Jason Nash

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| name = Jason Nash

| image = Jason Nash.jpg

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| caption = Nash in 2012

| birth_name = Jason Eric Nash

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|05|23}}{{cite tweet|user=DavidDobrik|author=DAVID DOBRIK|number=867165980513849344|date=May 23, 2017|title=Happy birthday to one of my favorite seniors. Thank you for letting me broadcast your mid life crisis to the world}}

| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

| occupation = {{flatlist|

Influencer/Comedian

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| alma_mater = University of Massachusetts Amherst

| spouse = {{marriage|Marney Hochman|2007|2017|end=divorced}}{{marriage|Nivine Jay|2024}}

| children = 2

| years_active = 2000–present

| module = {{Infobox YouTube personality|embed=yes

| subscribers = 2.98 million (Jason Nash)
205,000 (Jason Nash Family)
1.57 million (VIEWS)

| views = 734 million (Jason Nash)
10 million (Jason Nash Family)
45.8 million (VIEWS)

| network = Collab

| associated_acts = {{flatlist|

}}

| silver_button = yes

| silver_year = 2017

| gold_button = yes

| gold_year = 2018

| stats_update = July 29, 2024

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Jason Eric Nash (born May 23, 1973) is an American comedian and Internet personality. Known for his channel on Vine, he also appeared on Last Comic Standing in 2010.{{cite web|title=Last Comic Standing, Week Five: monkey at the controls|url=http://tvgeekarmy.com/post/viewpost/last-comic-standing-week-five-monkey-at-the-controls|website=TVGeekArmy.com|access-date=July 11, 2010|archive-date=October 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021073923/http://tvgeekarmy.com/post/viewpost/last-comic-standing-week-five-monkey-at-the-controls|url-status=dead}} Nash has written, directed, and starred in a pair of films: Jason Nash is Married (2014) and FML (2016). In 2016, he started to appear in David Dobrik's vlogs as a member of "The Vlog Squad" and later started his own YouTube channel.

Career

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Nash moved to Los Angeles with the aspiration of becoming a comedian. Nash trained with the Upright Citizens Brigade and started his career as a member of the sketch troupe "Price, Nash, and Blieden." The trio was chosen three times to perform at the Aspen Comedy Festival.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} Nash appeared on the 2010 season of Last Comic Standing, where he finished as a semi-finalist, having been eliminated in the fifth episode. Nash also built a presence on Vine, amassing 2.7 million followers at the time of its discontinuation.{{cite web|first=Katie|last=Perry|title='You were on top of the world and now it's over': Vine star Jason Nash weighs in on the final days of Twitter's video platform|website=The Drum|url=https://www.thedrum.com/news/2016/10/28/you-were-top-the-world-and-now-it-s-over-vine-star-jason-nash-weighs-the-final-days|date=October 28, 2016|access-date=June 18, 2021}}

Nash wrote, directed, and starred in a Comedy Central web series Jason Nash Is Married, a film version of which was released in 2014 starring Busy Philipps.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-jason-nash-is-married-review-20140905-story.html|title=Fun 'Jason Nash Is Married' explores love and showbiz|last=Goldstein|first=Gary|website=Los Angeles Times|date=September 4, 2014|access-date=April 6, 2018}} Nash also created the web series How to Be a Man and The Shaman.{{cite web|url=http://thelaughbutton.com/interviews/jason-nash-says-fml-new-indie-comedy/|title=Jason Nash says "FML" in his new indie comedy|website=thelaughbutton.com|date=November 11, 2016|access-date=April 6, 2018}} In 2016, Nash starred and directed his own screenplay, a road trip comedy film FML featuring fellow Vine star Brandon Calvillo.{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/jason-nash-brandon-calvillo-fml-vine-1201743390/|title=Vine Stars Jason Nash, Brandon Calvillo Join Road Trip Comedy 'FML' (EXCLUSIVE)|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=March 31, 2016|work=Variety|access-date=April 6, 2018|language=en-US}} According to a 2014 profile by LA Weekly, "Nash had success selling several of his own TV shows, but none made it to air."{{cite web|first=Stephanie|last=Carrie|title=How Jason Nash Makes a Living in Web Series|url=https://www.laweekly.com/how-jason-nash-makes-a-living-in-web-series/|date=February 18, 2014|access-date=June 18, 2021}}

Nash is currently a YouTube vlogger with 3 million subscribers on his main channel.{{Cite web|url=https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/jasonnashcomedy|title=Jason Nash's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) - Social Blade Stats|website=socialblade.com}}{{Cite web |title=Jason Nash |url=https://www.youtube.com/@jasonnash |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=YouTube |language=en}} Nash became a YouTube vlogger after David Dobrik watched his set one night at a comedy club.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} He began his YouTube career as a character in Dobrik's vlogs and soon began to upload his own videos, the first of which was uploaded on December 2, 2016.{{cite web|title=Welcome To The Official Jason Nash Comedy Channel|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubgAC-5wF2A|website=www.youtube.com| date=December 2, 2016 |access-date=July 1, 2020}} Nash's second channel, "Jason Nash Family," was initially dedicated to his life with his children, Charley and Wyatt.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWcVikU5Sv-AqMtjV-BVsLQ|title=Jason Nash Family|website=www.youtube.com|access-date=June 18, 2021}} This channel was later shut down by the request of his ex-wife Marney, who requested that the children not be on the internet in such a public way.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

Nash co-created the long-running podcast "Guys with Feelings,"{{cite web|title=Jason Nash, a Guy with Feelings|url=http://laist.com/2008/12/11/interview_jason_nash.php|publisher=laist.com|access-date=December 11, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081214135920/http://laist.com/2008/12/11/interview_jason_nash.php|archive-date=December 14, 2008}} which debuted in 2006.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} Dobrik and Nash also hosted a weekly podcast called "Views." During its debut in 2017, "Views" reached number three on the iTunes podcast charts.{{cite web|url=http://shortyawards.com/10th/jasonnash|title=Jason Nash - The Shorty Awards|website=shortyawards.com|access-date=April 6, 2018}} Dobrik, Nash, and other Vlog Squad members took the podcast on a live tour across the United States in the summer of 2018.{{cite web|title=Views Summer Tour 2018|url=http://viewstour.com/|archive-date=June 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630170437/http://viewstour.com/|url-status=dead|access-date=June 18, 2021}}

Personal life

Nash graduated from Medfield High School in 1991 and then attended college at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. After he left college, he worked as an assistant to Norm Macdonald on Saturday Night Live. Nash moved to Hollywood in 2001 when he was cast on the sketch show Random Play on VH1.

Nash has two children with his ex-wife, Marney Hochman. He was in a relationship with fellow YouTuber Trisha Paytas from 2017 to 2019.{{cite web|work=Newsweek|url=https://www.newsweek.com/trisha-paytas-david-dobrik-twitter-jason-nash-1317335|title=YouTuber Trisha Paytas Calls Out David Dobrik and Vlog Squad for Manipulation|date=February 4, 2019|author=Asarch, Steven|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190527031338/https://www.newsweek.com/trisha-paytas-david-dobrik-twitter-jason-nash-1317335|archive-date=May 27, 2019|access-date=August 25, 2019|url-status=live}} In December 2022 Nash became engaged to his girlfriend Nivine Jay. They got married in 2024.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024|reason=no sources for GF or marriage}}

In February 2021, Seth Francois, a former member of the Vlog Squad, went on The H3 Podcast and told the hosts that he was sexually assaulted by Nash. For one of David Dobrik's pranks, Francois was told that he would be kissing vlogger Corinna Kopf while blindfolded. However, Nash kissed him instead. Francois said that he didn't realize it was sexual assault until later on and called it a traumatizing experience.{{Cite web|url=https://www.insider.com/seth-francois-accuses-jason-nash-vlog-squad-david-dobrik-assault-2021-2|title=A former member of David Dobrik's Vlog Squad says he was sexually assaulted during a video shoot|first=Lindsay|last=Dodgson|website=Insider}} Nash has not publicly addressed this allegation, but Dobrik briefly apologized to Francois in a YouTube video.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=260IAJdFvl0|title=Let's talk|date=March 16, 2021 |via=www.youtube.com}}{{Cite news|url=https://dankanator.com/85792/david-dobrik-addresses-allegations-misconduct-vlog-squad-videos/|title=David Dobrik addresses allegations of misconduct in his Vlog Squad videos|newspaper=Dankanator |date=March 17, 2021|last1=Adnan |first1=Nashmia }}

Filmography

=Television and film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
2000 \|Batman Beyond \|Harold/Bullwhip (voice) \|Season 2, Episode 22: "April Moon"
2004 \|Cheap Seats \|Boston Terrier Fan \|Season 1, Episode 13: "1990 Dog Show/1990 Cheerleading"
2005 \|Drake & Josh \|Waiter \|
2005 \|Reno 911! \|CDC Agent \|Season 3, Episode 4: "SARS Outbreak"
2009 \|House \|Process paper server \|Season 6, Episode 4: "The Tyrant"
2007–2010 \|SuperNews! \|Multiple characters \|
2012 \|1000 Ways to Die \|Harley \|
2013 \|Mad \|Roadblock / Stan the Dog / John Cena / Horton the Elephant (voices) \|Season 4, Episode 6: "G.I. E.I. Joe / Dog with a Captain's Log" Season 4, Episode 19: "Pacific Ring / Horton Hears a Whodunnit!"
2014 \|Jason Nash is Married \|Jason Nash \|Also writer and director
2016 \|FML \|Sam Douglas \|Also writer and director
2016 \|The Simpsons \|Southie Criminals / Philanthropic Southies (voices) \|Season 28, Episode 3: "The Town"
2019 \|Liza on Demand \|Guest at party \|Season 2, Episode 9: "New Year's Eve: Part 1"
2024 \|The Thundermans Return \|Metroburg Police Officer

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Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

2000

|Batman Beyond

|Harold/Bullwhip (voice)

|Season 2, Episode 22: "April Moon"

2004

|Cheap Seats

|Boston Terrier Fan