Shane Dawson

Shane Dawson is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, musician, writer and YouTuber. He was born in Long Beach, California, and began posting videos on YouTube in 2008, when he was 19; those videos drew more than 500 million views within two years. His early output was mostly comedy sketches with original characters, celebrity impersonations and jokes about popular culture, though some impressions were later criticized as offensive, including racial stereotypes. He also released six original songs and many music video parodies. In 2013 he launched the podcast Shane and Friends, which lasted 140 episodes across four years. For the 2014 romantic comedy Not Cool, he handled directing, producing and editing, and he also starred. He appeared in horror film Smiley (2012). Later he made documentary series such as Conspiracy Series with Shane Dawson and The Beautiful World of Jeffree Star, and his two best-selling books were I Hate Myselfie in 2015 and It Gets Worse in 2016.