Gebruiker:Equincho/Logan Paul

Logan Alexander Paul (geboren op 1 April, 1995) is een Amerikaanse sociale media entertainer en acteur. Hij kreeg voor het eerst bekendheid door filmpjes die hij deelde op het video platform Vine, waarin hij fysieke comedy, slapstick comedy en publiekelijk spagaats maakte.

Logan Paul
Paul tijdens de New York Comic Con
Algemene informatie
Geboortenaam	Logan Alexander Paul
Geboren	1 april 1995 Westlake, Ohio, Verenigde staten
Beroep	YouTuber, Acteur, Ex-Vine beroemdheid
Bekend van	Vine en YouTube
Website	http://loganpaul.com/

Paul begon daarna aan zijn acteerdebut. Zo kwam hij tevoorschijn in in onder andere Law & Order: Special Victims Unit en de films The Thinning en Airplane Mode.

Early life

Logan Alexander Paul was born April 1, 1995 in Ohio to Gregory Allan Paul and Pamela Ann Paul. Growing up in Ohio with his younger brother, Jake, Paul began creating internet videos for a YouTube channel called "Zoosh" when he was 10 years old.

Paul attended Westlake High School, where the self-described "adrenaline junkie" was a Plain Dealer All-Star linebacker after making 92 tackles, in addition to running for over 1,400 yards and 18 touchdown. He subsequently placed fifth at the state wrestling tournament.{{Citation needed|date=May 2017}}

By the time he was ready to attend college, his YouTube channel had attained a modest following. He attended Ohio University before dropping out in 2014 to pursue a career as a social media entertainer full time in Los Angeles. He moved into an apartment complex in Los Angeles with other social media entertainers.

Career

Social media videos

Paul rose to fame as a star on the Internet video sharing service Vine. In February 2014, he had over 3.1 million followers on various social media platforms. By April 2014 he had attained 105,000 Twitter followers, 361,000 Instagram followers, 31,000 likes on his Facebook page and about 150,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel. A YouTube compilation video of his Vine work garnered more than four million views the first week it was posted. In 2015 he was ranked as the 10th most influential figure on Vine, with his six-second videos earning him hundreds of thousands of dollars USD in advertising revenue. By that October, his Facebook videos alone had more than 300 million views.

Paul posts a daily vlog on YouTube which includes him performing challenges, while his other YouTube channel, TheOfficialLoganPaul, is where he posts short films.

Paul was involved in a number of advertising campaigns, including for Hanes, PepsiCo and HBO.

In 2016, Comcast purchased a short form digital TV series from Paul called Logan Paul Vs. Paul is vlogging daily on his YouTube channel Logan Paul Vlogs.

In February 2017 Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson released on his own YouTube channel "Logan Paul has been cut from, like, all of The Rock's movies", a video starring himself and Paul, in which Johnson informs Paul that he has been cut from all of Johnson's films, and consoles Paul by making him the "ambassador" to his upcoming Baywatch feature film. That April, Johnson and Paul reunited for "Logan Paul is, like, totally terrible at falling in love with Alexandra Daddario", the first part of a video sketch in which Paul tries to impress Johnson in order to win a part in the film, and falls in love with actress Alexandra Daddario in the process.

Film and television

Paul on a panel discussing The Thinning at the New York Comic Con with (left to right) co-star Peyton List, writer/director Michael Gallagher and moderator Andy Signore

In early 2015, Paul appeared on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He also appeared on the Fox TV series Weird Loners, where he appeared in the role of the Paul Twins. He starred in two episodes of the ABC family series Stitchers. In 2016, Paul starred in the YouTube Red movie The Thinning opposite Peyton List.

As of January 2016 Paul was training with drama coaches and the comedy troupes The Groundlings and Upright Citizens Brigade.

Paul wrote the screenplay for an adult comedy, Airplane Mode, which has been described as "American Pie for Gen Z", and by Paul himself as "Expendables with Internet stars."

Personal life

Paul lives in Hollywood, California along with Amanda Cerny, Juanpa Zurita, and Andrew Bachelor, Mark Dohner, and his brother Jake Paul, who collaborate with one another on their videos.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Title	Notes
2014	Rainbow Man	Carl	Short film
2016	Chainsaw	Craig	Short film
2016	The Thinning	Blake Redding
2017	The Space Between Us	Roger
2017	Superstition: The Rule of 3's	Preston	Post-production
2017	Where's the Money?	Eddie	Post-production
2017	Linked	Logan	Post-production
2017	Airplane Mode	N/A	Post-production
2018	Undying	N/A	Post-production
TBA	Valley Girl	Mickey	Filming

Television

Year	Film	Title	Notes
2015	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Ryan	Episode: "Intimidation Game"
2015	Weird Loners	Logan Twins	Episode: "Weird Pilot"
2016	Stitchers	Theo Engelsen	Episodes: "The Two Deaths of Jamie B." and "The One That Got Away"
2016	Walk the Prank	Himself	Episode: "So You Think You Can Middle School Dance"
2016	Bizaardvark	Kirk	Episode: "The First Law of Dirk"

Web

Year	Film	Title	Notes
2014	Bad Weather Films	Carl	Episode: "Rainbow Man"
2015–present	Logan Paul	Himself
2016	Logan Paul Vs.	Himself
2016–present	Foursome	Alec Fixler	Main role

Discography

Singles

As a lead artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		US Bub.	AUS
"Help Me Help You" (featuring Why Don't We)	2017	22	90

As a featured artist

Title	Year	Album
"The Song of the Summer" (Seven Bucks featuring Logan Paul and Desiigner)	2017

Referenties

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