Ed Bassmaster
Ed Bassmaster | |
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 Bassmaster in 2019 | |
| Born | Ed Bassmaster February 4, 1973 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Genre | Prank |
| Subscribers | 2.81 million |
| Views | 972.9 million |
| Last updated: May 3, 2025 | |
Ed Bassmaster (born February 4, 1973) is an American YouTuber focused on prank comedy and playing many characters.[1] He starred in the CMT reality-TV prank series, The Ed Bassmaster Show.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Bassmaster was born in the Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[2] He describes his mother as "half Italian, half Russian Jew", and his father is Puerto Rican who left the family when he was a toddler.[3] He left high school in 10th grade.[3]
Career
[edit | edit source]Bassmaster began posting videos in 2006, and gained wide attention in 2015 with his and fellow YouTuber Jesse Wellens's 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.[4]
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.[5]
In January 2015, CMT's The Ed Bassmaster Show launched as a reality-TV series where his characters prank people as on YouTube.[6] It premiered on April 14, 2016.[7]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]As of 2014, Bassmaster is a married father of four in Northeast Philadelphia.[8][4]
Filmography
[edit | edit source]Television
[edit | edit source]| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Driver Rehab | Himself | |
| 2016– | The Ed Bassmaster Show | Himself | |
| 2020 | Guest House | Mud Yodel |
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official channel
- Ed Bassmaster biography Archived 2017-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Ed Bassmaster at IMDb
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- 1973 births
- 21st-century American male actors
- Living people
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- Prank YouTubers
- Male actors from Philadelphia
- YouTube channels launched in 2006
- YouTubers from Philadelphia
- American male comedians
- American actors of Puerto Rican descent
- Comedians from Philadelphia