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= Mike Tornabene =

Mike Tornabene (born May 15, 1989), is an American actor, writer, comedian, and YouTuber. He is best known for his portrayal of Dom Mazzetti, a stereotypical jock from Jersey that discusses trending topics in pop culture, college life, gym culture, and fitness. Tornabene is the co-creator and star of the YouTube channel BroScienceLife which has over 2 million subscribers and more than 353 million video views. His popularity as Dom led to the creation of the spin-off channel BROS V which features his friend, and bodybuilder, Bradley Martyn.

Tornabene has appeared in Boo! A Madea Halloween and Boo 2! A Madea Halloween. He has also starred in the TV Series short Bro/Science/Life: The Series produced by Seven Buck Productions.

Early Life
Tornabene was born and raised in Clinton Township, New Jersey. He went to high school at North Hunterdon High School where he met his best friend Gian Hunjan, co-creator and director of the YouTube channel BroScienceLife. The duo began to explore comedy by entertaining the staff while working at a restaurant in high school. He then moved to New York to attend the New York University’ Tisch School of the Arts where he graduated in May 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts in Film and Television. During his time in New York, Tornabene also studied to get his personal trainer certification.

Although Tornabene and Hunjan parted ways when Tornabene went to NYU and Hunjan left for Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the duo continued to pursue comedy. They did a majority of their writing over video chat. Initially, they wrote a comedic script about the restaurant they worked at during high school. They eventually moved on to developing a television pilot script and a feature length comedy screenplay. Their television scripts never came to fruition, however, in September 2009 Tornabene and Hunjan launched their website Mike & Gian Comedy and created an associated Facebook page. They also started posting their comedy sketches on the video platform YouTube where they received generally positive feedback.

Dom Mazzetti
In January 10, 2011 Mike and Gian launched their YouTube channel DomMazzetti. Their videos revolved around Dom Mazzetti, a caricature of the stereotypical Jersey “guido”, reminiscent of the residents in the TV show Jersey Shore, who dropped out of college yet continues to provide insight into the many dimensions of college life. Originally, Dom was written to be a middle-aged, dim-witted, Italian character in a comedy sketch about cooking, but the sketch was never filmed or published. Instead, Tornabene and Hunjan decided to incorporate Dom into another sketch involving a satirical interview with a member of the bomb squad based on the UPS bomb scare to diffuse the tension. After receiving phenomenal feedback, they decided to shift their focus on the character of Dom and wrote more sketches in which he tackled trending topics. Their next video, Dom Mazzetti vs. Four Loko, released after Four Loko was being banned, spread quickly on Facebook and eventually went viral.

Tornabene and Hunjan continued to make Dom Mazetti videos and started tackling aspects of college life such as partying, relationships , freshman , and spring break. In their video Dom Mazetti vs. Single Girls, Jenna Marbles, another famous YouTuber, made a cameo. To date, the DomMazzetti channel has more than 378,000 subscribers and over 64 million video views.

BroScienceLife
Tornabene’s next big project was the YouTube channel BroScienceLife, launched in December 10, 2012 which was advertised to be “50% fact, 50% magic, 100% results”. Reprising his role as the Jersey college dropout, Dom Mazzetti, this channel focused more on satirical fitness videos and discussing gym culture.

In the first video What is Bro Science, Tornabene describes Bro Science to be “lifting advice from an unqualified bro who looks like he works out”. The channel shot Tornabene to YouTube stardom after the release of How To Get Your Girlfriend to Start Lifting which was viewed more than 16 million times and continues to be the most viewed video on BroScienceLife. Tornabene discusses general fitness while giving tips as a “brofessor”, shedding light on topics such as dieting, gym etiquette , supplements , and gym gear. He also shares his opinion on trending fitness topics such as crossfit, the dad bod , calisthenics , powerlifting , and New Years Resolutioners. Furthermore, the channel also features instructional videos such as How to Bulk and the most “alpha” exercises series.

Tornabene has collaborated with many notable figures in fitness for his videos such as Kali Muscle, Mike Rashid, Bradley Martyn, and Scot Mendelson. Overall, his channel has garnered over 353 million views and 2.2 million subscribers, earning Tornabene the Gold Play Button.

BROS V
Based on the success of BroScienceLife and the positive feedback towards his on-screen rivalry with Bradley Martyn, Tornabene collaborated with Martyn to create the channel BROS V in which Tornabene continues with his role as Dom Mazzetti, and Bradley Martyn plays himself. The channel follows Tornabene and Martyn as they vlog while going about their daily lives trying different activities, such as building Ikea furniture, trying vegan food, and playing video games, often with a comedic twist due to Dom’s volatile nature. Since its conception inception in January 2016, the channel has more than 408,000 subscribers and 20.6 million video views.

GNARPM
In 2016, Tornabene rebranded his personal vlog channel to GNARPM in which he vlogs his daily life in addition to other content. The name originated from his supplement venture, Gnarpump, and is a pun for RPM. He also shares behind-the-scenes footage and bloopers from BroScienceLife. More recently, Tornabene has started uploading videos pertaining to motorsports in which he drives supercars and off-road vehicles, shows car modifications, and covered a road trip across America. To date, the GNARPM channel has over 290,000 subscribers and 14 million video views.

Personal Life
Tornabene met Leah Marie Deming, a graphic designer, in 2013 and have been dating since. He describes Deming to be supportive and always tries to find time for her. They live together with Tornabene’s dog named Bandit. Tornabene got his first tattoo in 2017, a wolf with “Don’t Die” written around it. Since then he has gotten two eagles on his chest to represent his parents.

Tornabene is also an avid car enthusiast, evident through his posts on Instagram and his GNARPM channel. He personally owns an Aston Martin V12 Vantage and a McLaren 570 GT.

Acting
In 2016, Tornabene was cast as Dino in ''Boo! A Madea Halloween'' in which he had a small part. He returned as Dino ''for the sequel, Boo 2! A Madea Halloween''. In May 2017, Seven Bucks Digital Studios announced it would produce the pilot TV series for Bro/Science/Life: The Series starring Tornabene as Dom Mazzetti. Over the course of 4 weeks, 4 short videos were released on YouTube. The pilot series received a generally positive rating of 8.1/10 on IMDB, but fans were not pleased. Moreover, Tornabene, in character as Dom, also expressed how he felt censored and generally unimpressed with the experience of starring in a TV series and diverging from his typical content.

Merchandise
Tornabene released a brand of BroScienceLife related merchandise called Dom Merch. This includes t-shirts, hoodies, cut-offs, joggers, and workout gear with gym puns and memorable quotes from the videos printed on them. Shortly after, Tornabene created his own line of supplements called BroSupps, available on his website. He also wrote a book based on his videos called The Swoly Bible under the pseudonym Dom Mazzetti.

Music
In September 2016, Tornabene released a song titled Father Forgive Me to celebrate the 100th BroScienceLife video. The song was produced by EDM artist 3LAU and was viewed over 1.5 million times.