Ed Bassmaster
| Ed Bassmaster | |
|---|---|
| Born | Edwin Rodriguez |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | YouTube personality, actor |
| Known for | YouTube prank videos |
Ed Bassmaster is the stage name of American actor and YouTube personality Edwin Rodriguez.[1] His YouTube channel runs comedy videos where as various characters he pranks people or puts people into awkward situations. Bassmaster is also the star of the CMT reality-TV prank series, The Ed Bassmaster Show.
In Bassmaster's videos, he is typically acting as one of his many characters; Always Teste, Skippy, Emillio, Girard Douche, a CIA agent, Swollen Man, Hacker, Tequila, Mumbles, Bluetooth Man, Ugly Face, Bushman, and Zombie Face.[citation needed]
Contents
Early life
Rodriguez describes his mother as “half Italian, half Russian Jew,” and is also of Puerto Rican descent from his father, who left the family when Rodriguez was a toddler.[2] He left high school in 10th grade.[2]
Career
Bassmaster began posting videos in 2006, and gained wide attention in 2015 with his and partner Jesse Wellens' faux surveillance video purporting to show the destruction of the Canadian hitchhiking robot hitchBOT, whose real-life destruction was not filmed. Some news organizations were fooled by the video.[3]
During the YouTube Comedy Week live event in 2013, Skippy, one of Bassmaster's characters, went on stage unannounced and was kicked out of the event.[4]
In January 2015, producers Tony DiSanto and Liz Gateley said their company DiGa Vision was producing CMT's The Ed Bassmaster Show, a reality-TV series where Bassmaster would play his characters and prank people as he does in his YouTube videos.[5] It premiered on April 14, 2016.[6]
Personal life
As of 2014, Rodriguez is a married, father of four who lives in the Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[7][3]
Filmography
Television
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016– | The Ed Bassmaster Show | Himself |
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Official channel
- Ed Bassmaster at the Internet Movie Database
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
