series of unofficial "advertisements" for the university which received millions of views.
He was raised a Jehovah's Witness, but no longer practices this faith. Despite this, he has expressed a belief in a god.
A professional YouTuber, Ridgewell earns money from revenue from his videos on the website. He has been discussed and interviewed in relation to this, especially when the medium of online video was in its infancy. He has also appeared as a guest on the BBC's The One Show, and has appeared as a radio and TV guest internationally.
In 2008, Ridgewell released the first installment of asdfmovie, an animated sketch comedy series featuring very short clips of minimally-detailed characters in surreal and occasionally darkly humorous situations. There have been ten episodes, the latest having been uploaded on 1 April 2017.
In 2012, he took charge of the production of Eddsworld after the show's original creator and his friend, Edd Gould, died of leukemia. He left the series in 2016, handing the show over to Edd's family.
In 2013, Ridgewell was featured in YouTube's first "Comedy Week".
He was featured on the cover of Wired UK in February 2013 as part of a feature titled "How YouTube Reinvented the Entertainment Business" and was selected by YouTube as a guest host for its Geek Week series in August.
The BBC announced that Ridgewell will be appearing as a guest presenter on the Dan and Phil show from September 2014 on BBC Radio 1.
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