Daniel Cole Thrasher (born February 24, 1993) is an American internet personality, filmmaker, actor, comedian, and musician. He is known for writing, directing, and starring in his piano-based sketch comedy videos to his self-titled YouTube channel. As of June 2024[update], his main YouTube channel has accumulated more than 1.4 billion views with more than 5 million subscribers.[1]
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| Born | February 24, 1993 Florida, U.S. | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2007–present | |||||||||
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| Channels | Daniel Thrasher Daniel Thrasher Plus | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 5.83 million[a] | |||||||||
| Total views | 1.48 billion[b] | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2022–present | |||||||||
| Followers | 19 thousand | |||||||||
Last updated: June 25, 2024 | ||||||||||
Personal life
Daniel Thrasher was born on February 24, 1993[2] in Florida, United States.[3] He is the last of four children, having an older brother and two older sisters.[4]
Career
Thrasher went to Pinellas County Center for the Arts, a magnet school.[5]
Thrasher created his main YouTube channel, then titled muffinman3000, on January 5, 2007,[1] with the first video being uploaded on December 1, 2011.[6]
On November 13, 2012, Thrasher uploaded a video titled "How I Accidentally Wrote The Office Theme Song," in which he explains how, after he got a new piano, he was testing a chord progression that sounded familiar, before he realized it was the theme song of The Office.[7] A few years later, when Thrasher was in college, the video went viral, and as of April 2024[update] has over 22 million views and is the fourth most-viewed video on his channel.[7][8]
In 2015, Thrasher graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design with Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performing Arts.[9]
In 2019, Thrasher quit his job as a barista to pursue YouTube as a full-time career. By that point, he had accrued over one million subscribers. During the COVID-19 lockdowns, Thrasher continued to post videos. As a result, he almost tripled his amount of subscribers. He was able to increase the size of his operation to a four-person team.[10]
In 2021, American comedy duo Rhett & Link of Good Mythical Morning announced that a fund called the Mythical Creator Accelerator was created to invest over $5 million into creators, through their production company Mythical Entertainment. Thrasher was the second beneficiary of the fund in April 2022.[8][11][12]
On December 1, 2021, Thrasher performed a one-day show at the Palace Theatre in Los Angeles, entitled Daniel Thrasher: Laugh or Die.[13] He also embarked on a five-show tour in August 2022, entitled Daniel Thrasher Live, traveling to three states across the Midwest.[14] In October of the same year, he received a nomination for the Craft Award for Writing at the 12th Streamy Awards.[15]
Thrasher attended as a featured creator at VidCon in June 2023;[16] in May of the same year, it was revealed that he was set to feature in the US remake of British television sitcom Friday Night Dinner, titled Dinner with the Parents,[17] which premiered on Amazon Freevee on April 18, 2024.[18][19]
Awards and nominations
| Year | Organization | Award | Result |
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| 2022 | Streamy Awards | Writing | Nominated[15] |
Discography
Solo albums
- Quick and Sketchy (2019)
Singles
- "Once Upon a Paradise" (2018)
- "The After" (2021)
- "When You Make a Musical Promise" (2022)
- "I Play Piano Too" (2022)
- "Shiny Object Syndrome" (2022)
- "Igowallah" (2023)
- "The Wiener Song" (2023)
- "Leinad's Waltz" (2024)
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2018 | Song of Back and Neck | Alex |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2016 | The Millionaires | Daniel | 4 episodes |
| 2024 | Dinner with the Parents | Gregg Langer | Main[4][19] |
Web
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2022 | God of Work | Chris | 6 episodes |