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Jason Nash | |
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 Nash in 2012 | |
| Born | Jason Eric Nash (1973-05-23)May 23, 1973 (age 52)[1] Boston,Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
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| Years active | 2000–present |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 2 |
| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Subscribers | 2.98 million |
| Views | 734 million |
| Last updated: July 29, 2024[needs update] | |
Jason Eric Nash (born May 23, 1973) is an American comedian and Internet personality. Known for his channel onVine, he also appeared onLast Comic Standing in 2010.[2] Nash has written, directed, and starred in a pair of films:Jason Nash is Married (2014) andFML (2016). In 2016, he started to appear inDavid Dobrik'svlogs as a member of "The Vlog Squad" and later started his ownYouTube channel.
Born inBoston,Massachusetts, Nash moved to Los Angeles with the aspiration of becoming a comedian. Nash trained with theUpright Citizens Brigade and started his career as a member of the sketch troupe "Price, Nash, and Blieden." The trio was chosen three times to perform at theAspen Comedy Festival.[citation needed] Nash appeared on the2010 season ofLast Comic Standing, where he finished as a semi-finalist, having been eliminated in the fifth episode.[2] Nash also built a presence onVine, amassing 2.7 million followers at the time of its discontinuation.[3]
Nash wrote, directed, and starred in aComedy Central web seriesJason Nash Is Married, a film version of which was released in 2014 starringBusy Philipps.[4] Nash also created the web seriesHow to Be a Man andThe Shaman.[5] In 2016, Nash starred and directed his own screenplay, a road trip comedy filmFML featuring fellow Vine star Brandon Calvillo.[6] According to a 2014 profile byLA Weekly, "Nash had success selling several of his own TV shows, but none made it to air."[7]
Nash is currently a YouTubevlogger with 3 million subscribers on his main channel.[8][9] Nash became a YouTube vlogger afterDavid Dobrik watched his set one night at a comedy club.[citation needed] He began his YouTube career as a character in Dobrik's vlogs and soon began to upload his own videos, the first of which was uploaded on December 2, 2016.[10] Nash's second channel, "Jason Nash Family," was initially dedicated to his life with his children, Charley and Wyatt.[11] This channel was later shut down at the request of the children's mother, who requested that the children not be shown on the internet in such a public way.[citation needed]
Nash co-created the long-running podcast "Guys with Feelings,"[12] which debuted in 2006.[citation needed] Dobrik and Nash also hosted a weekly podcast called "Views." During its debut in 2017, "Views" reached number three on the iTunes podcast charts.[13] Dobrik, Nash, and other Vlog Squad members took the podcast on a live tour across the United States in the summer of 2018.[14]
Nash graduated fromMedfield High School in 1991 and then attended college at theUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst. After he left college, he worked as an assistant toNorm Macdonald onSaturday Night Live.[7] Nash moved to Hollywood in 2001 when he was cast on the sketch show Random Play onVH1.[7]
Nash has two children with his ex-wife, Marney Hochman. He was in a relationship with fellow YouTuberTrisha Paytas from 2017 to 2019.[15] In December 2022 Nash became engaged to his girlfriend Nivine Jay. They got married in 2024.[citation needed]
In February 2021, Seth Francois, a former member of the Vlog Squad, went onThe H3 Podcast and toldthe hosts that he was sexually assaulted by Nash. For one of David Dobrik's pranks, Francois was told that he would be kissingvlogger Corinna Kopf while blindfolded. However, Nash kissed him instead. Francois said that he didn't realize it was sexual assault until later on and called it a traumatizing experience.[16] Nash has not publicly addressed this allegation, but Dobrik briefly apologized to Francois in a YouTube video.[17][18]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2000 | Batman Beyond | Harold/Bullwhip (voice) | Season 2, Episode 22: "April Moon" |
| 2004 | Cheap Seats | Boston Terrier Fan | Season 1, Episode 13: "1990 Dog Show/1990 Cheerleading" |
| 2005 | Drake & Josh | Waiter | |
| 2005 | Reno 911! | CDC Agent | Season 3, Episode 4: "SARS Outbreak" |
| 2009 | House | Process paper server | Season 6, Episode 4: "The Tyrant" |
| 2007–2010 | SuperNews! | Multiple characters | |
| 2012 | 1000 Ways to Die | Harley | |
| 2013 | Mad | Roadblock /Stan the Dog /John Cena /Horton the Elephant (voices) | Season 4, Episode 6: "G.I. E.I. Joe / Dog with a Captain's Log" Season 4, Episode 19: "Pacific Ring / Horton Hears a Whodunnit!" |
| 2014 | Jason Nash is Married | Jason Nash | Also writer and director |
| 2016 | FML | Sam Douglas | Also writer and director |
| 2016 | The Simpsons | Southie Criminals / Philanthropic Southies (voices) | Season 28, Episode 3: "The Town" |
| 2019 | Liza on Demand | Guest at party | Season 2, Episode 9: "New Year's Eve: Part 1" |
| 2024 | The Thundermans Return | Metroburg Police Officer |
