Who is Roman Atwood?
Roman Bernard Atwood was born on May 28th, 1983. He is an American personality, prankster and vlogger. Most importantly, he is the second person who got two diamond YouTube play buttons for both of his channels. First one being Germán Garmendia.
Roman started his career as a prankster with the “RomanAtwood” channel. This channel currently holds over 10 million subscribers and has gained more than 1.3 billion views. Sadly, this channel has been inactive since 2016.
On the other hand, Roman moved on with his content and started creating vlogs on his new “RomanAtwoodVlogs” channel and even surpassed his old channel. This vlog channel gained over 15 million subscribers and around 5 billion views.
Personal life of Roman Atwood
Roman Atwood was born in Millersport, Ohio. He has a very close relationship with his parents Curtis Dale Atwood and Susan Ann Christman. Roman one younger brother Dale Atwood. They often post pictures on social media, mainly Instagram.
Roman’s comedy past goes way back before YouTube became a thing. Before his YouTube career, Roman worked in a family business called “Atwood Rope”. After he decided to focus on his comedy career, Roman released a series of DVDs called “The Nerd Herd”, which he sold at Warped Tour in 2006. Subsequently collaborated on various film projects and commercials in Columbus, Ohio. Finally, in 2010, Roman decided to start up his own business and created a “Sketch Empire” channel.
Roman got married to Shanna Riley in 2001, and they had Noah Vaughn Atwood together. Noah was born on October 18th, 2004. Sadly, Roman and Shanna got divorced in 2008 after Shanna cheated on him. Noah remained in Roman’s custody.
Roman met his current wife, Brittney Smith-Atwood, at a wedding where he was the best man. Roman and Brittney have two children together, Kane Alexander Atwood, born on October 23rd, 2011 and Cora Atwood, born on July 16th, 2017. He proposed to Brittney on April 30th, 2018, and they married on July 27th, 2018, in Maui, Hawaii.
Roman was posting multiple videos throughout the week. It all changed when Atwood’s mother, Susan Atwood, passed away on May 29th, 2019. Roman took a break from social media after this tragic accident on vacation with the entire Atwood family. He started posting only a couple of videos every month and posted his last video on New Year’s Eve 2019.
Roman uploaded a video on August 18th 2020, disproved all the conspiracy theories his fans, and different YouTubers created. Two days later, Atwood revealed that they were expecting a fourth child but also stated that wasn’t the reason for his absence.
Brittney and Roman posted a video on January 11th, 2021, titled “Welcome to the world!”. This video introduced their fourth kid Knox Atwood, who was born five days earlier on January 6th.
Pranks of Roman Atwood
Roman is a very successful vlogger, but above all that, he is a prankster. People enjoy his prank videos, and he pioneered this content. Many people tried to copy him, but he is arguably the most known prankster on YouTube.
Roman picks victims for his pranks mercilessly. Even the closest relatives aren’t safe. “Killing My Own Kid PRANK!!!” was posted on November 30th, 2014. It currently sits comfortably above 50 million views. In this prank, Atwood pranked his own wife by throwing their “son” Kane dressed in a Spider-man costume. Brittney then runs to their son and pulls off the mask to find out it is a mannequin. With all of those emotions trying to get out, she breaks into tears and storms out on Roman. The video ends with his wife yelling, he sleeps on a couch tonight. This prank was mentioned in the reality TV series Tanked, where Brittney confirmed Roman slept that night on a couch.
“Cops Get Owned!! - Epic Pee Prank” is Atwood’s breakthrough video. He finally got attention, and his fame just kept rising from this point. It was posted on March 4th, 2012 and currently has more than 23 million views. This video features his friend Dennis Roady pretending to pee in front of police officers.
Not even you are not safe as a close relative. You are not even safe on important dates of your life. This prank happened on Brittney’s and Roman’s anniversary. Although this time, Roman was the one who got pranked. Brittney saw the camera beforehand, and after Roman fake-confessed, he cheated on her. Brittney admitted she cheated on him too. Roman reacted badly to this news, and Brittney even let him hang a couple of seconds before explaining what was happening. This video got posted on November 20th, 2013 and gathered over 86 a million views.
Plastic Ball Prank uploaded on January 18th, 2016, was a different kind of prank. To be honest, it wasn’t really a prank. Roman filled his house with plastic balls and turned it into a massive ball pit. After that, Roman got a call from Nissan, and they traded him a 2015 Nissan GTR to use his video in their “WithDad” campaign. This advert was used during Super Bowl XLIX half-time. It was awarded as a best “Brand Campaign” for the 5th Streamy Awards.
As I said before, no one is safe. Even if you feel like owning a Ferrari means you can park wherever you want, even on a handicapped spot, Roman thinks differently. “Attacked By Ferrari Owner - Pee Prank” is a prank, as you might have guessed. Roman pretends to pee on a Ferrari. This video was posted on April 4th, 2013 and got over 25 million views. There is a lot of shouting and yelling coming from the Ferrari owner, but no one gets hurt in the end.
Roman’s provocative controversy, and no one should be surprised he even got arrested. ATM prank was widely discussed amongst the internet and public media. Roman and his friends pretended to rob an ATM in public and got arrested. They were released on bail but got summoned to court. Many of Roman’s fans attended the court to show support and watch the case. Roman won the case in the end based on freedom of speech and expression of art.
Erakat Fousey collaborated with Roman Atwood on a tour called “Roman vs Fousey”. They performed shows all over the United States, UK and Canada.
Roman Atwood created a movie with Dennis Roady and Vitaly Zdorovetskiy called “Natural Born Pranksters”. This movie got primarily negative reviews since it featured their already posted pranks edited into one long video.
Roman Atwood’s awards and nominations
- 2014 Roman Atwood got nominated for Pranks at 4th Streamy Awards
- 2015 Roman Atwood (Nissan) won an award in the category Brand Campaign at the 5th Streamy Awards
- 2016 Roman Atwood won an award in the category YouTube Comedian at the 8th Shorty Awards
- 2016 Roman Atwood got nominated in the category Entertainer of the Year at the 6th Streamy Awards
How much does Roman Atwood earn? Net Worth!
Roman Atwood’s net worth is estimated at around $14,000,000. Roman is one of the highest-paid personalities with a salary of at least seven digits. Most of his earnings come from YouTube, where he has over 6 billion views. Different companies deal with huge brands like Nissan and his Smile More Store, his own merchandise.
Interesting facts about Roman Atwood
- Roman Atwood’s PO box is 670 Millersport, OH 43046.
- Roman Atwood is the second out of the two YouTubers to have 2 diamond play buttons for his pranking channel and his vlogging channel. The first is German Garmendia for both his HolaSoyGerman channel and his JuegaGerman channel.
- RomanAtwoodVlogs peaked as the fiftieth most subscribed channel in 2017.
- He lost 1000$ after betting against KSI in KSI vs Logan Paul 2.
- He is 173cm tall or 5’ 8”.
- His is Weight 68 kg or 150 lbs.
- He is 38 years old.
- His zodiac sign is Gemini.
- He collaborated with Steve-O on a prank in a video titled “What Would You Do Prank.”
- His brother Dale Attwood is a fellow YouTuber.
- He bought a Corvette Z06 for His Father’s Birthday.
- He has over 4.5 million followers on Instagram.
