Robert Youells is an American musician, fitness model, heavyweight bodybuilding champion, IFBB Pro bodybuilder, and an actor. He is best known for his work as a voice actor in ''
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony'' (2009).
He is the drummer for the heavy metal band
Generation Kill and has appeared on ''Saturday Night Live'' (2005), and ''
Deadly Sins (TV series)'' (2012).
Early life and education
Youells was born in Livingston, New Jersey. He began taking drum lessons at 6, studying with Rick Aquino until age 9. At 11, he switched to studying with Keith Necessary, a student of
Joe Morello. He also studied with Joe Nevolo for a few years.
Career
Youells has appeared on ''
Saturday Night Live'' (2005), ''
Late Night with Conan O’Brien
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'', and ''
Guiding Light
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''.
He is also the cast member of ''
Off Season'' and had a supporting role in a short film, ''Meet My Boyfriend'', which screened at the 2011
Manhattan Film Festival. Youells has also appeared in ''
The Sitter''.
He provided the voice of Evan Moss in ''The Lost and Damned'' and ''The Ballad of Gay Tony''. Youells has modeled for ''Vogue'' and ''Muscle and Fitness''.
Recently, he was a drummer for the New York based thrash/rap band Fragile Mortals, featuring
Darryl McDaniels of the rap/rock legends
Run-DMC
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.
After Youells joined, the band released an album titled ''DMC Generation Kill''. In 2004, Youells started in National Bodybuilding, and took a break in 2013 due to his mother's death,
. He then joined back in 2014, when he won the Masters Over 35 Overall.
4Contributing to Muscle and Fitness Magazine, sharing his thoughts regarding fitness and gym culture.
In 2012, he was a sponsored athlete with Muscular Development.
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
References
American bodybuilders
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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