Michael Jones (actor)
{{Short description|American actor (born 1987)}}
{{other people|Michael Jones|Michael Jones (disambiguation)}}
{{redirect|Internet Box|the device|Internet-in-a-Box}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Michael Jones
| image = Michael Jones by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Michael Jones speaking at the 2022 Phoenix Fan Fusion in Phoenix, Arizona.
| birth_name = Michael Vincent Jones
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|7|24}}
| birth_place = Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, U.S.
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Actor
- YouTube personality
- Podcaster}}
| years_active = 2009–present
| known_for = {{plainlist|
- Achievement Hunter
- Camp Camp
- Rage Quit
- Internet Box
- Lazer Team
- Lazer Team 2
- Off Topic
- Face Jam
}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Lindsay Jones|May 9, 2014}}
| children = 2
}}
Michael Vincent Jones (born July 24, 1987) is an American actor, podcast host and internet personality who is known for his work with Rooster Teeth's gameplay division Achievement Hunter.{{cite news|last1=Singal|first1=Jesse|title=They're playing video games. And on YouTube, we're watching.|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2013/07/27/they-playing-video-games-and-youtube-watching/JO1kEZdIHEZTHtMPlVPvYN/story.html|newspaper=Boston Globe
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731151835/http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2013/07/27/they-playing-video-games-and-youtube-watching/JO1kEZdIHEZTHtMPlVPvYN/story.html |archive-date=July 31, 2013}} He also co-hosted three-time Podcast Award winner Internet Box.{{cite web|url=http://www.podcastawards.com/index.php?option=pastwinners |title=2012 Winners and Nominees |publisher=PodcastAwards.com |date=2012-01-07 |access-date=2015-09-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210230028/http://www.podcastawards.com/index.php?option=pastwinners |archive-date=2013-12-10 }}
Jones had worked extensively with Rooster Teeth, having also starred in the second and third seasons of Immersion, the comedy murder mystery series Ten Little Roosters, and voices the character Sun Wukong in Rooster Teeth's RWBY, and Max in Camp Camp. He starred in Rooster Teeth's science fiction action comedy film Lazer Team, released in 2016, as well as its sequel the following year.{{cite web|last1=Finn|first1=Elliott|title=Rooster Teeth's 'Lazer Team' Begins Production|url=http://airlockalpha.com/node/10012/rooster-teeths-lazer-team-begins-production.html|website=AirLockAlpha|publisher=Nexus Media Group Inc|access-date=27 January 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Klima|first1=Jeff|title=Rooster Teeth Crew About Their New Movie Lazer Team|url=http://newmediarockstars.com/2014/11/rooster-teeth-crow-about-their-new-movie-lazer-team/|access-date=28 January 2015}}
His work outside of Rooster Teeth includes voicing Sting Eucliffe in Fairy Tail, Dogra in One Piece, Rapture in Ninja Slayer From Animation, and Gen in World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman.
Career
File:RTX 2014 - AH panel (14404155388) (cropped).jpg on the Achievement Hunter panel at RTX 2014]]
After graduating from high school, Jones worked as an electrician for almost five years.{{cite news |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYDfKuRJcq0 |title=Retsutalk Episode 41: Trophy Trapper |date=20 November 2013 |publisher=YouTube |author=Retsuprae}}{{cite news |url=http://ah.roosterteeth.com/archive/?id=10589 |title=Let's Play – I am Bread Part 4 |date=31 March 2015 |publisher=YouTube |author=Rooster Teeth |author-link=Rooster Teeth |access-date=10 April 2015 |archive-date=10 April 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150410031721/http://ah.roosterteeth.com/archive/?id=10589 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTUw4wo3V5s |title=Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures – Michael Punches Poo |publisher=YouTube |author=Rooster Teeth |date=4 December 2013|author-link=Rooster Teeth }}{{Cite web |last=Castillo |first=Michelle |date=2017-04-03 |title=Audiences are lining up to watch this guy play video games badly |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/03/audiences-are-lining-up-to-watch-this-guy-play-video-games-badly.html |access-date=2022-07-02 |website=CNBC |language=en}} Jones first came to attention after his video "Crackdown 2 – Orbs = Bullshit"{{cite news |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egxjuLkhXUw |title=Crackdown 2 – Orbs = Bullshit |publisher=YouTube |last=Jones |first=Michael |date=6 July 2010}} reached the front page of reddit.{{cite web|last1=DeadSpaceLover|title=What Playing Crackdown 2 Is Really Like NSFW]|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/f0wxo/what_playing_crackdown_2_is_really_like_nsfw/|website=Reddit|date=12 January 2011 |access-date=26 January 2015}}{{cite web | url = http://roosterteeth.com/podcast/episode.php?id=212 | title = Rooster Teeth Podcast No. 212 |publisher=Rooster Teeth Productions | date = April 2, 2013 | access-date = January 26, 2015 }} He received an email from Rooster Teeth asking him to join and make a new show for Achievement Hunter, which became Rage Quit.{{cite web | url = https://roosterteeth.com/episode/rt-podcast-season-1-rt-podcast-228 | title = Rooster Teeth Podcast No. 228 |publisher=Rooster Teeth Productions | date = July 23, 2013 | access-date = September 13, 2015 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJTmV0qyz-0&list=PL546793E0D9AB4536&index=189 |title=Rage Quit – Trials HD |publisher=YouTube |author=LtMkilla |date=20 January 2011}} In September 2011, he co-founded the Internet Box podcast{{cite web|url=http://www.podcastawards.com/index.php?option=pastwinners |title=2012 Winners and Nominees |publisher=PodcastAwards.com |date=2012-01-07 |access-date=2013-09-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210230028/http://www.podcastawards.com/index.php?option=pastwinners |archive-date=2013-12-10 }} hosted by himself, Barbara Dunkelman, Ray Narvaez, Jr., Andrew Blanchard, Mike Kroon, and Dylan "Dylon" Saramago, with Lindsay Jones and Kerry Shawcross being added to the cast later on. He is an occasional guest on the Rooster Teeth Podcast and was the main host of the Achievement Hunter podcast Off Topic{{Cite web |last=Weiss |first=Geoff |date=2017-01-18 |title=Rooster Teeth Unveils Slate Of 12 Talk Shows And Podcasts For 2017 (Exclusive) |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2017/01/18/rooster-teeth-slate-10-talk-shows-podcasts/ |access-date=2022-07-02 |website=Tubefilter |language=en-US}} and co-host of Face Jam along with Jordan Cwierz.{{Cite web |last=Weiss |first=Geoff |date=2021-12-10 |title=Rooster Teeth Plotting Return To Live Events In 2022 Following Two-Year Pause |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2021/12/10/rooster-teeth-return-to-live-events-podcast-tour/ |access-date=2022-07-02 |website=Tubefilter |language=en-US}} In 2022 Jones participated in State Farm’s The Gamerhood Challenge.{{Cite web |last=Canton |first=Rafael |date=June 6, 2022 |title=State Farm Turns to Gaming to Connect With Younger Consumers – Adweek |url=https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/state-farm-gaming-connect-with-younger-consumers/ |access-date=2022-07-02 |website=Adweek |language=en-US}}
Jones has worked as both an actor and a voice artist in multiple projects, several of which are produced by Rooster Teeth. For Rooster Teeth's animated productions, he has voiced Sun Wukong in RWBY,{{Cite web |last=Dominguez |first=Noah |date=2020-06-26 |title=RWBY Writer Reveals Work on Volume 9 Is Already Underway |url=https://www.cbr.com/rwby-kerry-shawcross-volume-9-already-being-written/amp/ |access-date=2022-07-02 |website=CBR |language=en-US}} lead character Max in Camp Camp, and Mogar in X-Ray and Vav. He has also portrayed live-action fictionalized versions of himself in both Rooster Teeth Shorts and Ten Little Roosters,{{cite web|last1=Brouwer|first1=Bree|title=Rooster Teeth Asks Fans To Sleuth Out A Killer In 'Ten Little Roosters'|date=5 November 2014 |url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2014/11/05/rooster-teeth-ten-little-roosters-murder-mystery/|publisher=Tubefilter|access-date=28 January 2015}} as well as Zach in the sci-fi comedy film Lazer Team and Lazer Team 2.{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/lazer-team-2-premiere-date-trailer-youtube-red-1202606430/|title='Lazer Team 2' Premiere Date Set on YouTube Red, Extended Trailer Released (Watch)|last=Spangler|first=Todd|date=2017-11-03|work=Variety|access-date=2018-04-23|language=en-US}} He has co-starred in the Rooster Teeth series Immersion since season two.{{Cite web |date=2016-12-10 |title=What Being On Fire In NBA Jam Would Really Be Like |url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/12/what-being-on-fire-in-nba-jam-would-really-be-like/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161211140430/http://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/12/what-being-on-fire-in-nba-jam-would-really-be-like/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 11, 2016 |access-date=2022-07-02 |website=Kotaku Australia |language=en-AU}} His non-Rooster Teeth credits include the animated shows Fairy Tail, as Sting Eucliffe, and World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman, as Gen. On October 1, 2016, Jones announced via Twitter that he will be playing Dogra in One Piece.{{cite web|last1=Jones|first1=Michael|title=Michael Jones' Twitter|url=https://twitter.com/AH_Michael/status/782354092358144001|access-date=1 October 2016}}
The creator of the video game Surgeon Simulator named the alien character Gworb after a remark made by Jones in a Let's Play video in which Jones was conversing with Gavin Free.{{cite web|last1=Partridge|first1=Jon|title=Achievement Hunter: The making of a YouTube legend|website=Red Bull |url=http://www.redbull.com/en/games/stories/1331666237215/achievement-hunter-interview|access-date=28 January 2015}} In addition Gworb has an organ known as the "Gavichal", which is a combination of Michael Jones' and Gavin Free's names.
Personal life
File:Lazer Team premiere - Lindsay and Michael Jones (27404476666).jpg
Jones was born in Woodbridge, New Jersey to "devout Roman Catholic parents."{{cite news |url=http://roosterteeth.com/episode/rt-sponsor-cut-season-2-rooster-teeth-newly-wed-game |publisher=Rooster Teeth |title=RT Sponsor Cut: Rooster Teeth Newly Wed Game |access-date=September 3, 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/episode/rt-podcast-season-1-rt-podcast-156 |title=RT Podcast #156 |author=Rooster Teeth |date=March 7, 2012 |access-date=6 August 2016}}
Jones has maintained a longtime close friendship with fellow Achievement Hunter, Gavin Free, since the pair met in 2012.{{Cite web |title=dogbark_michael/status/1625872894327762947|url=https://twitter.com/dogbark_michael/status/1625872894327762947?s=46&t=nHfoY8ltNhVBnUAVe7cYSA |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=X (formerly Twitter) |language=en}} Free was a groomsman in Jones’ wedding.{{Cite web |title=Opening.download. Resize image, Crop pics, Add instagram effect. |url=http://opening.download/ |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=opening.download |language=en}}
On May 9, 2014, Jones married his long-time romantic partner and Rooster Teeth voice actor Lindsay Tuggey.{{cite web|last1=Kane|first1=Bugeja|title=Michael and Lindsay Jones Panel at Supanova 2014|date=16 June 2014 |url=http://www.capsulecomputers.com.au/2014/06/michael-and-lindsay-jones-panel-at-supanova-2014/|publisher=Capsule Computers|access-date=28 January 2015}}{{Cite book|title = The World of RWBY: The Official Companion |last = Wallace|first = Daniel|publisher = Viz Media LLC|year = 2019|isbn = 9781974704385|location = San Francisco, CA|access-date = March 31, 2024 |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-World-of-RWBY/Monty-Oum/The-World-of-RWBY/9781974704385|page=82}} During Rooster Teeth's 2016 Extra Life livestream, the couple announced that they are expecting a child, which was later revealed to be a girl in January 2017.{{cite news |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egsQY02ELjo |author=Rooster Teeth |title=Michael Jones is having a baby! Rooster Teeth Extra Life 2016 |publisher=YouTube |date=November 13, 2016 |access-date=November 16, 2016|author-link=Rooster Teeth }}{{Cite web |last=Whittaker |first=Richard |date=November 13, 2016 |title=Rooster Teeth Raised … How Much? |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2016-11-13/rooster-teeth-raised-how-much/ |access-date=2022-07-02 |website=www.austinchronicle.com |language=en-US}} They announced the birth of their first daughter, born May 24, 2017.{{cite web|last1=Jones|first1=Michael|title=Surprise, OUR DAUGHTER IS HERE!!!|url=https://twitter.com/AH_Michael/status/867608127767752704?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet|website=Twitter|publisher=Michael Jones|access-date=25 May 2017}} On August 5, 2018, Jones announced at RTX 2018 that he and Lindsay were expecting their second child in February 2019. Their second daughter was born February 18, 2019.{{cite web|last1=Jones|first1=Michael|title=Mom & Dad x2|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BuC8VDPBE1j/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BuC8VDPBE1j |archive-date=2021-12-24 |url-access=registration|website=Instagram|publisher=Michael Jones|access-date=18 February 2019}}{{cbignore}}
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