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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Roman Atwood Personal information Born	Roman Bernard Atwood May 28, 1983 (age 33) Millersport, Ohio, United States. CALLUM BEGGS AKA SON OF KLOPP

Nationality	American Occupation	YouTube personality Website	www.romanatwood.com YouTube information Channel	RomanAtwood Years active	2009–present Genre	Comedy Subscribers	9.1 million subscribers as of June 2016 Total views	1,295,040,710 views (April 2016) Network	Studio71 Play buttons[show] Subscriber and view counts updated as of April 23, 2016. Roman Bernard Atwood (born May 28, 1983)[1] is an American YouTube personality.

His hidden camera public prank videos, which he uploads to his YouTube account, have garnered over 1.28 billion views and more than 8.7 million subscribers (as of April 2016).[2]

He frequently collaborates with fellow YouTube personalities Vitaly Zdorovetskiy, Dennis Roady, and Yousef Erakat.

Contents [hide] 1	Personal life 2	Career 2.1	YouTube 2.1.1	Plastic Ball Prank 2.1.2	Anniversary Prank 2.1.3	Killing My Kid Prank 2.2	Film 2.2.1	Natural Born Pranksters 3	Legal Issues 4	Awards and nominations 5	References Personal life From Millersport, Ohio, Atwood has been filming and producing videos since high school. He produced a series of DVDs called "The Nerd Herd" which he sold at the Warped Tour in 2006.[3] Atwood has also worked on various film projects and commercials in Columbus, Ohio until 2010, when he decided to focus on his passion of comedy and created the YouTube channel "Sketch Empire". Before his career as a YouTube prankster, he was working in his family's rope factory "Atwood Rope".[4]

He resides in his hometown with his girlfriend Brittney[5] and his 2 children, Noah (born October, 2004)[6] and Kane (born October, 2011).[7]

Career YouTube Plastic Ball Prank Atwood fills his house with plastic balls 2.5 ft high while his girlfriend is out. As of May 27th 2016, this video has over 72 million views. This video was noticed by Nissan, who gave him a 2015 Nissan GTR in exchange to use his video in the WithDad campaign during their half-time advert at Super Bowl XLIX. This was awarded the best "Brand Campaign" for the 5th Streamy Awards.[8]

Anniversary Prank His "Anniversary Prank Backfires!!" was posted on November 20, 2013 and has over 70.58 million views as of October 2015. It features Atwood pranking his girlfriend, Brittney, on their five-year anniversary by confessing that he has cheated on her. The prank backfires when she sees the camera beforehand and pranks him back by pretending that she has cheated on him too. At the end of the video, Brittney says "I thought you were going to propose".[9]

Killing My Kid Prank A prank entitled "Killing My Own Kid PRANK!!", posted on November 30, 2014 and has over 35.56 million views as of October 2015. The video shows Atwood "pranking" his girlfriend Brittney by throwing a mannequin of Atwood's youngest son, Kane, age 4, over the balcony of their 2 story house. When Brittney reaches the mannequin dressed in a Spider-Man costume, she quickly pulls the mask off and notices that it was just another one of his pranks. At this point she breaks down into tears as Roman enters the room snickering at her. She then storms off, but returns when Roman asks her "Are you really that mad?" She then starts shouting at him and tells him he's "sleeping on the couch".[10]

Film Natural Born Pranksters In 2016, Roman Atwood, Vitaly Zdorovetskiy and Dennis Roady released a film produced by Lionsgate called "Natural Born Pranksters".[11][12]

Legal Issues Roman has had several run-ins with the law, often without any prosecution, during the filming of his pranks.

In March 2014, Roman, along with his accomplices, were arrested for inducing panic and disorderly conduct by the Columbus Police Department during the shooting of a prank. He was released on bail and was summoned to court.[13] The case was widely contested, with his fans showing up to court to support and watch the case. As a defendant, he won the case on the basis of expression of art and freedom of speech, and the case was settled.[14]

Awards and nominations Year	Work	Category	Award	Result	Ref. 2014	Roman Atwood	Pranks	4th Streamy Awards	Nominated	[15] 2015	Crazy Plastic Ball Prank #WithDad, Roman Atwood (Nissan)	Brand Campaign	5th Streamy Awards	Won	[16] 2016	Roman Atwood	YouTube Comedian	8th Shorty Awards	Won	[17] References Jump up ^ Ohio Birth Index, 1908-2011 Jump up ^ RomanAtwood. YouTube. Retrieved April 17, 2016. Jump up ^ "the nerd herd Video by roman atwood on Myspace". Myspace. Retrieved August 31, 2015. Jump up ^ "Atwood Rope MFG : Atwood Rope MFG : Arm Rope, Arbor, Utility, Solid Braid, Dozer". Atwoodrope.net. Retrieved December 6, 2014. Jump up ^ "YouTube prankster Roman Atwood tricks girlfriend into believing their son is dead". The Independent. Retrieved 2016-03-31. Jump up ^ "Noah Vaughn Atwood (b. 2004)". birth-records.mooseroots.com. Retrieved 2016-03-31. Jump up ^ "Kane Alexander Atwood (b. 2011)". birth-records.mooseroots.com. Retrieved 2016-03-31. Jump up ^ "5th Annual Winners & Nominees". Streamys. Retrieved September 20, 2015. Jump up ^ "Anniversary Prank Backfires!!". YouTube. Retrieved December 6, 2014. Jump up ^ "Killing My Own Kid PRANK!!". YouTube. Retrieved February 17, 2015. Jump up ^ "Natural Born Pranksters the Movie: Official Site for News & Updates - NaturalBornPranksters.com". naturalbornpranksters.com. Retrieved 2016-03-31. Jump up ^ Atwood, Roman; Pluimer, Ben (2016-04-01), Natural Born Pranksters, retrieved 2016-03-31 Jump up ^ "Famous Prankster Arrested, Video Confiscated for 'Evidence'". Activist Post. Retrieved 2016-03-31. Jump up ^ "Popular Youtube Pranksters RomanAtwood & VitalyzdTv Arrested For Inducing Panic & Disorderly Conduct Over ATM Prank". WORLDSTARHIPHOP. Retrieved 2016-03-31. Jump up ^ "4th Annual Winners & Nominees". Streamys. Retrieved September 17, 2015. Jump up ^ "5th Annual Winners". Streamys. Retrieved September 17, 2015. Jump up ^ Ngak, Chenda (11 April 2016). "Shorty Awards 2016 Best YouTube Comedian". Shorty Awards. Retrieved 17 April 2016.