Michael Jones (actor)

Michael Jones

Jones at the Lazer Team panel at RTX 2015
Born Michael Vincent Jones
(1987-07-24) July 24, 1987
Woodbridge, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation Actor, YouTube personality
Years active 2011–present
Known for Achievement Hunter
Rage Quit
Internet Box
Lazer Team
Spouse(s) Lindsay Jones (née Tuggey) (m. 2014)

Michael Vincent Jones (born July 24, 1987) is an American actor, voice actor, and YouTube personality who is known for his work with Rooster Teeth's gameplay division Achievement Hunter.[1] He also co-hosts a three-time winner of the Podcast Awards, Internet Box.[2]

Jones has worked extensively with Rooster Teeth, having also starred in the second and third seasons of Immersion, the comedy murder mystery series Ten Little Roosters, and voices the character Sun Wukong in Rooster Teeth's RWBY. He also voices Sting Eucliffe in Fairy Tail, and Gen in World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman. He starred in Rooster Teeth's science fiction action comedy film Lazer Team, released in 2016.[3][4]

Career

After graduating from high school, Jones worked as an electrician for almost five years.[5][6][7] Jones first came to attention after his video "Crackdown 2 - Orbs = Bullshit"[8] reached the front page of reddit.[9][10] He received an email from Rooster Teeth asking him to join and make a new show for Achievement Hunter, which became Rage Quit.[11][12] In September 2011, he co-founded and co-hosted, with fellow employees Barbara Dunkelman, Ray Narvaez, Jr., Lindsay Jones, and Kerry Shawcross, as well as non-employees Andrew Blanchard, Mike Kroon, and Dylon Saramago, the triple award-winning Internet Box podcast.[13] He is an occasional guest on the Rooster Teeth Podcast and is currently the main host of the Achievement Hunter podcast Off Topic.

Jones has worked as both an actor and a voice artist in multiple projects, several of which are produced by Rooster Teeth, including roles as Sun Wukong in Rooster Teeth's animated series RWBY, fictionalized versions of himself in both Rooster Teeth Shorts and Ten Little Roosters,[14] Mogar in the animated series X-Ray and Vav, and Zach in the sci-fi comedy film Lazer Team. He has co-starred in the Rooster Teeth series Immersion since season two. His non-Rooster Teeth credits include the animated shows Fairy Tail, as Sting Eucliffe, and World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman, as Gen.

The developers of the video game Surgeon Simulator named the alien character Gworb after a remark made by Jones in a Let's Play video in which Jones was conversing with gaming partner Gavin Free.[15] In addition Gworb has an organ known as the "gavicle" which is a combination of Michael and Gavin's names.

Personal life

Jones was born in Woodbridge, New Jersey to "devout Roman Catholic parents."[16]

On May 9, 2014, Jones married long-time girlfriend and Rooster Teeth employee Lindsay Tuggey.[17]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2011–2014 Red vs. Blue Ground Soldier #2, Chain Guy, Private Ganoosh (voices)
2011–present Rage Quit Himself Web series[18][19]
2011–present Rooster Teeth Shorts Himself Web series
2013 LocoCycle Nicaragua Cocktail Partier Video game
2013–present Immersion Himself Web series
2013–present RWBY Sun Wukong[20] Web series
2014–present Fairy Tail Sting Eucliffe Television series; English version
2014–present Play Pals Himself Web series
2014 Ten Little Roosters Himself Web series; one episode
2015 World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman Gen Television series; English version
2015 Dragonar Academy Additional Cast Television series; English version
2015 YouTubers React Himself Web series
2015 Let's Play Live: The Documentary Himself Documentary
2015 X-Ray and Vav Mogar Web series
2016 Lazer Team Zach Feature film

References

  1. ↑ Singal, Jesse. "They’re playing video games. And on YouTube, we’re watching.". Boston Globe.
  2. ↑ "2012 Winners and Nominees". PodcastAwards.com. 2012-01-07. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
  3. ↑ Finn, Elliott. "Rooster Teeth's 'Lazer Team' Begins Production". AirLockAlpha. Nexus Media Group Inc. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Klima, Jeff. "Rooster Teeth Crew About Their New Movie Lazer Team". Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  5. ↑ Retsuprae (20 November 2013). "Retsutalk Episode 41: Trophy Trapper". YouTube.
  6. ↑ Rooster Teeth (31 March 2015). "Let's Play - I am Bread Part 4". YouTube.
  7. ↑ Rooster Teeth (4 December 2013). "Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures - Michael Punches Poo". YouTube.
  8. ↑ Jones, Michael (6 July 2010). "Crackdown 2 - Orbs = Bullshit". YouTube.
  9. ↑ DeadSpaceLover. "What Playing Crackdown 2 Is Really Like NSFW]". Reddit. Reddit. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "Rooster Teeth Podcast No. 212". Rooster Teeth Productions. April 2, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Rooster Teeth Podcast No. 228". Rooster Teeth Productions. July 23, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  12. ↑ LtMkilla (20 January 2011). "Rage Quit - Trials HD". YouTube.
  13. ↑ "2012 Winners and Nominees". PodcastAwards.com. 2012-01-07. Retrieved 2013-09-13.
  14. ↑ Brouwer, Bree. "Rooster Teeth Asks Fans To Sleuth Out A Killer In ‘Ten Little Roosters’". Tubefilter. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  15. ↑ Partridge, Jon. "Achievement Hunter: The making of a YouTube legend". Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  16. ↑ "Rooster Teeth Podcast No. 156". Rooster Teeth Productions. March 7, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  17. ↑ Kane, Bugeja. "Michael and Lindsay Jones Panel at Supanova 2014". Capsule Computers. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  18. ↑ Rooster Teeth. "Rage Quit". YouTube.
  19. ↑ "Michael Jones". Supanova Pop Culture Expo.
  20. ↑ Rooster Teeth (14 November 2013). "RWBY Episode 16: Black and White". YouTube.

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