Roman Atwood

Roman Atwood
Personal information
Born Roman Bernard Atwood
(1983-05-28) May 28, 1983
Ohio, United States
Nationality American
Occupation YouTube personality
Website www.romanatwood.com
YouTube information
Channel name RomanAtwood
Years active 2009–present
Genre Comedy
Subscribers 8.7 million subscribers as of April 2016
Total views 1,295,040,710 views (April 2016)
Network CDS
Subscriber and view counts updated as of April 23, 2016.

Roman Bernard Atwood (born May 28, 1983)[1] 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).[2]

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.[3] 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".[4]

He resides in his hometown with his girlfriend Brittney[5] and his 2 children, Noah (born October, 2004)[6] and Kane (born October, 2011).[7]

Career

YouTube

Plastic Ball Prank

Atwood fills his house with plastic balls 2.5 ft high while his girlfriend is out. As of October 24, 2015, this video has over 50.76 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.[8]

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".[9]

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".[10]

Film

Natural Born Pranksters

In 2016, Roman Atwood, Vitaly Zdorovetskiy and Dennis Roady released a film produced by Lionsgate called "Natural Born Pranksters".[11][12]

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.[13] 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.[14]

Awards and nominations

Year Work Category Award Result Ref.
2014 Roman Atwood Pranks 4th Streamy Awards Nominated [15]
2015 Crazy Plastic Ball Prank #WithDad, Roman Atwood (Nissan) Brand Campaign 5th Streamy Awards Won [16]
2016 Roman Atwood YouTube Comedian 8th Shorty Awards Won [17]

References

  1. ↑ Ohio Birth Index, 1908-2011
  2. ↑ RomanAtwood. YouTube. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  3. ↑ "the nerd herd Video by roman atwood on Myspace". Myspace. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Atwood Rope MFG : Atwood Rope MFG : Arm Rope, Arbor, Utility, Solid Braid, Dozer". Atwoodrope.net. Retrieved December 6, 2014.
  5. ↑ "YouTube prankster Roman Atwood tricks girlfriend into believing their son is dead". The Independent. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
  6. ↑ "Noah Vaughn Atwood (b. 2004)". birth-records.mooseroots.com. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
  7. ↑ "Kane Alexander Atwood (b. 2011)". birth-records.mooseroots.com. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
  8. ↑ "5th Annual Winners & Nominees=Streamys". Retrieved September 20, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Anniversary Prank Backfires!!". YouTube. Retrieved December 6, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Killing My Own Kid PRANK!!". YouTube. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Natural Born Pranksters the Movie: Official Site for News & Updates - NaturalBornPranksters.com". naturalbornpranksters.com. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
  12. ↑ Atwood, Roman; Pluimer, Ben (2016-04-01), Natural Born Pranksters, retrieved 2016-03-31
  13. ↑ "Famous Prankster Arrested, Video Confiscated for 'Evidence'". Activist Post. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
  14. ↑ "Popular Youtube Pranksters RomanAtwood & VitalyzdTv Arrested For Inducing Panic & Disorderly Conduct Over ATM Prank". WORLDSTARHIPHOP. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
  15. ↑ "4th Annual Winners & Nominees". Streamys. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  16. ↑ "5th Annual Winners". Streamys. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  17. ↑ Ngak, Chenda (11 April 2016). "Shorty Awards 2016 Best YouTube Comedian". Shorty Awards. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
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