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Long Beach, California, U.S.
Shane Lee Yaw (born July 19, 1988), known online as Shane Dawson, is an American YouTuber, actor, filmmaker, writer, and musician. Dawson was one of the first people to rise to fame on YouTube after he began making videos in 2008 at the age of 19 and garnered over 500 million views during the next two years.
Known for
- The World of Jeffree Star — Self2019
- The Mind of Jake Paul — Self2018
- Tanacon — Self2018
- The Lottery — Self / Narrator2016
- Internet Famous — Tomas Butterman2016
- It Gets Worse — Shane2016
- Escape the Night — The Renegade2016
- I Hate MySelfie 2 — Self / Narrator2015
- I Hate Myselfie — Shane Dawson2015
- Bob Thunder: Internet Assassin — Self2015
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Key facts
- Born
- Shane Lee Yaw , ( 1988-07-19 ) July 19, 1988 (age 37) , Long Beach, California , U.S.
- Education
- Lakewood High School
- Occupations
- YouTuber actor filmmaker writer musician
- Spouse
- Ryland Adams ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2023 )
- Channels
- shane ShaneDawsonTV shane2
- Years active
- 2008–present
- Genres
- Docuseries vlog sketch comedy music beauty conspiracy theories
- Subscribers
- 18.5 million (main channel) 28.88 million (combined)
- Views
- 4.43 billion (main channel) 4.88 billion (combined)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lee
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Long Beach
- Occupation
- television producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- comedy music
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.shanedawsontv.com
- Image
- Shane Dawson by Gage Skidmore.jpg
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- Commons category
- Shane Dawson
- date of birth
- 1988-07-19
- social media followers
- 2770000
- sexual orientation
- bisexuality
- birth name
- Shane Lee Yaw
- pseudonym
- kidzu lover
- start of work period
- 2008-00-00
- medical condition
- body dysmorphic disorder
- end of work period
- 2020-06-27
- number of viewers/listeners
- 219929636
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Encyclopedic overview
Shane Lee Yaw (born July 19, 1988), known online as Shane Dawson, is an American YouTuber, actor, filmmaker, writer, and musician. Dawson was one of the first people to rise to fame on YouTube after he began making videos in 2008 at the age of 19 and garnered over 500 million views during the next two years.
Most of Dawson's early work consisted of comedy sketches in which he would play original characters, impersonate celebrities, and make light of popular culture. Some of these impressions later drew criticism for their offensive content, including racial stereotypes. He has released six original songs such as "Superluv!" and numerous parodies of popular music videos. In 2013, he started the podcast Shane and Friends, which ran for 140 episodes over four years. In 2014, he directed, produced, edited, and starred in the romantic comedy film Not Cool and appeared on the accompanying docu-series The Chair. He has also appeared in the horror film Smiley (2012) and the comedy film Internet Famous (2016).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shane Dawson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.