Jc Caylen (born Justin Caylan Castillo; September 11, 1992) is an American

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from

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Early life and education

Caylen was born in

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, Texas. He and his family moved to

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, Texas, where he grew up. He has three siblings; Jaylyn, Ava Grace and Joe Felix. His parents divorced when he was very young. Caylen attended high school at Sandra Day O'Connor High School in Helotes, Texas. He briefly attended

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before dropping out to focus on his YouTube career.

Career

Caylen began his career on YouTube, uploading his first public video to his channel, Life with Jc, in 2010. Caylen also gained exposure due to the YouTube supergroup Our2ndLife where he,

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and Sam Pottorff went on an international tour and amassed a total 2.7 million subscribers before the group broke up in December 2014. In 2015, Caylen's compilation album ''Neptones'' hit number one on the Top Dance/rap Albums chart, according to ''

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'', the album was from Heard Well, a record label started by YouTube user Connor Franta, CAA new Agent Andrew Graham and entrepreneur Jeremy Wineberg. In addition to his YouTube career, Caylen also has appeared as an actor in several films and television series. In an interview with

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, Caylen stated about his YouTube presence affecting his acting career, saying "I'd say that it's impacted my career so much because people see my personality on YouTube and they want to work with me more.. It's almost like a video resume because I have my own personality on YouTube and since I don't play a character, they can see who I am and what I'm about. I feel like they know me on a personal level and know what I will be like to work with." Caylen played Mikey in the 2016

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comedy ''

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'', and its 2017 sequel, ''

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''.

Filmography

Television

Films

References

External links

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