Jake Roper

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| image = Jake Roper aka Vsauce 3.png

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| birth_name = Jacob Alexander Roper

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|1|25}}

| occupation = YouTuber

| birth_place = Evergreen, Colorado, U.S.

| education = School of Visual Arts

| years active = 2010–present

| genre = Science, video game science

| channels = [https://www.youtube.com/@Vsauce3 Vsauce3]

| subscribers = 4 million

| views = 548 million

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Jacob Alexander Roper{{Citation |last=DONG |title=What Language Is This? |date=August 17, 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAp4p9iuo3U |access-date=17 August 2018}} (born January 25, 1987) is an American Internet celebrity primarily known for hosting the Vsauce3 YouTube channel, which is part of the YouTube channel brand Vsauce.

Career

Prior to working on YouTube, Roper used his film degree for various jobs in television and advertising. Before working with Michael Stevens under the Vsauce brand, Roper was working at Google, alongside Stevens,{{Citation |title=H3 Podcast #54 - Vsauce3 (Jake Roper) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgeZfmSeqXk |language=en |access-date=2019-07-30}} as well as hosting a YouTube show called Space Lab,{{Cite news |date=October 14, 2015 |title=Vsauce3: The man, the myth, the legend |work=The Daily Dot |url=https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/vsauce3-jake-roper-interview/ |access-date=5 September 2017}} which was a space show for kids.{{Cite web |title=Vsauce3 Jake Bio |url=http://www.vsauce.com/img/Vsauce3-jake-bio.pdf |website=VSauce}} Roper began to host Vsauce3 in 2012.

Roper's channel focuses on explanations of the science behind fictional worlds, according to The Daily Dot in 2015. On March 31, 2017, Roper announced he had joined as the new director of production at Casey Neistat's company Beme.{{cite web|title=Jake Roper of Vsauce3 YouTube Channel Joins Casey Neistat's CNN-Owned Company Beme – Tubefilter|url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2017/04/03/jake-roper-vsauce3-casey-neistat-beme/|website=Tubefilter|accessdate=September 22, 2017|date=April 3, 2017}} However, on January 31, 2018, CNN closed the Beme News division and offered the 22-person team positions in CNN.{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/25/cnn-shuts-down-casey-neistats-beme-but-some-of-its-digital-news-tech-will-live-on/|title=CNN shuts down Casey Neistat's Beme, but some of its digital news tech will live on|last=Perez|first=Sarah|date=January 25, 2018|website=Tech Crunch|access-date=April 19, 2018}}

On September 20, 2018, Roper announced he would host the YouTube Original special Could You Survive the Movies.{{Cite web|url=http://realscreen.com/2018/09/20/exclusive-ample-youtube-team-on-could-you-survive-the-movies-special/|title=Exclusive: AMPLE, YouTube team on "Could you Survive the Movies" special|last=Blichert|first=Frederick|date=September 20, 2018|website=Realscreen|access-date=September 21, 2018}} On May 21, 2020, the show was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Educational or Informational Series", which it won.{{Cite web|title=Daytime Emmy Nominations 2020: CBS, 'General Hospital' Top This Year's Nods|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/daytime-emmy-2020-nominations-2020-cbs-general-hospital-1234613387/|last1=Schneider|first1=Michael|date=2020-05-21|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2020-05-21}}{{cite web|title=2020 Daytime Nominees (Program – Non-Drama)|url=https://theemmys.tv/daytime/nominees-program-non-drama/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030185309/https://theemmys.tv/daytime/nominees-program-non-drama/|archive-date=2020-10-30|website=The Emmys|accessdate=2020-09-02}}

Personal life

Roper was born on January 25, 1987{{Cite web |last=Roper |first=Jake |date=January 25, 2011 |title=So, my awesome girlfriend @rebeccaaaa just had a singing guerilla come and wish me a happy birthday in front of my whole office. |url=https://twitter.com/jakerawr/status/29989937222782976 |access-date=September 22, 2017 |website=Twitter}}{{Dead link|date=September 2022}} and grew up in Evergreen, Colorado. He attended New York's School of Visual Arts where he received a degree in film. On November 25, 2015, Roper announced on his side channel that he had a rare form of cancer called a sarcoma.{{Citation |last=Jake Roper |title=I Need to Tell You Something. |date=November 25, 2015 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpqnX4Who2Q |accessdate=5 September 2017}} In June 2016, he announced that test readings had come back indicating that the cancer was gone.{{Citation |last=Jake Roper |title=I Have a Secret |date=June 7, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p91-GhjgeEU |accessdate=5 September 2017}}

Filmography

= Television =

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Live with Kelly and Ryan

Himself

{{cite web|title='Live With Kelly And Ryan' To Welcome Digital Stars During YouTube-Themed Week – Tubefilter|url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2017/08/07/live-with-kelly-and-ryan-youtube-themed-week/|website=Tubefilter|accessdate=September 22, 2017|date=August 7, 2017}}

Awards and nominations

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2020 \| 47th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards \| Could You Survive the Movies? \| Outstanding Educational or Informational Series \| {{won}} \|

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2020

| 47th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards

| Could You Survive the Movies?

| Outstanding Educational or Informational Series

| {{won}}