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Alex "Shooter" Williamson is an Australian stand-up and Youtube comedian, best known for his Youtube channel, "Alex Williamson Comedy". The comedy portrayed in his videos is predominantly edgy, blue, and parodic.

Background
Williamson was born in Adelaide, South Australia to father Paul Williamson and mother Sharon Cahill. He was raised in the rural town of Willunga. Williamson attended Tatachilla Lutheran College. It was during his time at school that he developed an interest in comedy, and eventually in creating Youtube videos.

Career
Williamson began performing stand-up comedy in 2007 at various comedy clubs in Adelaide, in addition to producing Youtube videos in his spare time.

In 2009, Williamson entered the Triple J Raw Comedy Awards, emerging as South Australian state finalist.

Radio and other work
Williamson worked a Sunday night spot on SAFM and Barry Digital Radio in 2010.

In 2011, Williamson worked as a red carpet reporter for The Hot Hits Live from LA with Andrew Günsberg. During this time he interviewed many celebrities including Jason Biggs, Olivia Wilde, Seann William Scott, and Robin Williams, shorts of which he has included in his Youtube videos.

Youtube
Williamson gained early popularity after creating a series of comedy videos about his experiences with the Australian Football League fantasy football site AFL Dream Team. He involved in this series of videos a number of professional players such as Kurt Tippett, Jack Trengove, Tom Scully, Daniel Motlop and Andrew Embley in his videos.

A large amount of positive attention has been gained from Williamson's comedic portrayal of drug-troubled former Australian rules footballer Ben Cousins. The videos are in a documentary format, several being presented so as to parody the documentary Such Is Life: The Troubled Times of Ben Cousins. In producing this series of shorts he collaborated with Australian entertainment figures Wil Anderson and Greg Fleet.

More recently, Williamson's Youtube channel has seen substantial growth in its subscriber base after he published videos of two new characters, "Loosest Aussie Bloke" and "New Age Bogan".

Other collaborations
In his Youtube shorts, Williamson has collaborated with numerous Australian entertainment figures including Paul Foot, Josh Lawson, Troy Kinne, Dave Thornton, Dave Callan, as well as Canadian actor Tom Green.

Additionally, his Australian rules football themed videos have included players such as Kevin Sheedy, Daniel Motlop, Kurt Tippett, Jason Porplyzia, Andrew Embley, Beau Waters, Brett Ebert, Tom Scully, Jack Trengove, Ricky Petterd, Lynden Dunn, and former Port Adelaide Football Club coach Mark "Choco" Williams.

Personal life
Williamson is an avid follower of the Australian Football League (AFL). He supports the Adelaide Football Club.