JC Caylen

{{Infobox YouTube personality

| name = JC Caylen

| image = JC Caylen by Gage Skidmore.jpg

| caption = JC Caylen at VidCon 2014

| birth_name = Justin Caylan Castillo

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|09|11}}

| birth_place = Houston, Texas, U.S.

| residence =

| occupation = YouTuber, comedian, actor, streamer

| partner = Chelsey Amaro (2017-present)

| children = 1

| channels = {{Flatlist|

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[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkFOn8Bxbd0AbYlB32AU9Cg/featured JcCaylenVODS]

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| genre = {{Flatlist|

Vlogs
comedy
challenges
music

}}

| years_active = 2010–present

| subscribers = {{Plainlist|

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| associated_acts = Kian Lawley

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| stats_update = February 14, 2025

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JC Caylen (born Justin Caylan Castillo; September 11, 1992) is an American YouTube personality from Houston, Texas.

Early life and education

Jc Caylen was born in Houston, Texas. He and his family moved to San Antonio, Texas, where he grew up. He has three siblings; Jaylyn, Ava Grace and Joe Felix. His parents divorced when he was very young. Caylen attended high school at Sandra Day O'Connor High School in Helotes, Texas.{{cite web|title=Jc Caylen - O'Connor High |website=Twitter|url= https://twitter.com/jccaylen/status/275153032205971456|accessdate=September 8, 2016}} He briefly attended The University of Texas at San Antonio before dropping out to focus on his YouTube career.{{cite web|title=JC Caylen - UTSA|website=Twitter|url=https://twitter.com/jccaylen/status/107351982968279040|accessdate=April 24, 2018}}

Career

Caylen began his career on YouTube, uploading his first public video to his channel, Life with Jc, in 2010. Caylen also gained exposure due to the YouTube supergroup Our2ndLife where he, Connor Franta, Ricky Dillon, Kian Lawley, Trevi Moran and Sam Pottorff went on an international tour and amassed a total 2.7 million subscribers before the group broke up in December 2014.{{cite web|last1=Spangler|first1=Todd|title=JennXPenn, Connor Franta and Other YouTube and Vine Stars Featured in Fullscreen's First In-Real-Life Festival|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-201407180909reedbusivarietyn1201264574-20140718-story.html|publisher=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=December 25, 2014|archive-date=December 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225035203/http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-201407180909reedbusivarietyn1201264574-20140718-story.html|url-status=dead}}

In 2015, Caylen's compilation album Neptones hit number one on the Top Dance/rap Albums chart, according to Billboard Magazine, the album was from Heard Well, a record label started by YouTube user Connor Franta, CAA new Agent Andrew Graham and entrepreneur Jeremy Wineberg.{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6813621/youtuber-jc-caylen-on-his-no-1-album |title=YouTuber Jc Caylen on His Compilation Album Hitting No. 1 ('Whoa!') & Making His Own Music |publisher=Billboard Magazine |accessdate=November 27, 2016 |date=December 17, 2015 |author=McCall, Malorie}}

In addition to his YouTube career, Caylen also has appeared as an actor in several films and television series. In an interview with AOL, Caylen stated about his YouTube presence affecting his acting career, saying "I'd say that it's impacted my career so much because people see my personality on YouTube and they want to work with me more.. It's almost like a video resume because I have my own personality on YouTube and since I don't play a character, they can see who I am and what I'm about. I feel like they know me on a personal level and know what I will be like to work with."{{cite web |url=http://www.aol.com/article/2016/08/10/social-star-jc-caylen-dishes-about-his-outside-lands-experience/21447336/ |title=Social star Jc Caylen dishes about his Outside Lands experience |publisher=AOL |accessdate=November 27, 2016 |date=August 10, 2016}} Caylen played Mikey in the 2016 Tyler Perry comedy Boo! A Madea Halloween,{{Cite web|url=http://www.thewrap.com/tyler-perry-will-wear-the-dress-again-in-boo-a-madea-halloween/|title=Tyler Perry Will Wear Dress Again in 'Boo! A Madea Halloween'|website=TheWrap|date=19 January 2016 |language=en-US|access-date=April 7, 2016}} and its 2017 sequel, Boo 2! A Madea Halloween.

Filmography

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year !Series !Role !class="unsortable" \| Notes
2014 \| Teen Wolf \| Unnamed background character \| Episode: "More Bad Than Good"
2016 \| Making Moves \| Himself \| Episode: "The Name Part 2"
2016 \| The YouTube Killer \| Himself \| Short film
2016 \| Fight of the Living Dead: Experiment 88 \| Himself \| Reality web series, survived
2017 \| T@gged \| Sean \| 23 episodes
2017 \| H8ters \| Himself / Zweeb / Gui Spice \| 10 episodes
2017 \| Apologies In Advance with Andrea Russett \| Himself \| Episode: "JC Caylen"
2018 \| Escape the Night \| Himself as The Hippie \| Reality web series,2 episodes
2019 \| Tell Me a Story \| \| Season 2

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

!Series

!Role

!class="unsortable" | Notes

2014

| Teen Wolf

| Unnamed background character

| Episode: "More Bad Than Good"

2016

| Making Moves

| Himself

| Episode: "The Name Part 2"

2016

| The YouTube Killer

| Himself

| Short film

2016

| Fight of the Living Dead: Experiment 88

| Himself

| Reality web series, survived

2017

| T@gged

| Sean

| 23 episodes

2017

| H8ters

| Himself / Zweeb / Gui Spice

| 10 episodes

2017

| Apologies In Advance with Andrea Russett

| Himself

| Episode: "JC Caylen"

2018

| Escape the Night

| Himself as The Hippie

| Reality web series,2 episodes

2019

| Tell Me a Story

| Season 2

=Films=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year !Film !Role !class="unsortable" \| Notes
2015 \| #O2LFOREVER \| Himself \| Documentary
2016 \| Sickhouse \| Himself \|
2016 \| Boo! A Madea Halloween \| Mikey \|
2017 \| Party Boat \| Officer Hicks \| Crackle film
2017 \| Boo 2! A Madea Halloween \|Mikey \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

!Film

!Role

!class="unsortable" | Notes

2015

| #O2LFOREVER

| Himself

| Documentary

2016

| Sickhouse

| Himself