JC Caylen

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Jc Caylen at VidCon 2014
Personal information
Born
Justin Caylan Castillo

(1992-09-11) September 11, 1992 (age 31)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s) YouTuber, comedian, actor, streamer
PartnerChelsey Amaro (2017-present)
YouTube information
Channels
Years active2010–present
Genres
  • Vlogs
  • comedy
  • challenges
  • music
Subscribers
  • 2.82 million (Jc Caylen)
  • 3.71 million (KianAndJc)
  • 176 thousand (LIVE WITH JC CAYLEN)
  • 61.2 thousand (JcCaylenVODS)
Total views
  • 187 million (Jc Caylen)
  • 735 million (KianAndJc)
  • 18 million (LIVE WITH JC CAYLEN)
  • 6.2 million (JcCaylenVODS)
Associated acts Kian Lawley
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers2014
YouTube Diamond Play Button.svg10,000,000 subscribers

Last updated: February 12, 2023

Jc Caylen (born Justin Caylan Castillo; September 11, 1992) is an American YouTube personality from Houston, Texas.

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Early life and education

Jc Caylen was born in Houston, Texas. He and his family moved to San Antonio, Texas, where he grew up. He has three siblings; Jaylyn, Ava Grace and Joe Felix. His parents divorced when he was very young. Caylen attended high school at Sandra Day O'Connor High School in Helotes, Texas. [1] He briefly attended The University of Texas at San Antonio before dropping out to focus on his YouTube career. [2]

Career

Caylen began his career on YouTube, uploading his first public video to his channel, Life with Jc, in 2010. Caylen also gained exposure due to the YouTube supergroup Our2ndLife where he, Connor Franta, Ricky Dillon, Kian Lawley, Trevi Moran and Sam Pottorff went on an international tour and amassed a total 2.7 million subscribers before the group broke up in December 2014. [3]

In 2015, Caylen's compilation album Neptones hit number one on the Top Dance/rap Albums chart, according to Billboard Magazine , the album was from Heard Well, a record label started by YouTube user Connor Franta, CAA new Agent Andrew Graham and entrepreneur Jeremy Wineberg. [4]

In addition to his YouTube career, Caylen also has appeared as an actor in several films and television series. In an interview with AOL, Caylen stated about his YouTube presence affecting his acting career, saying "I'd say that it's impacted my career so much because people see my personality on YouTube and they want to work with me more.. It's almost like a video resume because I have my own personality on YouTube and since I don't play a character, they can see who I am and what I'm about. I feel like they know me on a personal level and know what I will be like to work with." [5] Caylen played Mikey in the 2016 Tyler Perry comedy Boo! A Madea Halloween , [6] and its 2017 sequel, Boo 2! A Madea Halloween .

Filmography

Television

YearSeriesRoleNotes
2014 Teen Wolf Unnamed background characterEpisode: "More Bad Than Good"
2016Making MovesHimselfEpisode: "The Name Part 2"
2016The YouTube KillerHimselfShort film
2016 Fight of the Living Dead: Experiment 88 HimselfReality web series,survived
2017 T@gged Sean23 episodes
2017H8tersHimself / Zweeb / Gui Spice10 episodes
2017Apologies In Advance with Andrea RussettHimselfEpisode: "JC Caylen"
2018 Escape the Night Himself as The HippieReality web series,2 episodes
2019Tell Me a StorySeason 2

Films

YearFilmRoleNotes
2015#O2LFOREVERHimselfDocumentary
2016 Sickhouse Himself
2016 Boo! A Madea Halloween Mikey
2017Party BoatOfficer HicksCrackle film
2017 Boo 2! A Madea Halloween Mikey

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