Rob Youells
{{Short description|American drummer}}
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Robert Youells is an American musician, fitness model, heavyweight bodybuilding champion, IFBB Pro bodybuilder, and actor.{{Cite web |title=Rob Youells {{!}} Drummer. Actor. IFBB Pro Bodybuilder |url=http://robyouells.com/ |access-date=November 17, 2022 |language=en-US}} He is best known for his work as a voice actor in Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony (2009){{Cite web |title=Robert Youells |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3604717/bio |access-date=November 17, 2022 |website=IMDb}} and for being the drummer for the thrash metal band Generation Kill. He has also appeared on Saturday Night Live (2005) and Deadly Sins (2012).{{Cite web |last=KG |first=imfernsehen GmbH & Co |title=Filmografie Robert Youells |url=https://www.fernsehserien.de/robert-youells/filmografie |access-date=November 17, 2022 |website=fernsehserien.de |language=de}}
Early life and education
Youells was born in Livingston, New Jersey to Ruth Johanna Youells née Waldenmaier and Robert E. Youells Jr. He began taking drum lessons at age six, studying with Rick Aquino until age nine. At eleven, he switched to studying with Keith Necessary, a student of Joe Morello. He also studied with Joe Nevolo for a few years.{{Cite web |title=Rob Youells (Generation Kill) |url=https://reunionblues.com/pages/rob-youells |access-date=November 17, 2022 |website=Reunion Blues Gig Bags |language=en}}
Career
Youells has appeared on Saturday Night Live (2005), Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and Guiding Light. He is also the cast member of Off Season{{Cite web |title=Cast |url=http://www.theoffseasonmovie.com/cast.html |access-date=November 17, 2022 |website=Off Season |language=en}} and had a supporting role in a short film, Meet My Boyfriend, which screened at the 2011 Manhattan Film Festival. Youells also appeared in the 2011 film The Sitter, starring Jonah Hill. He provided the voice of Evan Moss in The Lost and Damned and Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony.{{Cite web |title=Robert Youells |url=https://www.filmweb.pl/person/Robert+Youells-1591078 |access-date=November 17, 2022 |website=Filmweb |language=pl}}{{Cite web |last=RoTak |title=Evan Moss {{!}} GTA 4 Characters, Bio & Voice Actor (GTA IV, TLaD & TBoGT) |url=https://www.gtabase.com/grand-theft-auto-iv/characters/evan-moss |access-date=November 17, 2022 |website=GTA Base |language=en-gb}} Youells has modeled for Vogue and Muscle and Fitness.{{Cite web |title=Youells, Robert |url=http://musclememory.com/show.php?a=youells,+robert |access-date=November 17, 2022 |website=musclememory.com}}
In 2004, Youells started in National Bodybuilding, and took a break in 2013 due to his mother's death,.{{Cite web |last=admin |date=February 23, 2020 |title=Mother's Passing Halts Rob Youells' Career |url=https://atozfitness.com/mothers-passing-halts-rob-youells-career |access-date=November 17, 2022 |website=AtoZfitness – Free Fitness Magazine |language=en-US}} He then joined back in 2014, when he won the Masters Over 35 Overall. Contributing to Muscle and Fitness Magazine, sharing his thoughts regarding fitness and gym culture. In 2012, he was a sponsored athlete with Muscular Development.{{Cite web |title=Rob Youells Joins Team MD! |url=https://musculardevelopment.com/103-news/breakingnews/3954-rob-youells-joins-team-md.html#.YRPPF4gzbIV |access-date=November 17, 2022 |website=musculardevelopment.com}}
In 2014, he became the drummer for the New York thrash band Generation Kill, as well as the drummer for another thrash/rap band named Fragile Mortals, featuring Darryl McDaniels of the rap/rock legends Run-DMC. After Youells joined, the band released an album titled The Dark Project.{{Cite web |title=Generation Kill – Thrash band from NYC |url=http://generationkill.band/ |access-date=November 17, 2022 |language=en-US}} In 2020 he rejoined his former bandmates in the studio once again to record the third album for Generation Kill, titled MKUltra. The album was released to critical acclaim.{{Cite web |title=Generation Kill - MKUltra - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives |url=https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Generation_Kill/MKUltra/1012904 |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=www.metal-archives.com}}
Competition history
= 2004 =
- East Coast Championships – NPC, Heavyweight, 2nd
- Eastern USA Championships – NPC, Heavyweight, 2nd
- Nationals – NPC, Heavyweight, did not place
= 2009 =
- Atlantic States Championships – NPC, Heavyweight, 3rd
- East Coast Championships – NPC, Overall Winner
- East Coast Championships – NPC, Super-Heavyweight, 1st
- Eastern USA Championships – NPC, Heavyweight, 3rd
- Junior Nationals – NPC, Heavyweight, 4th
- Nationals – NPC, Heavyweight, 14th
= 2010 =
- North American Championships – IFBB, Heavyweight, 3rd
= 2011 =
- Nationals – NPC, Heavyweight, 2nd
- North American Championships – IFBB, Heavyweight, 6th
= 2012 =
- Nationals – NPC, Heavyweight, 3rd
- North American Championships – IFBB, Masters 35+ Heavyweight, 2nd
- North American Championships – IFBB, Heavyweight, 4th
- USA Championships – NPC, Heavyweight, 3rd
= 2014 =
- Pittsburgh Pro – IFBB, Masters 40+, 2nd
- Tampa Pro Championships – IFBB, Did not place
- Team Universe Championships – NPC, Masters 35+ Heavyweight, 1st
- Team Universe Championships – NPC, Masters 40+ Heavyweight, 2nd
- Team Universe Championships – NPC, Masters 35+ Overall Winner{{Cite web |title=Robert Youells |url=https://www.muscleandfitness.com/athlete/robert-youells/ |access-date=November 17, 2022 |website=Muscle & Fitness |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Contests |url=https://www.musculardevelopment.com/contests/bodybuilders/6108-robert-youells/event/1826-team-universe-2014 |access-date=November 17, 2022 |website=www.musculardevelopment.com}}{{Cite web |title=USAMuscle {{!}} Andy Haman |url=http://usamuscle.com/men/athletes/detail.php?athleteid=4117 |access-date=November 17, 2022 |website=usamuscle.com}}
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