Shane Dawson

Actor

July 19, 1988 (37 years)

Long Beach, California, U.S.

Biography

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.

Filmography

5.8

BlackBoxTV Presents

BlackBoxTV Presents is an American horror anthology web series created by Tony E. Valenzuela and Philip DeFranco. The first season, which featured a cast of YouTube creators including DeFranco, iJustine and Shane Dawson, was self-funded by Valenzuela and debuted on the BlackBoxTV YouTube channel on August 17, 2010.

6.1

The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange

The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)

An American live-action/animated TV series based on the characters from the popular web series The Annoying Orange.

7.7

Escape the Night

The Renegade

Welcome to "Escape the Night." In this surreality competition series, hosted by Joey Graceffa, 10 guests are invited from the modern world to attend a dinner at his newly acquired mansion estate, which has been locked in the 1920's; when America was roaring... roaring with madness. This is a dinner party to die for. No one is safe.

6.6

Hey Qween!

Self

Comedian Jonny McGovern hosts a talk show with Co-Host Lady Red Couture, where they catch up and gossip with fabulous celebrity guests.

4.0

MyMusic

Chip

MyMusic was the primary series that aired on the MyMusicShow YouTube channel. It documented the antics of MyMusic, a transmedia production company where, rather than referring to each other by name, the staff go by the varying music genres with which they associate. CEO and founder Indie heads the team, which consists of people following extremely different–and frequently conflicting–tastes and attitudes. The company claims to have been given the YouTube original channel, which brings along with it a documentary crew filming them day to day. The second season picks up following the burning of the MyMusic building at the conclusion of the first season. After this fire, Indie has the MyMusic team returning to its roots, as well as focus more on social media and the MyMusic blog.

N/A

The Streamy Awards

Self

The Streamy Awards is the foremost recognition within the creator community, honoring excellence in a variety of content verticals and areas of expertise.

4.3

Smiley

Binder

After learning of an urban legend in which a demented serial killer named SMILEY can be summoned through the internet, mentally fragile Ashley must decide whether she is losing her mind or becoming Smiley's next victim.

3.3

Not Cool

Scott

Former prom king Scott returns home for Thanksgiving break and gets dumped by his long-term girlfriend. With his world turned upside down, Scott strikes an unlikely friendship with former classmate Tori, an ugly duckling who blossomed in her first semester of college, and they embark on an outrageous adventure through their hometown. But when Scott and Tori start falling in love, they realize that a few months away may have changed them more than they realized.

3.8

Internet Famous

Tomas Butterman

A group of Internet "sensations" compete for a tv show. Parody of the Internet.

1.0

The Mind of Jake Paul

Self

Shane Dawson dives into the mind of one of YouTube's most controversial vloggers, Jake Paul. After weeks of deep investigation and educating himself on the lifestyle of Paul, Shane jumps into the lions den. He gets a front row seat of the action in the team 10 house, and confronts Jake about his controversial career.

6.0

The Chair

Self

This documentary series follows two first-time film directors, Shane Dawson and Anna Martemucci, who are given the opportunity to direct separate films adapted from the same original screenplay. The series documents the creation, marketing, and theatrical release of both films, and through multiplatform voting, the audience will ultimately determine which director will be awarded $250,000.

3.5

The World of Jeffree Star

Self

Shane Dawson explores the life of the controversial figure Jeffree Star and the creation of their make-up collaboration The Conspiracy Collection.

1.0

The Lottery

Self / Narrator

Based on an excerpt from Dawson's autobiographical book 'It Gets Worse.' The story follows Teresa, Dawson's mother, as she prays and plans for a winning lottery ticket that will change her family's life forever.

7.0

Generation Like

Self (archive footage)

Thanks to social media, teens are able to directly interact with their culture - celebrities, movies, brands - in ways never before possible. But is that real empowerment? Or do marketers hold the upper hand? Douglas Rushkoff explores how the teen quest for identity has migrated to the web – and exposes the game of cat-and-mouse that corporations are playing with them.

7.0

YouTube Live

Himself

YouTube Live was a 2008 event streamed live on the Internet from San Francisco and Tokyo. It was launched November 22–23, 2008.

N/A

Tanacon

Self

Shane Dawson takes a look into the disastrous event that was Tanacon and it's founders.

N/A

I Hate MySelfie 2

Self / Narrator

A short film based on an excerpt of Dawson's autobiographical book 'I Hate MySelfie' where he participates in his high school's musical.

10.0

Bob Thunder: Internet Assassin

Self

Joe Nation wants to go viral on YouTube and reach Internet fame. But things take a turn for the worse when he mistakenly hires Bob Thunder, a cold-blooded killer, to help him.

2.0

It Gets Worse

Shane

Whilst boasting about his new book to his friends, Shane Dawson and his friends are stalked by a killer.

1.0

I Hate Myselfie

Shane Dawson

A look to Shane Dawson's new book "I Hate Myselfie" and tells the story of what he's life was like before YouTube, and in high school.