Markiplier

Mark Edward Fischbach (born June 28, 1989), known by his YouTube handle Markiplier, is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, internet personality, video game commentator and philanthropist. Originally from O'ahu, Hawaii, Fischbach began his career in Cincinnati, Ohio; and is currently based in Los Angeles, California.[2] As of March 9, 2015, his channel has over 6,500,000 subscribers,[3][4] over 1.77 billion total views, and is the 71st most subscribed channel on YouTube. Fischbach specializes in Let's Play gameplay commentary videos, commonly of survival horror and action video games. He is best known for his "comedic" gameplay commentary.

Markiplier Markiplier Video Screenshot From Youtube May 26 2014.PNG Markiplier in 2014 Born Mark Edward Fischbach June 28, 1989 (age 25)[1] O'ahu, Hawaii Residence Los Angeles, California Nationality American Ethnicity German and Korean Alma mater University of Cincinnati Occupation Actor, voice actor, comedian, internet personality, video game commentator Years active 2012–present Employer Maker Studios Known for "Let's Play" for horror games Drunk Minecraft Surgeon Simulator 2013 Five Nights at Freddy's Slender: The Eight Pages SCP - Containment Breach Octodad: Dadliest Catch Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Internet information Web alias(es) Mark Markiplier Wilford Warfstache Website youtube.com/markiplierGAME

Early Life Mark Fischbach was born on an American military base in O'ahu, Hawaii on June 28, 1989. He is the younger brother of webcomic author and artist Thomas Jason Fischbach (known for the popular webcomic TwoKinds[7][8]).

Shortly after Fischbach was born, his father retired from the Army and started working at Cigna, and his parents moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where his father found a job as an artist for a publishing company.

Fischbach's father introduced him to computers at a young age. Fischbach was immediately hooked, although he first expressed a serious interest in video gaming after being introduced to a Super Nintendo Entertainment System that his brother received for Christmas.[9][10]

Fischbach used a tax refund to purchase a camera and started a YouTube channel under the name Markiplier.

Charity Fischbach has hosted numerous charity livestreams[32] on Twitch through his Twitch channel.[33] His current goal is to host a charity livestream once every month. Along with having fans donate to charities directly, he offers exclusive, one-day-only merchandise, with all of the money raised from selling those items going to his charity of the month. In total, Fischbach, with the continuous support of his subscribers, has raised $482,479.14.

Collaborations Collaborations[edit] In addition to his own commentary videos, Fischbach has worked together with a wide range of other YouTube personalities, collaborating on commentaries. At first, he began collaborating with fellow video game commentator and Let's Player,[Yamimash, playing multiple Garry's Mod custom horror maps and an indie game called Slendytubbies. He has also collaborated with YouTubers Mangaminx and CinnamonToastKen, playing Castle Crashers, a 2D beat 'em up video game.

He has also played Trouble in Terrorist Town and Prop Hunt, both Garry's Mod custom game modes, with YouTubers Mangaminx, Cryaotic, PewDiePie, SeaNanners, CaptainSparklez, Yamimash, Jacksepticeye, Ohmwrecker, CinnamonToastKen, and his friends Bob and Wade.

Fischbach has also collaborated with YouTube sketch comedy duo Cyndago[24] to produce multiple skits;[25] most notable are "The Warfstache Affair",[26] "The Opinion Minions",[27] and "Danger in Fiction".[28] He recently shot a cameo in a music video by comedy band Ninja Sex Party called "Peppermint Creams" and had a cameo as the Super Smash Bros. announcer in the song "SMASH!", from the comedy band Starbomb's most recent album, "Player Select".

In 2014, Fischbach provided narration for episodes of the video game webseries Did You Know Gaming? covering the game Team Fortress 2, the Doom series, and the Castlevania series.[29] In August 2014, Fischbach appeared on the channel SmoshGames for their series Button Bash, featuring the SmoshGames crew playing video games with other famous YouTube Let's Players, during which Fischbach played the comedic, physics-based game Turbo Dismount.[30] Fischbach had previously made a cameo appearance in the channel's teaser trailer for the Button Bash series, and is also set to appear in the upcoming Smosh movie.[31]