Markiplier
American YouTuber (born 1989) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mark Edward Fischbach (/ˈfɪʃˌbɑːk/ FISH-bahk; born June 28, 1989), known online as Markiplier, is an American YouTuber, actor and filmmaker.[2] He mainly uploads Let's Plays and is known for his videos of indie horror games.[3] After joining YouTube in 2012, Fischbach became popular on the platform with Let's Plays of Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010) and the Five Nights at Freddy's series. As of March 2024[update], his channel has over 36 million subscribers.[4]
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Born | Mark Edward Fischbach (1989-06-28) June 28, 1989 (age 34) | ||||||||||||
Origin | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||||||
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Location | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||
Years active | 2012–present | ||||||||||||
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Subscribers | 36.25 million[1] | ||||||||||||
Total views | 21.3 billion[1] | ||||||||||||
Network | Polaris | ||||||||||||
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Last updated: April 1, 2024 |
Fischbach is one of the most popular gaming YouTubers on the platform. He was listed by Forbes as the third highest-paid content creator on the platform in 2022,[5] and has won four Streamy Awards and a Golden Joystick Award for "Best Streamer/Broadcaster".
After expressing an interest in more traditional entertainment, Fischbach signed with talent agency William Morris Endeavor in 2016. In the following years, he went on a live tour, started a clothing line named Cloak, wrote and directed the YouTube Original series A Heist with Markiplier (2019) and In Space with Markiplier (2022), and hosted or co-hosted several podcasts—two of which reached No. 1 on Spotify. In 2023, Fischbach moved to United Talent Agency. In April 2023, Fischbach announced he was leading production of the horror film Iron Lung, which will be his theatrical film debut.[6]