Daniel Thrasher Explained

Daniel Cole Thrasher (born February 24, 1993) is an American internet personality, filmmaker, actor, comedian, and musician. He is known for writing, directing, and starring in his piano-based sketch comedy videos to his self-titled YouTube channel (@danielthrasher)., his main YouTube channel has accumulated more than 1.5 billion views with more than 5 million subscribers.^[1]

Personal life

Daniel Thrasher was born on February 24, 1993^[2] in Virginia, United States.^[3] He is the last of four children, having an older brother and two older sisters.^[4]

Career

Thrasher went to Pinellas County Center for the Arts, a magnet school.^[5]

Thrasher created his main YouTube channel, then titled muffinman3000, on January 5, 2007,^[1] with the first video being uploaded on December 1, 2011.^[6]

On November 13, 2012, Thrasher uploaded a video titled "How I Accidentally Wrote The Office Theme Song," in which he explains how, after he got a new piano, he was testing a chord progression that sounded familiar, before he realized it was the theme song of The Office. A few years later, when Thrasher was in college, the video went viral, and has over 22million views and is the fourth most-viewed video on his channel.^{[7] [8]}

In 2015, Thrasher graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design with Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performing Arts.^[9]

In 2019, Thrasher quit his job as a barista to pursue YouTube as a full-time career. By that point, he had accrued over one million subscribers. During the COVID-19 lockdowns, Thrasher continued to post videos. As a result, he almost tripled his amount of subscribers. He was able to increase the size of his operation to a four-person team.^[10]

In 2021, American comedy duo Rhett & Link of Good Mythical Morning announced that a fund called the Mythical Creator Accelerator was created to invest over $5 million into creators, through their production company Mythical Entertainment. Thrasher was the second beneficiary of the fund in April 2022.^{[8] [11] [12]}

On December 1, 2021, Thrasher performed a one-day show at the Palace Theatre in Los Angeles, entitled Daniel Thrasher: Laugh or Die.^[13] He also embarked on a five-show tour in August 2022, entitled Daniel Thrasher Live, traveling to three states across the Midwest. In October of the same year, he received a nomination for the Craft Award for Writing at the 12th Streamy Awards.

Thrasher attended as a featured creator at VidCon in June 2023;^[14] in May of the same year, it was revealed that he was set to feature in the US remake of British television sitcom Friday Night Dinner, titled Dinner with the Parents,^[15] which premiered on Amazon Freevee on April 18, 2024.^{[16] [17]}

Awards and nominations

! Year! Organization! Award! Result

2022

Streamy Awards

Writing

[18]

Discography

Solo albums

• Quick and Sketchy (2019)

Singles

• "Once Upon a Paradise" (2018)
• "The After" (2021)
• "When You Make a Musical Promise" (2022)
• "I Play Piano Too" (2022)
• "Shiny Object Syndrome" (2022)
• "Igowallah" (2023)
• "The Wiener Song" (2023)
• "Leinad's Waltz" (2024)

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	The Millionaires	Daniel	4 episodes
2024	Dinner with the Parents	Gregg Langer	Main

Web

Notes and References

1. Web site: @danielthrasher. YouTube . January 25, 2023.
2. 172933844759085056. ThrasherDan. Geeze. It's my birthday. Feels strange to be 19... I feel like I was 18 yesterday. Time really does just whiz on by.. Daniel. Thrasher. 2023-07-28.
3. I don't care what you think, I'm gonna rank this food . 2024-11-24 . Daniel Thrasher Plus . 2024-11-24 . YouTube.
4. Web site: Miller . Bruce R. . April 20, 2024 . Battling brothers: Daniel Thrasher, Henry Hall know the secrets . April 25, 2024 . Wisconsin State Journal . en-US.
5. Web site: Q&A Time! . Daniel Thrasher . August 23, 2016 . 12 April 2023. YouTube.
6. November 30, 2011. Thrasher. Daniel . NEW CAR SMELL! . YouTube . en . January 21, 2023.
7. Thrasher . Daniel . How I Accidentally Wrote "The Office" Theme Song . YouTube . January 25, 2023 . en . November 13, 2012.
8. Web site: Brown . Abram . April 22, 2022 . Rhett And Link's Investment Fund Takes New Stake in Musical-Comedy YouTuber Daniel Thrasher . January 21, 2023 . Forbes . en.
9. SCAD Commencement 2022 . Cision . 12 April 2023.
10. News: Kim . Victoria . Kirschbaum . Erik . For these young people in privileged parts of the world, the pandemic was an opportunity . January 25, 2023 . Los Angeles Times . October 11, 2021.
11. Web site: Gutelle . Sam . Rhett and Link are investing in creators who "have the ability to scale." Their latest target is musician Daniel Thrasher. . Tubefilter . January 25, 2023 . April 22, 2022.
12. News: Mullin . Benjamin . YouTube Stars Rhett and Link Think This Is Their Moment . December 12, 2022 . The New York Times . December 4, 2022.
13. Web site: Facebook . January 21, 2023 . www.facebook.com.
14. Web site: Cohen . David . YouTube Returns as Title Sponsor of VidCon Anaheim 2023 . January 21, 2023 . Adweek . January 18, 2023 . en-US.
15. News: Wray . Daniel Dylan . May 13, 2023 . 'I was a tiny cog in a machine of people all named vice-president of something': the reality of remaking UK sitcoms . May 16, 2023 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
16. Web site: Koo . Sonia . March 7, 2024 . Dinner is Served! Amazon Freevee To Premiere New Comedy Series Dinner with the Parents on April 18 . April 7, 2024 . Amazon Studios.
17. Web site: Easton . Anne . April 19, 2024 . Relatable Family Chaos Prevails In 'Dinner With The Parents' . April 25, 2024 . Forbes . en-US.
18. Web site: Chan . J. Clara . October 27, 2022 . 2022 YouTube Streamy Awards: MrBeast Leads Nominations for Second Year . January 21, 2023 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.