Josh Nalley

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Josh Nalley
Born1980or1981(age 42–43)
OccupationTikToker

Josh Nalley (born 1980/1981) [1] [lower-alpha 1] is an American TikToker. He is perhaps best known for posting himself playing dead to get cast as a dead guy in a television series or film for 321 days on TikTok.

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Life and career

Nalley is a restaurant manager [2] in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. [3]

In October 2021, Nalley began posting himself playing dead everyday on TikTok, [4] [5] hoping to get cast as a dead guy in a television series or film. After 321 days of posting, he was cast as a dead guy in an episode of the television series CSI: Vegas . [6] [7]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Nalley was a restaurant owner at the age of 41 in 2022

Sources

  1. ↑ Yang, Maya (29 October 2022). "Man who plays dead on TikTok gets new life as corpse on TV crime show". The Guardian . Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  2. ↑ Tumin, Remy (26 October 2022). "TikToker Lands the Role of a Lifetime: Playing Dead on TV". The New York Times . Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  3. ↑ Bienasz, Gabrielle (27 October 2022). "This Guy Did The Same Thing on TikTok for 200 Days Straight to Land His Dream Job on CSI". Entepreneur . Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  4. ↑ Edwards, Jonathan (27 October 2022). "He played dead on TikTok — and scored a 'CSI' corpse gig". The Washington Post . Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  5. ↑ Blanchet, Brenton (27 October 2022). "Kentucky Man Who Plays Dead on TikTok Lands Gig as a Corpse on 'CSI: Vegas'". People . Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  6. ↑ Adams, Kirby (24 October 2022). "A Kentucky man posed as a dead body on TikTok for 321 days. Now he's going to be on CSI". Courier Journal . Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  7. ↑ Adams, Kirby (1 November 2022). "Courier Journal finds 'playing dead' isn't as easy as it looks from 'dead guy' TikTok star". Courier Journal . Retrieved 14 April 2024.


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