Chester See

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Born
Chester Lionel Watch

(1983-04-20) April 20, 1983 (age 40)
Education BA in Economics and Theater Arts
Alma mater UCLA
Occupation(s)Actor, musician, vlogger
Years active2006–present
Known forYouTube personality, singer, songwriter
Awards2014 Streamy for Best Original Song
Website chestersee.com/info/

Chester See (born Chester Lionel Watch April 20, 1983) is an American YouTuber, singer and actor. He is best known for his YouTube videos, which have garnered over 207 million views, as of September 2017. He appeared as Stacee Jaxx in Rock of Ages on Broadway from October 2014 through January 2015.

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Career

In 2006 See hosted Disney 365, an entertainment news program on the Disney Channel, which ran until 2009. [1] [2]

See started his ChesterSee YouTube channel in 2007 after having some success writing lyrics for Warner/Chappell. [1] [2] The channel primarily consists of comedy sketches, short films and cover songs. [3] [4] He is part of the Maker Studios multi-channel network. [5] In 2011, See, alongside YouTubers Nigahiga and Kevin Wu uploaded a music video titled Nice Guys. In 2012, See, alongside YouTubers Nigahiga and Kevin Wu, also film director Justin Lin, started the YOMYOMF YouTube channel. [6] [7] [8] The channel released an internet-only reality TV talent show called Internet Icon later that year; See hosted the first season. [9] [10] Later in the year, See was a contestant on season 2 of D-trix's Dance Showdown . [11]

In 2013 See was the executive producer for online-only NBC and AwesomenessTV produced musical comedy series Side Effects; he also starred as Keith in eight episodes over two seasons. [12] [13] The following year See was cast as Jeff Sanford in the comedy film Camp Takota , in a supporting role alongside Grace Helbig, Mamrie Hart and Hannah Hart. [5] See starred as Stacee Jaxx in a Broadway production of Rock of Ages from October 27, 2014 through January 4, 2015. [1] [2] [5] [14] See appeared in the 2015 Relativity Digital and FilmOn feature film, Bob Thunder: Internet Assassin . [15] [16] In 2018, he made a guest appearance on the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, where he was given a drag makeover by contestant Miz Cracker. He and Cracker won the challenge and was given a Klein, Epstein, and Parker $2,000 gift card as a prize.

As of January 2020, See has produced over 400 YouTube videos and has over 1.9 million subscribers to his YouTube channel ChesterSee and over 275 million video views. [5] [17] As of August 2014, he has sold over 500,000 songs on iTunes. [1] [14] See is influential through social media, with over 200,000 followers on both Twitter and Instagram as of January 2020. [18]

Awards and nominations

See was nominated for two Streamy awards in 2013 at the 3rd Streamy Awards, under the "Best Online Musician" and "Audience Choice Finalists for Personality of the Year" categories. [19] He received a further four nominations in 2014, winning the "Original Song" category for his song "Whistle While I Work It" in collaboration with Toby Turner and Wayne Brady. [1] [20] He was also nominated in the "Best Collaboration" (for his cover of "No Diggity" by Blackstreet with Flula Borg), "Best Cover Song" (for his cover of "Roar" by Katy Perry with Andy Lange, Andrew Garcia and Josh Golden) and "Best Musical Artist" categories. [21]

In 2014, See's YouTube Channel was listed on New Media Rockstars Top 100 Channels, ranked at #44. [22]

Education

See graduated from UCLA in 2005 with a BA in Economics and Theater Arts. [1]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 Camp Takota Jeff Sanford
2015 Bob Thunder: Internet Assassin Himself
2016 Dirty 30 Ben

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006–2009Disney 365Himself22 episodes
2012Yesterday, Today, ForeverHimself8 episodes
2013–2014Side EffectsKeith8 episodes on AwesomenessTV's YouTube Channel, 2 seasons
2018 Rupaul's Drag Race Himself / Miz CookieEpisode: "Social Media Kings Into Queens"

Theatre

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014–2015 Rock of Ages Stacee JaxxBroadway

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