Markiplier: 5 unknown facts about popular YouTube star directing 'Iron Lung'
A Gamer, a vlogger, and a comic Mark Edward Fischbach aka Markiplier, one of YouTube’s most successful stars, has been announced as the director and star of the upcoming feature film adaptation of the independent horror game 'Iron Lung'.
Markiplier has been on YouTube since 2012, and since then he has garnered love from his 34 million subscribers, making him one of the most influential people on the platform. Let's get a closer look at some unknown facts about him.
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5 unknown facts about Markiplier
Early Life
33-year-old Markiplier was born on June 28, 1989. He started making videos when he lived in Cincinnati, Ohio but later moved to Los Angeles.
Family and Background
Markiplier's father, Cliffton Fischbach, who died in 2008 was from Louisville, Kentucky. He served in the US military, meeting Fischbach's mother when he was stationed in South Korea. Fischbach's mother Sunok Frank who is also lovingly known as "Momiplier" to his fans. He also has an older brother named Jason Thomas Fischbach who is a digital artist.
Graduation
Markiplier originally studied medical engineering at the University of Cincinnati and dropped out when his YouTube channel started taking off. But according to Insider, it didn't become popular right away. Because of issues with his AdSense account, which is how producers market their videos on YouTube, he shut down his original YouTube channel, which had 94,000 followers at the time.
Dating life
Markiplier has a long-term partner named Amy Nelson, who is a graphic designer and animator. They have been together since 2015 and share a golden retriever named Chica and a retriever mix called Henry. The famous YouTuber keeps on sharing pictures with his love on Instagram.
His trademark style
He eventually established a recognizable gregarious style in which he converses throughout his streams, cracks jokes about his characters, and responds to what his viewers post in the live chat. Additionally, Fischbach is known for hilarious "rage outs" in response to challenging or glitchy games. He occasionally takes ineffective paths in games merely to prank his followers.