Mark Fischbach | Real Name, Bio, Age, Net Worth And Life Style
Mark Fischbach An American internet personality, YouTuber, producer, actor, and co-host of the now-defunct Unus Annus channel, Edward Fischbach[1] is also known online as Markiplier. He is the younger brother of TwoKinds creator and web comic author Thomas Fischbach.
Mark is nicely understood for his multiple playthroughs (Let’s Plays) of fun, generally in the spectacle genre, like Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Five Evenings at Freddy’s, and Slender, though his major focus is on independent games of all genres in order to draw more attention to them. Along with playing games other than horror, he is also known to have worked on other projects with his good pals Bob Muyskens and Wade Barnes, including his well-liked and ongoing series Drunk Minecraft, Happy Wheels Highlights, and other projects featuring Minecraft and Happy Wheels. Mark is the second-oldest/youngest of the three, although he takes the group’s official leadership role.
In the course of his channel’s existence, Mark has created a number of sketch comedy videos, one of which gave rise to his alter ego Wilford Warfstache. He frequently works with other Cyndago channel members who are also sketch comedians. He moved from Cincinnati to Los Angeles on March 4, 2014, leaving Cincinnati behind. Since then, he has frequently travelled back to his birthplace for various reasons, frequently to organise a live streaming event with Bob and Wade.
Early Years
On June 28, 1989, at the Tripler Army Medical Centre in Honolulu, Hawaii, Mark Edward Fischbach was born.[1] to Sunok, a native Korean whom Cliffton met while stationed in South Korea, and Cliffton Morris Fischbach Jr., a German-American who performed in the U.S. Army. The couple moved around a while after Mark’s birth until settling in a rural area of Milford, Ohio, a city within the greater Cincinnati metropolitan area, where they reared Mark and his older brother by two years, Jason Thomas Fischbach (commonly referred to as Thomas or Tom).[3] In their childhood, Mark and Thomas would frequently play in the neighbouring woods from their house’s spacious backyard.
The brothers experienced prejudice when they were young because of their Korean ancestry. Of the two, Thomas had a far rougher time because white teachers and classmates openly prejudiced against him because of his appearance.[4] Thomas and Mark played games together on Thomas’ Super Nintendo system, which Thomas had received as a Christmas gift.
Mark’s parents frequently quarrelled during his childhood, which eventually led to a divorce. Due to a lack of cash, the Fischbachs sold their home after divorcing, and Mark and Thomas switched from a private school to Milford High School. The relocation, according to Mark, was upsetting since he lost connection with most of his friends and felt out of place in school. Mark’s left arm was broken after an incident at the school’s jungle gym, making daily activities difficult.
Due to this occurrence, he met Drew, a tall redhead who Mark characterised as being one of his classmates. Drew frequently assisted Mark while he healed from his accident, and the two gradually developed a close friendship. Drew even introduced Mark to the marching band at his high school, where he played the trumpet.[5]
After a while, Cliffton met Dee, whom he later wed. She was, in Mark’s words, “the nicest person [they’ve] ever met.” Before Cliffton finished high school, he was diagnosed with fatal lung cancer, which delayed Mark’s plans. He originally intended to become a video game creator, but after numerous arguments with his father, he changed his mind and enrolled in the University of Cincinnati’s civil engineering program[1], then switched to biomedical engineering because of the school’s medical school programme. Cliffton’s health deteriorated in the summer of 2008 as a result of his advancing cancer. In the early hours of July 4, 2008,[6] Cliffton died away in the presence of his loved ones, saying to Mark, “I love you, so much.”
After his father passed away, Mark continued to live with Sunok and pursue his education since he believed it was too late to change his direction. He also interned at several mindless desk jobs that he found to be repetitive and boring. He later resumed dating, but his mother disapproved of their union and eventually expelled them from her home. The relationship deteriorated over time, and Mark’s fiancée eventually left him after Mark got them an apartment.
Mark’s boss notified him that his services were no longer required three days before he was scheduled to report for his subsequent quarter. Mark began experiencing acute pain in his lower right side over a period of days as a result of stress and anxiety. This pain turned out to be appendicitis, necessitating an appendectomy. His adrenal gland had a significant tumour on it that needed to be removed later on after being examined at the hospital. With the assistance of his mother and stepmother, Mark recovered from his surgeries two weeks later.[7]
professional YouTube channels
Mark had made the decision to firmly take charge of his life after his surgeries. He started filming sketch comedy and gaming videos on YouTube under the name Markiplier, a combination of Mark and multiplier, which alludes to his initial desire to play numerous roles on his channel, after using his tax refund to purchase a new camera.[8][9] Amnesia: The Dark Descent was featured in Mark’s very first Let’s Play.[1]
His first YouTube channel was set up on March 6 of that year, and on April 4 of that year, its first video was uploaded. The channel had about 2,000 subscribers at its busiest. Around this time, Mark briefly returned to college before quitting to focus on his YouTube career in his second-to-last semester.[8]
A problem with a linked Google AdSense account on the channel in the beginning to middle of 2012 prohibited Mark from becoming partnered on YouTube, forcing him to create a new channel called markiplierGAME where he would reupload some of his older footage. Mark said in a 2019 interview with WIRED that his account had been flagged as potentially exploiting the AdSense system by YouTube, despite the fact that Mark’s channel had never been paid in the first place.[8]
Mark changed the name of his profile to “Please Subscribe to my NEW Channel!” before transferring his account, but afterwards changed it back. He also unlisted almost all of his videos. The highlighted vlog about his departure is the sole video that is still available on the original channel.[10][7]
On April 26, 2012, he launched markiplier2, his second YouTube channel. It coexisted with his main account at the time and was only used for Let’s Plays of Minecraft, some of which were later posted again to the markiplierGAME channel. It was removed at an undisclosed time.[11][12]
On May 24, 2012, a third channel called markiplierTWITCH was created with the intention of saving his earlier Twitch livestreams. It stopped functioning in July 2012.[13]
launching a new channel, working with Cyndago, and relocating to Los Angeles
The majority of the content on Mark’s fourth and direct track, which was launched on May 26, 2012, is comprised of Let’s Plays, drawing wits, animated shorts, livestreams, and vlogs. Mark changed the game’s identity back to his old alias after YouTube started allowing users to modify their display names from markiplierGAME. He relocated to Los Angeles in 2014 in search of better prospects and to be near the YouTube Space. Around 2015, Daniel Kyre and Ryan Magee of Cyndago, as well as later Kids w/ Problems editor Matt Watson, joined Mark at his Los Angeles home.
launching a new channel, working with Cyndago, and relocating to Los Angeles
Their collective work included a number of sketch comedies, including “Danger in Fiction” and “The Ned Affair – The Warfstache Saga,” which were renowned for frequently including dark themes and unsettling elements. On September 4, 2015, Mark appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! with fellow YouTuber Jenna “MissesMae” Mae to talk about Let’s Plays and gaming videos in response to criticism Kimmel received for his derogatory remarks about video game analysts.[14]
Daniel Kyre was discovered in critical condition in his room on September 16, 2015, having apparently attempted suicide. Two days later, Kyre was taken off life support due to a permanent brain injury.[15] Cyndago was disbanded after his passing, and Mark took a break from September 17 until October 5, 2015.[16] The group split up around June 2016, and Matt and Ryan started their own channel, SuperMega, without Mark. Up until October 17, 2016, Mark kept the details of their departure a secret. On that day, he made the decision to address a number of online rumors. Mark publicly apologized to them on social media, saying he was “too much of a boss and not nearly enough of a friend”.[17]
Annus Unus
Mark and Ethan created the joint channel Unus Annus on November 13, 2019, with the goal of posting one video every day for the full year. Both agreed that this should be a one-of-a-kind experience they could share with their audience, therefore after a year they were to erase the channel without saving any of its content. Any re-uploads of Unus Annus’ videos made without their consent would result in a takedown notice, according to the channel’s disclaimer. Mark and Ethan hosted a 12-hour livestream on Friday, November 13, 2020, from 12 p.m. to 12 a.m. PT to honour Unus Annus’ run. After the show, they deleted the channel and all of its content.
Mark shared his final comments on the channel’s termination the day after.[18] Mark and Ethan posted a separate video titled “Memento Mori” on their main channels on November 14, 2021, around midnight PST. In it, they pay tribute to the now-defunct Unus Annus channel on its deathday and reflect on the past year since the series’ conclusion.[19][20] At the 11th Annual Streamy Awards, Mark and Ethan received the Best Collaboration honour for their work on Unus Annus.[21]