Matthew Emsak Is a Famous YouTube Personality
Matthew Emsak is one of the very few famous Russian born American YouTube personalities. He is popular as a prankster, comedian, and budding actor. His main video channel has over 1.2 billion views and 9.2 million subscribers, while his vlog has more than 225 million views and 1.8 million subscribers. His parents migrated to America while he was in high school and young Emsak first tried his hand at professional skateboarding. He made his entry into YouTube with videos of his badminton stunts but had to give it up due to a series of injuries. At the age of 18, he worked in an adult film for a famous adult entertainment company in 2011. However, adult film industry was not his cup of tea and Emsak turned his attention to comedy and pranks instead. Matthew is known to go to any length to get his footage for his videos.
In 2012, Matthew Emsak made his first successful video where he dressed up as a zombie and traveled through the poorest of Miami neighborhoods, scaring random unsuspecting bystanders as he pretended to be a cannibal. His actions and the startled reactions of his subjects were a great hit with viewers on YouTube, so much so, that by April 2015 the video had over 30 million views. The prank was so popular that a sequel was produced in Ohio that received over five million views within a week.
Emsak was born on April 16, 1990, in Russia and shortly thereafter moved to Ukraine with his parents. Later, his family migrated to America and lived in Florida, where he finished his last two years of schooling at Park Vista Community High School. Right from his school days, he was known to be the clown of his class. It was his grandmother who encouraged him and bought Matthew Emsak a camera to make his own videos.
