Roman Atwood

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Roman Atwood
Personal information
Born
Roman Bernard Atwood

(1983-05-28) May 28, 1983 (age 40)
Ohio, United States
Nationality American
OccupationTemplate:Pluralize from text YouTube personality
Website www.romanatwood.com
YouTube information
Channel
Years active 2009–present
GenreTemplate:Pluralize from text Comedy
Subscribers 8.7 million subscribers as of April 2016[1]
Total views 1,295,040,710 views[1]
(April 2016)
Network CDS
Last updated: April 23, 2016

Roman Bernard Atwood (born May 28, 1983)[2] is an American YouTube personality.

His hidden camera public prank videos, which he uploads to his YouTube account, have garnered over 1.28 billion views and more than 8.7 million subscribers (as of April 2016).[3]

He frequently collaborates with fellow YouTube personalities Vitaly Zdorovetskiy, Dennis Roady, and Yousef Erakat.

Personal life

From Millersport, Ohio, Atwood has been filming and producing videos since high school. He produced a series of DVDs called "The Nerd Herd" which he sold at the Warped Tour in 2006.[4] Atwood has also worked on various film projects and commercials in Columbus, Ohio until 2010, when he decided to focus on his passion of comedy and created the YouTube channel "Sketch Empire". Before his career as a YouTube prankster, he was working in his family's rope factory "Atwood Rope".[5]

He resides in his hometown with his girlfriend Brittney[6] and his 2 children, Noah (born October, 2004)[7] and Kane (born October, 2011).[8]

Career

YouTube

Plastic Ball Prank

Atwood fills his house with plastic balls 2.5 ft high while his girlfriend is out. As of May 27th 2016, this video has over 72 million views. This video was noticed by Nissan, who gave him a 2015 Nissan GTR in exchange to use his video in the WithDad campaign during their half-time advert at Super Bowl XLIX. This was awarded the best "Brand Campaign" for the 5th Streamy Awards.[9]

Anniversary Prank

His "Anniversary Prank Backfires!!" was posted on November 20, 2013 and has over 70.58 million views as of October 2015. It features Atwood pranking his girlfriend, Brittney, on their five-year anniversary by confessing that he has cheated on her. The prank backfires when she sees the camera beforehand and pranks him back by pretending that she has cheated on him too. At the end of the video, Brittney says "I thought you were going to propose".[10]

Killing My Kid Prank

A prank entitled "Killing My Own Kid PRANK!!", posted on November 30, 2014 and has over 35.56 million views as of October 2015. The video shows Atwood "pranking" his girlfriend Brittney by throwing a mannequin of Atwood's youngest son, Kane, age 4, over the balcony of their 2 story house. When Brittney reaches the mannequin dressed in a Spider-Man costume, she quickly pulls the mask off and notices that it was just another one of his pranks. At this point she breaks down into tears as Roman enters the room snickering at her. She then storms off, but returns when Roman asks her "Are you really that mad?" She then starts shouting at him and tells him he's "sleeping on the couch".[11]

Film

Natural Born Pranksters

In 2016, Roman Atwood, Vitaly Zdorovetskiy and Dennis Roady released a film produced by Lionsgate called "Natural Born Pranksters".[12][13]

Legal Issues

Roman has had several run-ins with the law, often without any prosecution, during the filming of his pranks.

In March 2014, Roman, along with his accomplices, were arrested for inducing panic and disorderly conduct by the Columbus Police Department during the shooting of a prank. He was released on bail and was summoned to court.[14] The case was widely contested, with his fans showing up to court to support and watch the case. As a defendant, he won the case on the basis of expression of art and freedom of speech, and the case was settled.[15]

Awards and nominations

Year Work Category Award Result Ref.
2014 Roman Atwood Pranks 4th Streamy Awards Nominated [16]
2015 Crazy Plastic Ball Prank #WithDad, Roman Atwood (Nissan) Brand Campaign 5th Streamy Awards Won [17]
2016 Roman Atwood YouTube Comedian 8th Shorty Awards Won [18]

References

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