Markiplier
Markiplier is a gaming creator, filmmaker and podcaster whose horror playthroughs, interactive adventures and film Iron Lung invite fans into the story.
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Known for
- Iron Lung2026 · Writer, director, editor and star
Film - In Space with Markiplier2022 · Writer, director and star
YouTube - Distractible2021 · Co-host with Bob Muyskens and Wade Barnes
Spotify - A Heist with Markiplier2019 · Writer, director and star
YouTube - The Edge of Sleep2019 · Star and producer of the audio series
QCODE - Five Nights at Freddy’s2014 · Horror game playthroughs
YouTube
Overview
- Name
- Mark Edward Fischbach
- Born
- June 28, 1989 · Honolulu, Hawaii
- Grew up
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Started
- YouTube gaming videos in 2012
- Breakout
- Horror playthroughs, including Amnesia and Five Nights at Freddy’s
- Also makes
- Interactive stories, films and podcasts
Mini bio
How it started.
Born in Hawaii and raised in Cincinnati, Mark was studying engineering when he began making YouTube videos in 2012. He told Forbes that recovering from a health crisis made him want a creative outlet he could control. He started by watching other gaming creators and learning how to make the format his own.
Finding his people.
Horror games became a home for his loud reactions and commentary, from Amnesia to Five Nights at Freddy’s. In an early Cancer Research Institute interview, he said he initially hoped the daily recordings would help him practice for voice acting. Fans responded, and he committed to making videos.
Letting viewers choose.
With A Heist with Markiplier in 2019 and In Space with Markiplier in 2022, he turned his channel into a place for branching adventures where viewers choose the next step. His work also moved into audio: he stars in and produces The Edge of Sleep, and co-hosts Distractible with friends Bob Muyskens and Wade Barnes.
Building something together.
Charity livestreams have been part of his work since 2012. The Cancer Research Institute honored his fundraising in 2020. That relationship with viewers also helped take Iron Lung to theaters in 2026: in his YouTube interview, Mark described fans calling cinemas to request the film he financed, directed and starred in.
Creditschronological, newest first
Film and interactive stories
- 2026Iron LungWriter, director, editor and star
- 2022In Space with MarkiplierWriter, director and star
- 2019A Heist with MarkiplierWriter, director and star
Podcasts
- 2021DistractibleCo-host with Bob Muyskens and Wade Barnes
- 2019The Edge of SleepStar and producer
Awards
Quotes
Everyone wants to help, they just need an avenue to do it.Markiplier, Cancer Research Institute interview
On giving his viewers a way to help through charity livestreams. Source: https://www.cancerresearch.org/stories/supporters/mark-fischbach-markiplier
Trivia
- He originally saw recording gaming commentary as a way to practice his voice for voice acting, according to his Cancer Research Institute interview.
- He told YouTube that Ratatouille is his favorite movie, followed by Jim Carrey’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
- In the same YouTube interview, he named Japanese Breakfast’s Paprika as one of his favorite songs.
- His 2018 Tasteful Nudes calendar donated $500,000 in proceeds to the Cancer Research Institute.
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