Celebrity Biographies
JonTron Biography
| Date of Birth: | 1990, March 24 |
|---|---|
| Years: | 30 years |
| birth name | Jonathan Aryan Jafari |
| Nationality | American |
| Place of birth / city | Rancho Palos Verdes, California, United States of America |
| Profession | Funny |
| Net worth | $400 thousand |
JonTron, whose full name is Jonathan Aryan Jafari, is an American comedian, YouTuber, and critic. He is primarily known for his appearance on his YouTube web series, JonTron. On the show, he reviews and parodies movies, video games, and similar media.
JonTron’s early life and educational details
Jonathan Aryan Jafari was born on March 24, 1990 in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, United States of America. Although he has an American nationality, he is Iranian (on his father’s side) and Hungarian (on his mother’s side).
JonTron has a YouTube channel, JonTronShow, which has over 6.39 million subscribers with over 1 billion video views as of this writing. Similarly, the channel also has more than 122 videos till date. The channel which was created on September 1, 2010, is earning around $2.2 thousand to $34.6 thousand per month while each year, it earns around $414.9 thousand.
His latest video was uploaded on August 2, 2020. This video has over 4.1 million views and over 262k likes.
Jafari started his career making videos on Newgrounds. In 2006, he started his first YouTube channel under the name BirdmanXZ6, but it didn’t gain much attention back then. Following this, he started making videos for Screwattack.com in 2010 and his famous YouTube channel the same year.
Besides being a gamer, Jon has also been a part of three video games, Asagao Academy: Normal Boots Club, Yooka-Laylee, and A Hat in Time. In addition to this, he is also a part of three web series, Game Grumps (co-host and creator), TOME: Terrain of Magical Expertise, and Smart Guys.
JonTron Awards and Honors
JonTron was one of the 7 Amazing YouTube Gamers You Must Watch in 2013 according to CraveOnline. Similarly, he was also listed as the seventh most searched meme on Google in 2015 according to Time magazine. On top of all this, Jafari was also given a character for himself in the dating sim and visual novel, Asagao Academy in 2016.