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Born | Caspar Richard George Lee 24 April 1994 London, England | |||||||||
Origin | Knysna, South Africa | |||||||||
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Occupation(s) | YouTuber, entrepreneur | |||||||||
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Years active | 2012–present | |||||||||
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Subscribers | 6.83 million [1] | |||||||||
Total views | 781 million [1] | |||||||||
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Last updated: 1 September 2021 |
Caspar Richard George Lee (born 24 April 1994) is a British-South African YouTuber [2] and investor. [3] [4] He was featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2020 for his work in media and advertising. [5]
Lee started his YouTube channel 'dicasp' in 2011, and later renamed it 'Caspar'. Lee was part of the 'YouTube Boyband' that raised money in 2014 for Comic Relief. [6] [7] [8] He was named by Yahoo! News as one of "12 Web-savvy entrepreneurs to watch" in December 2013. [9] He collaborated with Lisa Kudrow in two episodes of Web Therapy [10] [11] (2014).
Lee played Garlic in the 2014 comedy movie, Spud 3: Learning to Fly , with John Cleese and Troye Sivan. [12] Lee and Joe Sugg appeared in a 2015 travel documentary, Joe and Caspar Hit the Road , and its sequel Joe and Caspar Hit The Road: USA, produced for BBC Worldwide. [13] Also in 2016, Lee starred in Laid in America alongside YouTube comedian KSI (Olajide Olatunji). [14] Lee appeared in the music video for Charli XCX's 2017 single, "Boys".
In August 2017, Lee was named "Chief Vision Officer" of Influencer Ltd, a British influencer marketing agency. [15] [5] Caspar Lee, a biography written by Lee and his mother, Emily, was published in hardcover in May 2016. [16] Lee also co-founded [17] Margravine Management with Joe Sugg.
In May 2020, Lee co-founded Proper Living, [18] a South African student accommodation company.
In 2022, Lee launched Creator Ventures [3] with former private equity investor cousin Sasha Kaletsky. Their venture capital fund raised $20m to finance early-stage, consumer-internet startups.
Born in London, Lee is the son of TV commercial producers Emily Lee (née Murphy, b. 1956) and Jonathan Lee (b. 1955). Lee's older sister, Theodora Lee (b. 1991), is an author and advertisement creator. The family emigrated to South Africa in 1996. Lee was raised in Knysna and Durban, where he attended Crawford College, La Lucia. [19] When Lee was younger he was diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome. [20] In 2013, Lee moved from South Africa to live with YouTuber Alfie Deyes. In 2014, Lee moved into a London apartment with fellow YouTuber Joe Sugg. In 2016, he moved into an apartment with Josh Pieters, who is also a YouTuber. [19] Lee is engaged to Ambar Driscoll. [21]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2014 | Spud 3: Learning to Fly | Garlic | |
2015 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water | Seagull | Voice role (UK version) |
2015 | Joe & Caspar Hit the Road USA | Himself | Documentary |
2016 | Laid in America | Jack | |
2019 | Wonder Park | Cooper | Voice role (UK version) |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2014 | Web Therapy | Himself (fictional) | 2 episodes |
2015 | Lorraine | Himself | Episode: 24 November 2015 |
2018 | Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two | Himself | Episode: 13 December 2018 |
2019 | Celebrity Mastermind | Himself | Contestant (Episode: 31 December 2019) |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2014 | Web Therapy | Himself (fictional) | 2 episodes |
Year | Title | Artist(s) | Role | Ref. |
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2016 | "Friends with Benefits" | KSI feat. MDMN | Himself | [22] |
2017 | "Boys" | Charli XCX | Himself | [23] |
2019 | "Real Name" | KSI, Randolph, Talia Mar | Wedding guest | [24] |
Lee won "Social Media Superstar" at the 2018 Global Awards. [25]
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Born in March 1994