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Mohd Yusof bin Hashim (born July 8, 1993) or better known as Yusof Hashim or Ucop is a Malaysian actor, singer, dancer and social media personality based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He rose to fame as a creator on Instagram and YouTube after massive renown for his Dubsmash vignettes which earned him the title of the King of Dubsmash Malaysia by the Malaysian press in 2015. Yusof is known for his lip-sync and dance cover videos and has been crowned the Top Lifestyle Influencer in 2015 by Influence Asia.

Childhood and adolescence (1993 - 2010)
Yusof, who is the eldest child of three siblings, is the result of the marriage of Hashim bin Yusoff (Army retiree) with Noraisyah Binti Mohd Ramli, a catering business entrepreneur. Born and raised in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia he was raised by his stepmother the late Enon Binti Kaya from the age of 1 to 7 years old. Since childhood, Yusof loved to dance to songs played by his father on cassettes and often became the focus among the family and the public. Among the songs that have been a favorite and often sung by Yusof are Awas from KRU and also Senggol-senggolan, Cubit-cubitan from Mas Idayu. His father began to realize Yusof’s talent when he often won patriotic singing competitions, poetry recitation and active involvement in dance performances in his early education at Sri Delima National Primary School, Jalan Ipoh in 2000-2006. Due to his deep interest in the field of dance, Yusof took a traditional dance course and was a Youth Cultural Artist under the auspices of the Outstanding Arts Club at the Department of Culture and Arts in 2007-2009.

Early roles 2009 - 2014
As a teenager, Yusof started his career as a dancer and played as one of the ensemble in many local musical theatre performances before he made his first stage debut in the musical theatre called Gamat The Musical which he played as Bintang (starfish) in 2009. In 2013, he was hired as a backup dancer for Mizz Nina Around The World Concert. In the same year, Yusof played as one of the ensemble cast for one the most popular Malaysian musical show called Cuci The Musical (Last Kopek).

Breakthrough and rise to prominance 2015 - present
In April 2015, Yusof played as one of the ensemble cast in the Baik Punya Cilok The Musical which the same time his Dubsmash videos went viral.

Stage

 * Lawak Keder 1, 2 dan 3 (2012-2013)
 * Jamu (Aswara) - piece by Failul Adam
 * Karoot Komedia
 * Mizz Nina Around The World Concert (2013)

Dubsmash
In June 2015, Yusof began to be mentioned on social media when he discovered the Dubsmash app and downloaded his first video featuring the voices of famous singers Lady Gaga and Beyonce with appearances, self-produced with her friends. The idea to produce this video came when Yusof was preparing for the next scene in Teater Baik Punya Cilok in mid - 2015. Musical theatre took place and Yusof's attitude of entertaining friends by imitating the character of this celebrity made Yusof as Lady Gaga Malaysia among his friends since before the existence of the Dubsmash application again. Yusof’s name soared on social media sites with the number of followers on Instagram rising dramatically. Aware of the existence of followers that include Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, Yusof introduced fictional characters with a storyline designed by him such as Thilagesh, Siska, Rowena and Gaga which is now the craze of his followers to be used as a medium of entertainment and then challenge himself in produce works in acting.

Acting
His experience in theater musicals has indirectly nurtured this young man’s talent in the field of acting since he was 17 years old. Due to the varied characterization in the Instagram page which was once a phenomenon, Yusof was given the trust by one of the local directors Nizam Zakaria through his first Telemovie DUA which was co -starred by popular actress Nora Danish in early 2016.