Jimmy Tatro Biography

James Richard Tatro (born February 16, 1992) is an American actor, comedian, writer and YouTube personality. He is the creator and star of the YouTube channel LifeAccordingToJimmy, which has about 3 million subscribers and over 510 million video views. Tatro writes, produces and directs each of his video sketches with his friend, Christian A. Pierce.

Tatro has appeared in Grown Ups 2, 22 Jump Street, Camp Manna and Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland, and the music video for Freaky Friday. He also starred in the first season of the true-crime mockumentary American Vandal, as Dylan Maxwell.

Early life

Tatro was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He attended Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California where he was known as class clown and an avid basketball fan. He started making comical videos with friends in high school, and then continued to do so at the University of Arizona. He dropped out of school his junior year. While at Arizona he was a member of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity.

Career

Tatro has performed stand-up comedy across the country at comedy clubs and college campuses.

Tatro's career segued into movies in 2013 with a minor role in the Adam Sandler comedy Grown Ups 2. He then appeared opposite Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum in 2014's 22 Jump Street as Rooster. In 2016, he appeared in the film adaption of Blue Mountain State.

Tatro starred alongside Gary Busey in the Christian Summer Camp comedy, Camp Manna. Tatro's character, Clayton Vance, is described as "the epitome of Christian cool, Clayton Vance is the counselor every kid wants to be. He only loves one thing more than the Lord"? himself. Leader of the Righteous Regiment cabin, his alarming charisma and pedigree for 'winning souls' makes him the envy of everyone. But underneath this suave identity lies a lot of insecurity, and he will do anything it takes including lying, cheating, and manipulating Ian into his cabin - to win his fifth consecutive God Games title."

In 2017, Tatro starred in the Netflix Original series American Vandal, a "true-crime satire that explores the aftermath of a costly high school prank that left twenty-seven faculty cars vandalized with phallic images." Tatro plays Dylan Maxwell, a student accused of vandalizing the cars, and focuses on the mystery of proving his innocence. The show satirizes the popular true-crime genre, such as the Netflix series Making a Murderer.

On November 20, Tatro announced via social media that he joined the cast of Smallfoot, an 3D computer-animated comedy film as the character Thorp. The film was released in September 2018. The project marked Tatro's second collaboration with Channing Tatum, who he previously worked with on 22 Jump Street.

According to his Instagram, Tatro is also set to appear in the upcoming movie Stuber. The film is set for release in 2019.

On November 14, 2018 it was announced that the second season of Real Bros of Simi Valley, which premiered on Tatro's LifeAccordingToJimmy YouTube channel, would air on Facebook Watch. Tatro is set to star, executive produce, co-write, and direct the series.

LifeAccordingToJimmy

In 2011, Tatro created his YouTube channel, LifeAccordingToJimmy, with his creative partner, Christian Pierce, in which he uploads comedy skits. As of October 2018, the channel has over 3 million subscribers. Tatro's videos have had numerous celebrity appearances, including: Angela Kinsey, David Henrie, Alexander Ludwig, Emily Osment, Darin Brooks, Milo Ventimiglia, Riff Raff, Pauly Shore, and Liliana Mumy.

In 2014, his YouTube channel was listed on New Media Rockstars Top 100 Channels, ranked at #92.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011-present	LifeAccordingToJimmy	Himself	Web series
2013	Grown Ups 2	Fratboy Jimmy	Cameo
	Homemade Movies	Thug	Episode: "Tim Burton's I'm Batman"
2014	22 Jump Street	Rooster
2015	How to Have Sex on a Plane	Lead Guy	Short film
	Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland	Dick Dawg
2016	Betch	Himself / Guy	1 episode
	Internet Famous
	FML	Bobby Fellows
	Boo! A Madea Halloween	Sean
	Air Bound	Matthew	Voice role
2017	Drive Share	Passenger	1 episode
	American Vandal	Dylan Maxwell	Main role, Season 1 Nominated"?Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries Nominated"?IGN Summer Movie Award for Best Comedic TV Performance Pending"?Gold Derby Award for Best Miniseries/TV Movie Actor
2018	Action No. 1	Brian
	Camp Manna	Clayton Vance
	Modern Family	Bill the Firefighter	2 episodes
	Smallfoot	Thorp	Voice role
	Super Troopers 2	Lance Stonebreaker
	The Guest Book	Bodhi	Series regular (season 2)
2019	Stuber
	Bad Education