Steven He

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Steven He
Born (1996-12-31) 31 December 1996 (age 27)
Education
Occupations
  • Social media personality
  • actor
  • comedian
  • pianist
YouTube information
Channels
Years active2019–present
Genre Sketch comedy
Subscribers
  • 13 million (Steven He)
  • 536 thousand (Steven He Live)
  • 1.71 million (Steven He Shorts)
  • 410 thousand (Steven He官方中文頻道)
Total views
  • 3.6 billion (Steven He)
  • 34.7 million (Steven He Live)
  • 312.6 million (Steven He Shorts)
  • 104 million (Steven He官方中文頻道)
Associated acts
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers
YouTube Diamond Play Button.svg10,000,000 subscribers

Last updated: 3 November 2024

Steven He (born 31 December 1996) is a Chinese-born Irish social media personality, actor, comedian, and pianist currently based in the United States. Primarily known for his satirical comedy sketches on YouTube and TikTok, he rose to prominence in the 2020s through his portrayal of a fictionalised version of his father, whose personality parodies East Asian parenting stereotypes. He also popularised the phrase "emotional damage". [1]

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Biography

Steven He was born on 31 December 1996, in Shenzhen, China, where he lived until the age of 8. He moved to Ireland in 2004 and continued to travel between both China and Ireland. He moved to West Covina, California, intending to become an actor and YouTuber.

He started his YouTube channel in 2019. Before this, He was known for performing short comedy skits on TikTok. [2] Since then, he became known for the Internet meme "emotional damage", a catchphrase that went viral after the release of his YouTube video, 'When "Asian" is a difficulty mode'. in the dramedy series, Groundbreaking. [3] In 2023 he started the Ginormo! series on YouTube. [4]

He owns and uploads videos to three YouTube channels: his eponymous channel Steven He, Steven He Live, and Steven He Shorts. [5]

In September 2024, He was announced to making an appearance as a "special guest" in the second episode of the 19th season of the BYU TV sketch-comedy series, Studio C. [6]

Awards

YearAwardDateCategoryResultRef
20222022 Winner Septimius Award8 June 2022Best Content CreatorWon [7]
2023Show Awards27 August 2023Scripted SeriesWon [8]

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