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Brandon Rogers
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Rogers in 2024
Born
Brandon George Rogers

(1988-08-03) August 3, 1988 (age 36)
Occupation
  • YouTuber
  • comedian
  • actor
  • writer
  • director
  • editor
  • producer
  • composer
  • costume designer
Known for
  • Magic Funhouse!
  • Blame the Hero
  • Helluva Boss
  • Hazbin Hotel
YouTube information
Years active 2006–present
Genre
Subscribers 6.78 million
Total views 1.4 billion
Subscriber and view counts updated as of June 6, 2024.

Brandon George Rogers (born August 3, 1988) is an American YouTuber, actor, and comedian. He plays many characters in his eponymous YouTube channel and co-wrote the adult animated web series Helluva Boss, in which he primarily voices the main character Blitzo, as well as voicing reporter Katie Killjoy in Hazbin Hotel.

Career

Rogers began creating videos for his job in Los Angeles at a personal-injury law firm where he made documentaries that were shot by Gabriel Gonzales on the daily life of plaintiffs that were used in court. He had the idea to make humorous versions of these documentaries with Gonzales and started his YouTube channel on January 7, 2006, as "HotBananaStud." Rogers first gained recognition in 2015 when a Vine user uploaded six-second clips of his videos in uncredited roles. After a clip from one of his videos went viral on Vine and it was featured on Fine Brothers Entertainment's React series, the original creator of the video became publicly known, and Rogers gained online fame.

In 2016, Super Deluxe offered to produce a show for Rogers. The show, Magic Funhouse! was available on Fullscreen's short-lived subscription service and was the service's most watched original show. Magic Funhouse! was nominated for Best Comedy Series at the 7th Annual Streamy Awards. In 2017, Rogers was named a New Face: Creator at the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival. In addition to co-hosting the event, he was nominated for four awards and won the awards for Scripted Series and Acting at the 9th Annual Streamy Awards for his web series Blame the Hero. In 2018, Rogers was a 10th Annual Shorty Awards finalist for the Best Youtube Comedian award. Rogers collaborated with Comedy Central in 2019 for their "Under the Influencer" program which had him take over the company's social media platforms for a week.

Personal life

Rogers is from Livermore, California, and is of Portuguese, Filipino, Scottish and Spanish descent. Brandon describes his hometown as conservative, but his parents were very liberal. His mother is an accountant and his father works for Cisco. He has two younger siblings. Brandon is gay.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2008–present Grandpa Grandpa (main role) and various roles Also writer, and director
2009–2012 Theater Class Alex Rimmer Also writer, and director
2013 Neighborhood Patrol Louis Boyd Also director, writer, and producer
2016–2017 Magic Funhouse! Arlo Dittman Also creator, director, writer and producer
2017–2018 Stuff & Sam! Sam (main role) and various roles Also co-writer, and director
2019 Blame the Hero Blame (main role) and various roles Also creator
2019–present Helluva Boss Blitzo and other roles (voices) Actor, co-writer
2020 Blood & Makeup Eddie Oswald and other roles Also co-writer, director, and editor
2021 The Mismatched Cupid Actor
2021–2022 Normal British Series Adrian/Lord Mingeworthy (and various others) Also creator
2023 BRYCE Bryce Tankthrust (main role) and various roles Also co-writer, and director
2024 Hazbin Hotel Katie Killjoy (voice) Actor
Bosco Carlos Actor
Class Acts Alex Rimmer Also co-writer

Awards and nominations

Year Organization Award Nominated work Result
2017 The Streamy Awards Costume Design Magic Funhouse!

(along with Kimberly Rice and Jonathan Hinman)

Won
2018 Best YouTube Comedian Himself Nominated
Comedy Won
Costume Design Magic Funhouse! Nominated
2019 Scripted Series Blame the Hero Won
Acting Won
Costume Design Nominated
Directing Nominated
2022 Writing Himself Won
Editing Nominated
Scripted Series Normal British Series Nominated
2023 Scripted Series BRYCE Won
Show of the Year Nominated
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