Early life, family, formation
American actor Erik Flynn Stocklin was born on September 24, 1982 in Freehold, New Jersey, United States. In 2007, Erik earned his BA in Theater from Southern Connecticut State University. While studying, he also trained in New York at the Circle in the Square Theater School and spent his summers in New Haven, Connecticut, at the Elm Shakespeare Company.
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A year after graduating from college, in 2008, he moved to Los Angeles, California to work on his acting career. He told the Southern Connecticut website of the move, “I piled what I could into the back of a red 95 two-door Saturn and started driving…three weeks later I’m arrived in LA”
Who is Colleen Ballinger?
Colleen Mae Ballinger was born on November 21, 1986 in Santa Barbara, California.
She is an American YouTuber, actress, writer, comedian and singer, probably best known for her fictional character, Miranda Sings, for whom she has a dedicated YouTube channel, on which she posts videos of the character. Colleen also toured America as Miranda, for her one-man comedy show, usually performing in small theaters and not always sold out. However, the character’s popularity led to a Netflix original show, “Hater’s Back Off”.
Colleen created the character as a form of satire – Miranda is a bad singer, but she still posts cover videos and thinks she has a wonderful voice; this is meant to poke fun at the many people who try to get famous by posting covers online, even though they can’t sing.
Miranda not only sings and dances badly on her channel, but she also misinterprets critical news when talking about it. She collaborates with other YouTubers and generally insults them throughout the video, in addition to giving pointless tutorials and rants about her “enemies”.
Colleen also has a self-titled personal YouTube channel, where she posts lifestyle and comedy videos, sometimes featuring her family or friends. Her third channel is a vlogging channel called “Colleen Vlogs”. Colleen won a Teen Choice Award in the Web Star: Comedy category and a Streamy Award for Best Actress. The Hollywood Reporter included her in its list of Top 25 Digital Stars and Forbes ranked her No. 5 on its list of Top Entertainment Influencers of 2017.
“When the sky is gray
hope just hides
I will be your sunflower”
thank you for being my little sunflowers. 🌻#CornyButTrue pic.twitter.com/89Fj3z1pe0—Colleen Ballinger🎗 (@ColleenB123) January 29, 2017
Outside of YouTube and Netflix, Colleen has also appeared on several talk shows to promote “Haters Back Off”, and appeared as Dawn in a Broadway production of “Waitress”, as well as a few other off-Broadway productions. She started doing theater at a very young age, and even studied it further at university.
Colleen had a long-term relationship with fellow YouTuber, singer and actor Joshua David Evans. They got engaged in 2014 and married the following year on July 2. However, even though they had been together for over a decade, their marriage only lasted a year. They both announced their divorce in September 2016 on their respective channels.
Erik’s career
In 2016, Erik was cast in a major Super Bowl commercial; he spoke about the role and said that after attending several auditions against thousands of other actors, his agent called him to say he had booked the part.
‘You get a call from the wardrobe asking for your sizes. Next thing you know, you’re on a plane to Vancouver to film a Super Bowl commercial. He also talked about the pressure of working with big companies and knowing that they’re spending “over five million dollars” for 30 seconds of in-game airtime, the huge production costs, and the fact that at least 115 million people will all see the one d.
Television
Erik’s screen acting debut dates back to 2010, as Gregg in the TV series “First Day”. The following year he appeared as Stevie in the episode titled “Crying Wolf”. of “The Vampire Diaries”, a supernatural drama series. He was cast in the lead role of Sam Gray in the 2013 mystery drama series “Mistresses” – the show received mostly negative reviews and was canceled after four seasons.
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From 2014 to 2015, he had a recurring role as Beth Davis’ stalker Perry Whitley on “Stalker.” This show also received negative reviews, however, Erik became more popular. When speaking with Lena LaMoray about the role, he recalled: “When I was told I had gotten the part, I was asked if I could be at the table read at Warner Bros for two hours. later,” saying the casting went so fast he didn’t even get a chance to tell anyone. He looked forward to working with Dylan McDermott, Kevin Williamson and Maggie Q – “It makes my part easier…Having such talented and amazing people, from the cast to the whole crew.” He added that Kevin is a genius writer and creator who is very hands-on. He said he felt confident in both the role and the show when he went to work every day, as he worked with so many talented professionals.
Erik has made several TV show appearances, including 2015’s “Major Crimes” as Brad Powell, as Brian Philips on 2016’s “Criminal Minds”, 2017’s “Girlboss” as Dr. as John Hinckley Jr. in “Timeless” in 2018.
In 2016 and 2017, he played Miranda Sings’ best friend, Patrick Mooney, in “Haters Back Off”. In the series, Patrick has a secret crush on Miranda (played by Colleen Ballinger), who is trying to achieve YouTube fame. The series was created and written by Colleen and her brother, Christopher “Chris” Ballinger, and was based on the fictional life of Miranda, bringing back the story that Colleen came up with for the character. The show performed poorly and was canceled after two seasons.
More recently, in 2019, Erik played Julian McCaffrey in two episodes of “Lucifer”.
Film
Erik’s film debut dates back to 2011, as Thomas in “Donner Pass”, a film about explorer George Donner and his friends. They find themselves stuck in a mountain pass in the depths of winter and turn to cannibalism to survive. The following year, he played Ben in “Nesting”, then Paul in “Grey Sheep” in 2013, followed by his portrayal of Noah in “The Bad Guys” in 2015.
His most recent film role was as Zach in the 2018 sci-fi “High Voltage.” The film follows a singer who dies after being struck by lightning, but is resurrected and has electrical superpowers. The film was originally to be titled “Hollow Body”.
Music
Although Erik and Colleen are primarily known as actors, they have performed songs together on Colleen’s eponymous YouTube channel.
On April 19, 2018, they released the video for “The Hug Song”, which Colleen wrote with help from her nephew, Parker, who “wrote” the lyrics, while Colleen and Erik wrote the music. to accompany them. In the video, Colleen sings while playing the piano and Erik plays the ukulele while singing background vocals.
In an interview with Thrillest, Colleen said it’s about them becoming comfortable and confident enough to perform in front of millions of subscribers when it comes to performing online. “I didn’t think about it too much at first,” she said, “but then when they started going viral, I kind of freaked out.” She was worried about what people thought of the videos, but was given some helpful advice: “Do whatever tickles you,” she said, “as long as you’re having a good time and laughing, other people will too, and if they don’t like you, it doesn’t matter as long as you’re having fun. So I stopped caring what other people think,” she explained.
Other
Erik has appeared in advertisements for major companies including Apple, McDonald’s, Mazda and Harmot.
Private life
Erik met Colleen on the set of “Hater’s Back Off”; they quickly became best friends and reportedly started dating shortly after the show was canceled. They announced their relationship in early 2018, when they posted photos of them together on Instagram, but many fans already suspected that they were dating, and even made YouTube videos with “evidence” and have pleaded their cases. In one of her videos after the announcement, Colleen said they really started out as best friends and then fell in love, ‘[We’re] truly the happiest people ever,” she happily added. She also said they hid their relationship for a while, because Erik wasn’t really into social media, “…he’s really terrified of the internet”, but they found it too difficult to continue. to hide their relationship.
In June 2018, they announced their engagement and Colleen’s pregnancy. In an interview with People Magazine, she said, “We are so, so excited… [we] I can’t wait to meet this kid,” she added, it’s all happening really fast, but she’s thrilled and feels like the “luckiest girl in the world.” She said her mom, Gwen, had been particularly helpful in preparing for the baby’s arrival.When she was seven or eight months old, she appeared in Ariana Grande’s “Thank U, Next” music video, and Ariana can be seen kissing her bump – the two have been friends for 15 years after meeting in an audition room.
Flynn Timothy Stocklin was born on December 10, 2018 in California, three weeks before his due date. Two days later, a vlog of Flynn’s birth was uploaded to his brother’s YouTube channel, “Ballinger Family.”
On her own channel, Colleen shared her birth story and how she and Erik chose the name Flynn – it’s not just Erik’s middle name, but also his father’s – the name dates further back in their family history, as it served as Erik’s Irish great-great-great-grandfather’s surname. “Timothy” is the name of Colleen’s father. Early in her pregnancy, Erik and Colleen took a trip to Ireland together, and bought a pin with the name “Flynn” on it. Just before giving birth, Erik accidentally pulled the pin out of Colleen’s purse, and they took that as a sign that it must be their son’s name.
Appearance
Erik has dark brown hair, hazel eyes, is 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) tall and weighs approximately 165 lbs (76 kg).
Net Worth and Salary
As of the end of 2020, Erik’s net worth is estimated to be around $750,000.
