Crankgameplays, born as Ethan Mark Nestor, is a renowned video game commentator, vlogger, and YouTuber. Famed for his dark blue hair, Mark was a former video editor at Markiplier, a prominent online production company owned by Mark Edward Fischbach.
Crankgameplays is not just popular for his video games amongst his fans but also for his strange behavior which earned him the nickname “the loud blue boy who plays video games.”
A talented YouTuber and video producer, he kicked off his career on social media in 2012 when he launched his first YouTube. His second channel was launched in 2013 while the third was launched in December 2015.
Amongst Mark’s three YouTube channels, the most successful of them all is his third channel. CrankGamePlays is his most popular gaming channel.
In addition to being entertaining and of high quality, his captivating voice is another major reason Crankgameplays’ channels boast an impressive number of subscribers. As of 2018, he has more than 500 thousand subscribers on his third YouTube channel.
Crankgameplays Biography (Age)
The YouTuber was born on October 24, 1996, in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, in the United States. His parents are Mark Nestor and Annie Darling. He has an older sibling called Andrew Jośe Nestor. Andrew is an artist and a musician.
As a budding internet sensation, there’s less information about Crankgameplays, his family, relations, early life and whatnot. However, we gathered that he graduated from Cape Elizabeth High School in 2015 and later relocated to Portland, in Maine, in order to give his YouTube career a full attention.
The young American vlogger had wanted to study at Full Sail University but he later changed his mind and decided to become a video editor and producer.
His YouTube Career
While growing up, Crankgameplays used to spend most of his time recording videos with his friends. He took his love for video gaming in 2012 to another level when he launched his first YouTube channel, Cranckgameplays, with his friend, Andrew Harrington.
He dropped his first video titled “Dirty Mic and the Boys-Happy Wheels Gameplay Numero Uno” on August 30, 2012. He went on to launch his second channel titled:” Cranky Vlogs” in May 2013 and then the third at the end of 2015, as mentioned earlier.
CranckGamesplays’ Family Life
The YouTuber is single. He has no girlfriend at the moment neither has he gotten married before. He has no children but could become a father someday. He could have dated some girls in the past but there’s no report on his dating history.
Everything You Need to Know about the YouTuber
1. Cranckgamesplays dyed his hair blue on October 16, 2015, in fulfillment of his promise to his fans. The YouTuber had promised to do so if they hit the goal in one of his charity livestreams. He shared the video captioned “Dying My Hair Blue” on his original channel.
2. Prior to the time he launched his new channel, he had 25,000 subscribers on his old channel and only 200 of them were active at the time.
3. Crankgameplays’ middle name “Mark” comes from his dad’s first name.
4. His other name, Ethan, came from Mission Impossible actor Ethan Hunt. His father gave him the name probably because he likes the actor.
5. The Cape Elizabeth-born vlogger is allergic to peanuts. He discovered this after he went into anaphylactic shock after eating a peanut butter-covered pasta his mother prepared for him.
6. He loves animals so much. Previously, he had 3 Portuguese Water Dogs (Dexter, Cooper, and Max), 3 lizards (Cody, Carmen, and Carmen) and other pets.
7. Ethan’s favorite fruit is strawberries while his favorite foods are Hawaiian pizza, sushi, and frozen waffles.
8. According to him, his parent would have named him Alyssa if he was a girl.
9. As a kid, Crankgameplays always wanted to be an actor because he loves making people happy.
10. The YouTuber plays the ukulele and also unravels a Rubik’s Cube in under 5 minutes.
11. The internet sensation formerly worked as a waiter at a BBQ restaurant called Salvage BBQ. This was when he was staying in Portland with his dad.
12. Aside from YouTube, Crangameplay’s dream job is Director of Cinematography.
13. He has lots of favorites games. One of them is Omni-Bus.
14. His favorite comedian is John Mulaney.
15. He is 5 feet 7 inches tall.
16. His favorite actor is Daniel Radcliffe.
17. A talented gymnast, he loves sports so much that he was made it as a top gymnast in the entire North-Eastern region. Although he chose YouTube over gymnastics, he does backflips occasionally.
18. He had his first kiss at the age of 15.
