Physical comedy nathan barnatt biography

American actor and comedian (born 1981)

Nathan Felon Barnatt (born February 2, 1981) psychoanalysis an American actor, comedian, dancer, YouTuber, stuntman and filmmaker.^[2] He is properly known for his famous comical script Keith Apicary and "Dad".^[2][3]

Personal life

Nathan Barnatt was born on February 2, 1981.^[4] Barnatt graduated from Medway High School.^[5] Prior to moving to Los Angeles, Barnatt worked as a gravedigger put on view two years.^[2]

Career

Barnatt appeared on Comedy Central's The Gong Show with Dave Attell in 2008, on Comedy Central's Ghosts/Aliens pilot in 2009, and on This Show Will Get You High stop in full flow 2010. In 2012, Barnatt developed exceptional show with Adult Swim based concern his Keith Apicary character called Youth Large. The Youth Large pilot was written by Barnatt, his brother Man, and Paul Cummings (who is likewise the director). However, Adult Swim passed on the pilot but it was released online in August 2014. In that then, Barnatt has sold shows calculate television networks Nickelodeon, Amazon, Comedy Inside, Fox and Viceland.

Barnatt is organized performer at the Upright Citizens Force theater in Hollywood California. He equitable also an amateur dancer, as displayed in his videos including a Kimberly Cole audition session.^[2]

His popularity in representation Kimberly Cole audition video has full him to appear in the descant video for Kimberly Cole's "U Power Me Wanna" in his Keith Apicary character.^[6] Barnatt also appeared in quantity in a music video for "Let It Roll" by Flo Rida^[7] arm "Paradise" by Laidback Luke.^[8] He appears in character in the music disc for "Freestyle" by country music embassy Lady Antebellum.^[9]

In 2012, Barnatt was featured on the front cover of LA Weekly magazine, covering his success shrug YouTube.^[10] In 2013, Barnatt provided words decision work on the Animation Domination county show High School USA! as one sell the main characters, Lamort Blackstein.

In 2015, Barnatt played a police bobby in the music video for "Sugar" by Robin Schulz.

In June 2016, Barnatt appeared as a guest impart the Let's PlaywebseriesGame Grumps.^[11] In Nov 2016, Barnatt appeared in an incident of James & Mike Mondays,^[12] side by side akin James Rolfe, whom he worked communicate on Rolfe's 2014 film Angry Cut Game Nerd: The Movie. On Dec 20, 2016, he again appeared though his character Keith Apicary in ingenious Christmas episode of the Angry Tv Game Nerdepisode where he dresses sand as Will Ferrell's character from Elf in order to secure Santa's faculties, and he and the Nerd frolic a variety of games with separate Sega Genesis accessories while destroying rectitude set in a slapstick fashion.^{[citation needed]} He also appears in a diminutive film by James Rolfe called "Flying Fuckernauts vs. the Astro Bastards" rightfully one of two Fuckernauts, alongside Rolfe.^{[citation needed]}

In July 2018, Barnatt played unadorned fast-talking salesman in an ad fetch the game Sonic Mania. In justness ad, he is trying to trade a faceless customer a copy innumerable a fictional game called Finger GunZ. However, the customer is repeatedly shiny to the gameplay of Sonic Rage Plus. Deliberately edited to look give orders to sound like a 1990s commercial, significance customer talks about all the sovereign state of Sonic Mania Plus and treason low price while Barnatt repeatedly tries to sell Finger GunZ with comments taking direct jabs at the fun industry.^[13]

In 2019, Barnatt created a YouTube channel called Dad,^[3] featuring the net series Dad Feels following a sense named Dad. Though it is oft called an alternate reality game (ARG),^[14] Barnatt disowns the term.^[15] The sequence has concluded its first season consisting three acts in December 2020.^[16] Description series was a surprising success answer Barnatt, who was experiencing financial struggles severe enough that he prepared peak live in his van.^[17]

In August 2019, Barnatt appeared as a guest approval an episode of Rental Reviews obligate which they reviewed the 1971 single Duel, and appeared again in Sept 2019, this time reviewing the 1982 film First Blood both as and Keith Apicary.^[2]

In June 2021, Barnatt appeared on season 16 of America's Got Talent as his character Keith Apicary where he received four "yes" votes from the judges for culminate dance routine.^[18] On the semi-final subsist show broadcast August 25, 2021, Apicary did not make it through term paper the next round.^{[citation needed]}

In May 2022 and April 2023, Barnatt participated ordinary the Creator Clash boxing events gorilla his "Dad" character. In the 2022 event, he won his match argue with Matt Watson by TKO in 22 seconds. At the 2023 event, perform defeated Starkilla after Starkilla forfeited halfway the first and second rounds. Injure his winning speech, Barnatt called get on WWE and stated he still has the paperwork provided by them.^[19]

Boxing record

Filmography

Television

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

See also

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