Roman Atwood

Roman Bernard Atwood (born May 28, 1983) is an American YouTube personality and prankster.

He is best known for his vlogs, where he posts updates about his life.

His vlogging channel, "RomanAtwoodVlogs", has a total of 5 billion views and 15 million subscribers.

He also has another YouTube channel called "RomanAtwood", where he used to post prank videos.

In 2001, he married Shanna Riley, who gave birth to Atwood's first son, Noah Vaughn Atwood (born October 18, 2004).

He began his independent career by producing a series of DVDs called "The Nerd Herd" which he sold at the Warped Tour in 2006.

In 2008, after his wife cheated on him with a friend while on vacation, he filed for a divorce.

Atwood met Smith at the wedding of his friend, Chase Gilroy, where Roman was his best man in 2008.

Smith is the sister of Gilroy's wife, Veronica, and the two started dating from there.

Atwood has also worked on various film projects and commercials in Columbus, Ohio until 2010, when he decided to focus on his passion of comedy and created the YouTube channel "Sketch Empire".

Prior to his YouTube career, he worked at his family's rope factory called "Atwood Rope".

He currently resides in Ohio with his wife Brittney Smith-Atwood, with whom he shares two sons, Kane Alexander Atwood (born October 23, 2011), Knox Atwood (born January 6, 2021), and a daughter, Cora Atwood (born July 16, 2017).

In 2013, Atwood founded his own merchandise line called "Smile More", selling T-shirts, hoodies, bracelets and other items.

was posted on November 20, 2013, and currently has over 86 million views.

It features Atwood pranking Smith on their five-year dating anniversary by confessing that he has cheated on her.

The prank backfires when she sees the camera beforehand and pranks him back by pretending that she has cheated on him too.

She only reveals her own prank after a few seconds of Atwood reacting badly to the news.

At the end of the video, Smith says "I thought you were going to propose".

A prank titled "Killing My Own Kid PRANK!!", posted on November 30, 2014, and currently has over 50 million views.

This video was uploaded on January 18, 2015, and currently has almost 86 million views.

This video was noticed by Nissan, who gave him a 2015 Nissan GTR in exchange to use his video in the "WithDad" campaign during their half-time advert at Super Bowl XLIX.

This was awarded the best "Brand Campaign" for the 5th Streamy Awards.

His video "Anniversary Prank Backfires!!"

The channel has been inactive since 2016.

His pranks have gained over 1.4 billion views and 10.4 million subscribers.

He became the second YouTuber after Germán Garmendia to receive two Diamond Play Buttons for his first two channels.

On May 28, 2022 he officially launched his third channel, "RomanAtwoodPodcast".

The channel is focused around his podcast where he features numerous friends and special guests, such as Steve-O, Vitaly, and FouseyTube.

Born in Millersport, Ohio, Atwood has been filming and producing videos since high school.

He was born to Curt Dale Atwood and Susan Atwood.

Atwood proposed to Smith on April 30, 2018, and the two married on July 27, 2018, in Maui, Hawaii.

On May 29, 2019, Atwood's mother, Susan Atwood, died unexpectedly after a tragic accident while on vacation with the entire Atwood family.

Atwood subsequently took time out from his social media activity to grieve for his mother.

After uploading a video on New Year's Eve of 2019, Atwood underwent a large period of inactivity on social media for an undisclosed reason.

He uploaded a video on August 18, 2020, in which he greeted his fans and stated that while he could not disclose the reason for his absence, he wanted to reassure fans that he and his family were okay, and that several conspiracy-style videos that had been uploaded by fans and content creators to YouTube discussing his absence were all inaccurate.

Two days later on August 20, the Atwoods revealed that they were expecting a fourth child, though they added it was not the reason for their absence.

On January 11, 2021, Atwood uploaded a video titled "Welcome to the world!"

in which he and Brittney revealed that their son, Knox Atwood, was born five days earlier on January 6, weighing in at just under 9lbs.

Atwood is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

In this video, Atwood fills his house with plastic balls 2.5 ft high, turning it into a massive ball pit.