King Bach
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File:King-bach.jpg Bachelor at the Fifty Shades of Black premiere in January 2016 | |
Born | Andrew Bachelor June 26, 1988 |
Alma mater | Florida State University |
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Website | Official website |
Andrew B. Bachelor (born June 26, 1988), better known as King Bach, is a Canadian-American[1] internet personality, actor, and content creator who was the most followed user on the now-defunct video sharing service Vine with 11.3 million followers.[2][3]
Early life and education
Bachelor was born in the neighbourhood of Rexdale in Toronto, Ontario to Jamaican parents, accountants Ingrid Mourice and Byron Bachelor.[4] He has one younger sister named Christina. He was two years old when he moved with his family to West Palm Beach, Florida. His strict parents raised him in a Christian household.[5]
He attended Coral Springs Charter School for both middle school and high school. After graduating, Bachelor enrolled at Florida State University, where he competed in the high jump.[6][7] He also took part in a club called 30in60 which is an elite collegiate comedy sketch troupe. He graduated from Florida State University in 2010, with a degree in business management. While at Florida State, Bachelor became a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.[6] Afterwards, he enrolled in a graduate program at the New York Film Academy, but dropped out in his last semester and moved to Los Angeles.[8] He then studied improvisational theatre at The Groundlings.[9]
Career
Bachelor earned 11.3 million followers and over six billion loops on Vine, ranking first on the app for number of followers.[2] He took the title of most-followed person on Vine in March 2015.[10] Though best known for Vine,[2] Bachelor is also known for his YouTube channel, BachelorsPadTv.[11] The channel and its videos have been covered by several online publications, including FSU News.[12][13][14] Bachelor has stated that he turned down most requests to upload sponsored Vines.[15]
Bachelor's Vine stardom led to him signing with UTA, and landing a recurring role in House of Lies.[16][17] In addition, he at one point was a recurring cast member on Wild 'n Out on MTV2. He was also on a series regular on the Adult Swim series Black Jesus,[5] and had a recurring role on The Mindy Project. Bachelor also had a role in the spoof comedy film Fifty Shades of Black, and was a special guest host for the revived version of Punk'd on BET. He appeared as a fictional version of himself in the 2015 film We Are Your Friends.
Bachelor was introduced to Vine by Brittany Furlan, before uploading his first Vine video on April 19, 2013.[8] He starred in several of Bart Baker's parodies of music videos, portraying Big Sean in "Problem" and "Break Free", Pharrell Williams in "Happy", Juicy J in "Dark Horse", and Tupac Shakur in the parody for Sia's "Big Girls Cry".
Bach co-starred in McG's horror film The Babysitter.[18] He is set to reprise his role in the sequel The Babysitter: Killer Queen.[19]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2011 | SuperCrew | Young Drizzle | Short film; executive producer |
2012 | Agent Steele | Agent Steele | Short film; writer, director, executive producer |
2012 | Funny Vine - "Just a spoon full" | King Bach | Short film; writer, director, executive producer |
2014 | Facebook Is Not Your Friend | Sean Groomes | Short film |
2015 | We Are Your Friends | Himself | Cameo |
2016 | Fifty Shades of Black | Jesse | |
Meet the Blacks | Freezee | ||
2017 | Grow House | Andy | |
Get Out of the Closet | Chris Washington | Short film | |
Shot Caller | Tony | Uncredited cameo | |
The Babysitter | John | ||
Where's the Money | Del Goodlow | Executive producer | |
Angry Angel | Leonard | ||
2018 | When We First Met | Max | |
Game Over, Man! | Hotel guest | Cameo | |
To All the Boys I've Loved Before | Gabe Rivera | ||
2019 | Rim of the World | Logan | |
Airplane Mode | Himself | ||
2020 | Coffee & Kareem | Rodney | |
The F**k-it List | Jasper Zim | ||
Greenland | Colin | ||
The Babysitter: Killer Queen | John | Post-production | |
TBA | Holidate | Post-production | |
TBA | Love, Weddings & Other Disasters | Post-production |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2012 | House of Lies | Chris | 4 episodes |
2014–15 | The Mindy Project | Dr. T.J. Gigak | 5 episodes |
2014–15 | Black Jesus | Trayvon | 21 episodes |
2015 | Key & Peele | Buddy #1 | Episode: "MC Mom" |
The Soul Man | Travis Fontana | Episode: "Oh Snow You Didn't" | |
Punk'd | Himself | Co-host | |
Resident Advisors | Sam Parker | 7 episodes | |
2016 | TripTank | Various voices | Episode: "The D.O.N.G." |
Easy | Andrew | Episode: "Art and Life" | |
2017 | Workaholics | Colt | Episode: "Trainees' Day" |
Angie Tribeca | Aaron McLaren | Episode: "Brockman Turner Overdrive" | |
Dead House | Frank Shabazz | Episode: "Human Lives Matter" Writer, director, executive producer: 6 episodes | |
2020 | The Walking Dead | Bailey | Episode: "What We Become" |
2020 | Real Bros of Simi Valley | Himself | Episode: "Back in High School" |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2018 | Madden NFL 19 | Tito Flavors | Longshot: Homecoming Mode |
References
- ^ Murthi, Vikram; Murthi, Vikram (2016-09-21). "Vine Star King Bach To Host The 6th Annual Streamy Awards". IndieWire. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ a b c "Vine Users". Rankzoo. Archived from the original on March 15, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
- ^ William Stanley (April 20, 2014). "King Bach Gets His Audience". New York. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
- ^ "Andrew Bachelor, a.k.a. King Bach, Is the Kiof Vine – And Comedy's Next Big Thing". The Daily Beast. August 28, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
- ^ a b Will Staley (April 20, 2014). "King Bach Gets His White Audience". New York. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
- ^ a b Andrew Bachelor. "About Andrew Bachelor". Andrew Bachelor. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
- ^ "Andrew Bachelor". Seminoles. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
- ^ a b Marlow Stern (August 29, 2013). "Andrew Bachelor, a.k.a. King Bach, Is the King of Vine—And Comedy's Next Big Thing". The Daily Beast. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
- ^ "Vine Royalty King Bach is Going Hollywood". New York Film Academy. March 16, 2015. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
- ^ Taylor Lorenz (March 15, 2015). "King Bach is now Vine's most popular celebrity and he has big plans for Hollywood". Business Insider. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
- ^ Eric Jaffe (September 18, 2012). "FSU alum takes us back to 'King Bachelor's Pad'". FSU News. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
- ^ Eric Jaffe (March 2, 2013). "Andrew Bachelor 'un-Chainz' 'Django'". FSU News. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
- ^ Mark Lisanti (November 28, 2012). "It's Flight, But on a School Bus, and You Must Watch It Right This Minute". Grantland. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
- ^ "Watch: Andrew Bachelor Spoofs Flight, New Sketch Co-Starring Neil Brown Jr. Debuts". Black Actors. December 1, 2012. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
- ^ Jefferson Graham (October 23, 2013). "Talking Tech: Performers connect to brands on Vine". USA Today. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
- ^ Dorothy Pomerantz (October 16, 2013). "The Next Generation Of Movie Stars Are Already On YouTube". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
- ^ "Andrew Bachelor Inks With UTA; Lesley Nicol Signs With Bauman Redanty & Shaul". Deadline. October 18, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
- ^ McNary, Dave (October 22, 2015). "Andrew Bachelor Joins Horror-Comedy The Babysitter". variety.com. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- ^ Kit, Borys (September 25, 2019). "Judah Lewis Returning for Sequel to Netflix Horror Flick 'The Babysitter' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
External links
- Andrew Bachelor at IMDb
- Friend, Tad (December 15, 2014). "Hollywood and Vine". The New Yorker.
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