Celebrity Biographies
Elton Castee Height, Weight, Age, Body Stats
Elton Castee Quick Info | |
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Height | 5 feet 7 inches |
weight | 68 kg |
Date of birth | July 6, 1990 |
Star sign | Krebs |
girlfriend | Ginger Duran |
Elton Castee is an American social media star, producer, actor, comedian, TV personality and social activist, best known for his YouTube channel titled ‘TFIL’ which has a fanbase of more than 2.5 million subscribers and counting than 350 million visitors. Originally known for his short skits on the Vine platform, Elton gained widespread recognition after his video of jumping into a public fountain and shouting “Cannonball!” Screaming went viral. On July 25, 2011, he launched his YouTube channel to expand his reach. The channel’s viewership skyrocketed when Elton uploaded a video series that followed a group of friends in a beat-up RV in search of adventures while traveling and had a list of 1000 ridiculous things they wanted to do before dying with only $600 in their pocket. Between 2016, when they set the goal, and early July 2019, they crossed 237 things out of 1000 from their bucket list and visited 15 countries and 6 continents. During that time, they have raised more than $325,000 for a variety of reasons and have become a ten-time Guinness World Record holder.
To raise awareness and encourage fundraising, Elton has collaborated with other social media stars such as Andrea Russett, Corey Scherer, Sam Golbach, Colby Brock, Corbin Reinhardt, Jake Webber, David Dobrik and Scotty Sire. He uploads vlogs and challenges them to get adrenaline pumping, potentially deadly activities like shooting a rocket launcher, skydiving, driving a tank, kayaking off a waterfall, racing in a Lamborghini, alligator wrestling, bungee jumping and more. On May 8, 2019, Elton launched his secondary YouTube channel titled TFIL Films, also known as TFIL – Films to Inspire Change, the first non-profit YouTube documentary channel with a goal of donating 100% of his posts to generate revenue different causes and organizations.For the Sparta Organization in January 2019 to help with this effort. Elton Castee has also built a large online following with more than 700,000 followers on Instagram, more than 600,000 followers on Twitter and more than 500,000 followers on Facebook.
Born name
Elton Drew Castee
nickname
Elton
Sun sign
Krebs
Place of birth
Connecticut, United States
Residence
Los Angeles, California, United States
nationality
training
Its educational history is unknown.
occupation
Social Media Star, Social Activist, Actor, TV Personality, Producer, Comedian
family
- Father – unknown
- Mother – unknown
- Siblings – Unknowns
Manager
Elton Castee is represented by –
- Abrams Artists Agency (Talent Agent) in Los Angeles, Kalifornien, USA
- 28th Ave Management (Manager) in Venice, Kalifornien, USA
Genre
Hip Hop, Rap, Alternative / Indie
instruments
Life
labels
Send it to society
To build
Slim
Height
5 feet 7 inches or 170 cm
weight
68 kg or 150 lbs
girlfriend/spouse
Elton Castee dated –
- Amanda Swearingen (2017-2018) – His relationship with TV show host Amanda Swearingen can be found on social media through early 2017. The two have appeared together in many videos on his channel. On Valentine’s Day 2017, he dedicated a message to her on Twitter as a gift, and joked that he finally decided to follow her on all social media. The two broke up in mid-2018, and since Amanda was getting a lot of backlash from his fanbase, she decided to delete all of her social media accounts. To explain what happened and bring himself to closure 4 months after he wrote the lyrics and released a song called I love you bye.on September 2, 2018, he said goodbye to a relationship that had a major impact on him.
- Ginger Duran (2019-Present) – In January 2019, Elton made an Instagram post showing him for the first time with his girlfriend in an art gallery. A self-proclaimed margarita connoisseur, book clubber, hot sauce lover, and talent manager, the two have become almost inseparable. They also share a love of animals and have visited wildlife sanctuary Animal Tracks, Inc. in Los Angeles, California, USA and snapped a photo with internet sensation Dobby the Fox.
race/ethnicity
White
He is of American descent.
hair colour
Schwarz
He has also dyed his hair pink in the past.
eye color
Green
sexual orientation
Just
distinguishing features
- Messy fringe haircut
- Bushy eyebrows
brand promotion
Elton Castee supported or sponsored organizations and charities such as:
- Animal Track Inc.
- SPCALA
- For the Sparta organization
Known for
- As a social activist who has raised funds for, numerous organizations have created the YouTube channel “TFIL Films”, the first non-profit channel to give 100% of its profits to charity
- The founder of For the Sparta Organization that sells merchandise, raises awareness and does fundraisers for various causes
- His role as one of the “Down South Boys” in the comedy “Sports Film” FML (2016)
- Appears in the web series David’s Vlog Created and run by YouTuber David Dobrik in 2015 and 2016
- Having a fanbase online with more than 2.5 million subscribers on his primary YouTube channel as well as more than 1 million subscribers on his secondary YouTube channel, more than 700,000 followers on Instagram, more than 600,000 followers on Twitter and more than 500,000 followers on Facebook
As a singer
Elton Castee released his debut single on February 22, 2019 entitled The Fun of Life feat. Pierre Bouvier & Scotty Sire. On September 2, 2018, Elton released his second single in the rap/hip-hop genre titled I Love You, Goodbye. feat. Andie Case and Jay Walker.
first movie
Elton Castee made his feature film debut as one of the “Down South Boys” in the comedy “Sports Film” FML in 2016. There have also been YouTubers and social media stars in other roles such as Busy Philipps, Jimmy Tatro, Andrew Daly, Page Kennedy, Jason Nash, Mary Grill, Jessica Serfatzy, David Dobrik, Jaclyn Hales, Skyler Wright, Manon Mathews, Jann Karam, Alex Ernst, Brandon Calvillo and others.
First web show
Elton Castee made his web show debut in an episode titled “As Himself” on Kiss My Friends Mom! of the comedy series David’s Vlog on December 25, 2015.
First TV show
Elton Castee first appeared as “himself” in an episode of the sports comedy series Fox Cast in 2017.
Elton Castee favorite things
- TV Show – Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
- Lied – Babyhai
- Animals – monkey, dog, wolf, sheep, kangaroo, koala, hawk, tiger, elephant, llama
- Personal Quote – “Enjoy the little things in life, maybe one day you’ll look back and realize they were the big things.”
Elton Castee Facts
- After the war, his grandfather only had 7 fingers.
- When Elton 1st started his Vine account, he made a bet with his friends that whoever hits 10,000 followers will have to buy hockey playoff tickets for others. Elton reached the milestone in just 6 days, while one of his friends did it 2 days later.
- Elton’s videos have appeared on MTV’s Ridiculousness , iFunny , Breaking Up , The Chive , TruTV’s 20 Funniest and many other TV and web shows.
- One of his dogs passed away in June 2016.
- He has a dog with heterochromia named Circa who has an Instagram account called “circathefluff” with more than 15,000 followers.
- He created a website, movement, and merchandise store called Send It to Society in 2013 with the goal of keeping as many people off the couch as possible by encouraging an active life.
- Early in life Elton realized that he could achieve his dreams of whatever he wanted, but it just wouldn’t last if he couldn’t support himself. So he worked 2-3 jobs at the same time.
- Elton looked for neon signs in a store, bought them for $30 and resold them for $300.
- He restored old Mustang cars. Elton would buy them for $3k, pay $200-300 in parts and resell them for $4500. He would repeat the process almost every week.
- Elton has been a massage therapist for 5 years in the past.
- For his performance at the 2015 Grammy Awards, he partially shaved his legs, leaving only diagonal strands of hair.
- He met and snapped a picture with American singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor in February 2016.
- Elton is sometimes called Bam Margera from Vine.
- He and a social media star Meghan McCarthy are best friends. It all started when she allowed him to stay with her while he was still trying to determine whether or not he liked Los Angeles, California, USA.
- His channel reached a milestone of 1 million subscribers on September 1, 2017.
- In September 2017, Elton moved into a kennel to raise $100,000 for spcaLA organization and 24/7 live streaming. He ended up spending 151 hours indoors and raising $188,275.
- Elton once rented his RV for 5 days for $500, but the renter crashed it into a tree, causing nearly $13,000 in damage. This caused him to be extremely careful about who to trust.
- He was both the host and producer of the short web series Complete the Prank in 2017.
- Elton released 2 comedy singles titled You Can All Touch My Beard (feat. Scotty Sire) on October 6, 2017 and Just Average on June 2, 2018.
- For Movember Elton, an annual event that runs throughout November every year, allowed someone to grow their entire beard to raise awareness of men’s health issues.
- Elton doesn’t think parents should raise their children genderless until they are too young to fully understand the concept.
- His mother loved to tickle him as a child and continued to do so regularly in 2019, which annoyed him but nevertheless created a special bond between them.
- On June 13, 2019, his channel titled “TFIL” became the most subscribed and most viewed YouTube travel channel in the world.
- As of July 2019, his goal with his secondary YouTube channel and the organization he founded, The Sparta Organization, is to raise $1.5 million by the end of 2019.
- He was disappointed by the end of Game of Thrones (2011-2019) and thought the last documentary episode aired was better than the entire last season.
- In mid-June 2019, he announced that editing his videos is no longer fun and he can’t stay up late anymore and was looking for a professional to do it.
- Visit his official website @ forsparta.org.
- Follow him on Instagram, 2nd Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, 2nd YouTube, Patreon, Apple Music and Spotify.