Aaron Yonda (born January 19, 1973) is an American comedian, writer, actor, director, and YouTuber from
Menomonie, Wisconsin
Menomonie () is a city in and the county seat of Dunn County in the western part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The city's population was 16,843 as of the 2020 census.
Named for the original inhabitants of the area, the Menominee, the city ...
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He portrays the title character in ''
Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager'', a
web serial he co-produced with his friend
Matt Sloan, who provides the voice of Chad.
Early life
Yonda is a graduate of the
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the ...
.
Career
His short film, ''The Life and Death of a Pumpkin'', swept the
Chicago Horror Film Festival awards, receiving "Best Short Film" and "Concept". His shorts have been screened worldwide including the
Just for Laughs Festival and the
Worldwide Short Film Festival
The Canadian Film Centre's Worldwide Short Film Festival (WSFF), founded by Brenda Sherwood in 1994, was an annual film festival held over several days in Toronto, Ontario in June, at The Annex- Yorkville area venues; including the Bloor Cinema, t ...
in
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...
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Yonda is also a member of the comedy troupe Monkey Business Institute in
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the county seat of Dane County and the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census the population was 269,840, making it the second-largest city in Wisconsin by population, after Milwaukee, and the 80th-lar ...
.
See also
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''Star Wars'' parodies
References
External links
"Blame Society Films" page on Aaron Yonda's website*
1973 births
American male web series actors
21st-century American male actors
Living people
University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire alumni
American YouTubers
People from Madison, Wisconsin
People from Menomonie, Wisconsin
Comedy YouTubers
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