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Toby Turner
Turner at VidCon 2012.
Born
Toby Joe Turner

(1985-03-03) March 3, 1985 (age 39)
Mississippi
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Florida
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian, musician, internet personality
Years active2006 (2006)–present
Notable workLiteral Trailers, "I Can Swing My Sword", "The Dramatic Song"
TelevisionThe High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange
Template:Infobox person/Internet info

Toby Joe Turner (born March 3, 1985), also known by his stage name Tobuscus, is an American actor, comedian, musician, and internet personality. Originally from Niceville, Florida, he is currently based in Los Angeles, California, and is best known for his YouTube videos as well as a number of television and film roles. As of May 1, 2013, Turner has over 9 million subscribers and 2 billion video views over his three YouTube channels.[1][2][3]

Early life

Turner was born in Mississippi and grew up in Niceville, Florida.[4] He attended the University of Florida, graduating with a degree in telecommunication production.[5] Toby's character "Tobuscus" is said to come from "Planetbuscus" in his series on Youtube called "Animated Adventures"

Career

Internet videos

Toby Turner first joined YouTube on May 14, 2006, when he created a channel under the name of "Tobuscus".[1] The first video he uploaded was a sketch based on the 2006 film Click entitled What I'd do with the remote from Click.[6] One of Turner's most popular early videos is Don't Tase Me, Bro!, a remixed recording of the University of Florida Taser incident in which his classmate Andrew Meyer was stunned with a taser gun.[7] Interviewed about the video by MTV, Turner explained that, after watching the clip, "as soon as [he] heard [Andrew] yelling, [he] knew it would fit in a hip-hop song", and he knew he was in for it so he lied about giveing money to andrew.

Having begun his video-making career in his then-hometown of Niceville, Florida, Turner moved to Los Angeles, California in 2008.[8] In April 2009 he began using his TobyTurner channel for daily unedited vlogs dubbed 'lazy vlogs',[4] and in July 2010 he registered his fourth (third in use) YouTube channel under the name "TobyGames",[3] designating it for a new series of Let's Play videos. The channel has featured playthrough videos of numerous games since its inception, including the long-running Minecraft and Happy Wheels series.[9]

As of April 15, 2013, the Tobuscus channel has over 3.4 million subscribers,[1] the TobyTurner channel has over 1.3 million,[2] and the TobyGames channel has over 3.9 million.[3] Turner's Literal Trailers series is one of his most popular, earning him mainstream recognition from CBS News, who described his rendition of the Dead Island trailer as "amazing" and "hilarious",[10] and Wired, who praised the Iron Man 3 video.[11] The latest Literal Trailer that Turner has released is Dead Island: Riptide on March 25, 2013.[12]

Collaborations

Turner performing with Jack Douglass at VidCon 2012.

In addition to producing his own original content over three channels, Turner has worked together with a wide range of other YouTube personalities on various projects. In 2009 he performed a guitar collaboration with Joe Penna (MysteryGuitarMan) using two separate videos played simultaneously;[13][14] in 2010 he made an appearance on the fifth episode of The Annoying Orange, titled "A Cheesy Episode";[15] in early 2011 he worked with Justine Ezarik on a number of Little Big Planet 2 Let's Play episodes;[16] since 2011 he has worked on many projects with Jack Douglass, including parody "Tobjackscus",[17] sketch "Dubstep Tobuscus",[18] and music videos "Take Off Your Clothes (Like Scarlett Johansson)",[19] "Razors in Your Apple (On Halloween)",[20] and "The Valentine's Day Song";[21] and in 2012 he starred in a short with Olga Kay entitled Olga Kay Goes Haywire.[citation needed]

Aside from these works, Turner has also presented a web series called 'TobyisaFail, created by Turner and co-produced with Philip DeFranco and his production company FishBowl Worldwide Media, since its inception in October 2010,[22] although in November 2012 he was fired by the producers after 100 episodes of the show.[23] He also works as a presenter on Tagged, a gaming-themed YouTube series produced by NODE Studios,[24][25] and plays the Satan character in the Fine Brothers web series MyMusic.[citation needed]

Film and television

Turner's first feature-length film role came in 2010 romantic comedy film New Low, in which he played stand-up comedian Dave, the best friend of main character Wendell played by writer, producer and director Adam Bowers.[citation needed] The film was premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2010, before it received coverage at the Austin Film Festival in October and at the Glasgow Film Festival the following February, and was later released on DVD in 2012.[citation needed] Later, in 2012, he starred in psychological horror film Smiley, written and directed by Michael Gallagher and starring fellow YouTube partner Shane Dawson.[26]

Since mid-2012, Turner has also starred in the Cartoon Network animated series The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange, Turner plays Nerville, the only human character who can interact with the fruits,[27] and since its premiere in May 2012 the show has featured such high-profile guest stars as parody musician "Weird Al" Yankovic, actor Jim Parsons and skateboarder Tony Hawk, among others.[28][29]

Other work

Aside from video production and other entertainment, Toby Turner – who is described on his official website as a "viral marketer ... [and] consultant for viral video and social media platforms"[30] – has worked with a number of major companies on advertising campaigns, including NBC, Disney, and others.[8] Among his online commercial credits are adverts for Fox crime drama series Lie to Me, footwear manufacturer and retailer Timberland, snack food product Pop-Tarts, and social network aggregation website Ouibox.[citation needed]

Toby has also secured hosting roles for a number of events and series, including reporting on the Toshiba "Set Me Free Tour" for MTV in August 2009[31][32] and presenting holiday special web shows for Comedy Central, Spike and VH1.[8] In December 2012, Turner was nominated for the award of Best Host at the 2013 Streamy Awards,[33] although eventually lost out to KassemG.[34]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2010 New Low Dave Lead role
2012 Smiley Mark Supporting role
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2008 Stranger Things Father Michael Hutchins Pilot episode
Listen One episode
2012 The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange Nerville Series regular
Web
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Russian Recommendations Roman Video shorts
2010 True Stories from My Crappy Childhood Toby Turner Video short
The Annoying Orange Cheese One episode
BlackBoxTV Keith One episode
2012 Olga Kay Goes Haywire Toby Turner Video short
MyMusic Satan Series regular

References

  1. ^ a b c "Toby Turner - New Videos Every Week!". YouTube. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "New Videos EVERY DAY!". YouTube. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "Toby's Daily Game Commentary". YouTube. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Toby Turner". VidCon. September 25, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  5. ^ Shelby Webb (May 15, 2012). "UF grad gains popularity on YouTube". The Independent Florida Alligator. Retrieved February 21, 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ "Uploads (Date added, oldest to newest)". Toby Turner - New Videos Every Week. YouTube. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  7. ^ James Montgomery (September 21, 2007). "'Don't Tase Me, Bro!': Remix, T-Shirts Help Tasered Kerry-Speech Agitator". MTV. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  8. ^ a b c "Meet Toby Turner: A YouTube Sensation". Spreadshirt. August 11, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  9. ^ "Uploads (Date added, oldest to newest)". Toby's Daily Game Commentary. YouTube. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  10. ^ Will Goodman (February 23, 2011). "Literal "Dead Island" trailer: This time with singing & LOLs (Video)". CBS News. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  11. ^ Lewis Wallace (November 9, 2012). "Literal Iron Man 3 Trailer Makes Fun of Tony Stark's Woes". Wired. Retrieved February 20, 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ Toby Turner (25 March, 2013). "LITERAL Dead Island Riptide Trailer". Tobuscus, YouTube. Retrieved 29 March, 2013. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  13. ^ "Guitar: Double Battle!". Toby Turner. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  14. ^ Guitar: Double Battle. MysteryGuitarMan. YouTube. March 10, 2009. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  15. ^ Annoying Orange: A Cheesy Episode. Annoying Orange. YouTube. March 5, 2010. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  16. ^ Slapping Sacks! Little Big Planet 2 - Episode 3 (feat. Tobuscus). iJustine's gaming channel!. YouTube. February 20, 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  17. ^ Tobjackscus (Tobuscus Parody). Jacksfilms. YouTube. May 9, 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  18. ^ Dubstep Tobuscus. Jacksfilms. YouTube. August 22, 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  19. ^ Take Off Your Clothes (Like Scarlett Johansson). Jacksfilms. YouTube. September 26, 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  20. ^ Razors in Your Apple (On Halloween). Jacksfilms. YouTube. October 28, 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  21. ^ The Valentines Day Song. Jacksfilms. YouTube. February 14, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  22. ^ Liz Shannon Miller (October 1, 2010). "Vin di Bona, Phil DeFranco, Toby Turner Team for CuteWinFail". Gigaom. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  23. ^ Joshua Cohen; Sam Gutelle (November 30, 2012). "CuteWinFail Fires Toby Turner". Tubefilter. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  24. ^ Samantha Berley (July 16, 2012). "Freddie Wong, Toby Turner, Corridor Digital Collab on New YouTube Channel for Collective". Tubefilter. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  25. ^ Michelle Jaworski (July 17, 2012). "YouTube superstars team up for NODE gaming channel". Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  26. ^ Andy Greene (November 5, 2012). "Synchronicity Entertainment Debuts with 3 New Horror Films on Slate". Famous Monsters of Filmland. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  27. ^ Joshua Cohen (April 22, 2012). "'The Annoying Orange' TV Series Fills Out Human Cast". Tubefilter. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  28. ^ Sam Gutelle (November 26, 2012). "'Annoying Orange' Brings High-Profile Guest Stars To Holiday Special". Tubefilter. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  29. ^ Bill Keveney (June 25, 2012). "'Annoying Orange' joke is on Cartoon Network". USA Today. Retrieved February 20, 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  30. ^ "About". Toby Turner. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  31. ^ "Toshiba Laptops & MTVN Set Me Free!". MTV. Archived from the original on August 31, 2009. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  32. ^ Bridget Flynn (August 8, 2009). "MTV event attempts to rally Normal". Pantagraph.com. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  33. ^ Sam Gutelle (December 17, 2012). "The Nominees for the 3rd Annual Streamy Awards Are..." Tubefilter. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  34. ^ Sam Gutelle (February 18, 2013). "Online Video's Brightest Stars Win Big at Streamy Awards". Tubefilter. Retrieved February 19, 2013.

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