Andrew Michael Milonakis (; born January 30, 1976) is an American actor, comedian, rapper, and streamer. He is best known for his work on '' The Andy Milonakis Show'', a sketch comedy series that aired on MTV and MTV2 from 2005 to 2007. Other notable films and TV series Milonakis has appeared in include ''

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'', ''Waiting...'' and '' Adventure Time''.

Early life

Milonakis was born in

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, to a Greek-American family. His father was born in

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. Milonakis was born with a growth hormone deficiency, causing him to have the appearance and voice of an adolescent. He attended John Jay High School in Lewisboro. Milonakis turned to comedy and humor as a preemptive defense mechanism.

Career

On January 26, 2003, the day of Super Bowl XXXVII, Milonakis decided not to attend a friend's Super Bowl party and instead recorded a video titled "The Super Bowl Is Gay". He posted the video to the website AngryNakedPat.com, and within two weeks it went viral. A writer for ABC's new late-night show, '' Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', spotted it and got Milonakis on the program. At the time, Milonakis was working as a tech support staffer at a Manhattan accounting firm. Milonakis first started rapping on

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; his first song was called "The Andy Milonakis Rap". He was in

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, a group that also included rap artists

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and Riff Raff, but on September 26, 2014, he announced that the group had broken up. From 2014 to 2015, Milonakis hosted and starred in a cooking show called "Fat Prince" on Munchies, a YouTube channel that is part of the

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network. In each episode, Milonakis and a changing cast of chefs combined cheap ingredients with expensive ingredients to make a unique meal. In December 2016, Milonakis announced he was joining the Baited podcast, with YouTubers Anything4views and

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. According to Twitchmetrics on February 26, 2017, he was the fastest-growing streamer in the "IRL" category of the popular streaming website

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at that time. On May 30, 2020, Milonakis tweeted the sixth-most-liked tweet of all time on

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, writing "Congratulations to the Astronauts that left Earth today. Good choice" referring to the

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launch during the George Floyd protests and the

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Personal life

After having lived in

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for much of his career, he currently lives in

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, New York City.

Discography

EPs

* ''Gazpacho'' (2010)

Collaborations

*''Busboys' Paradise'' (2005) *'' ¡Three Loco!'' (2012)

Mixtapes

* ''Hot Soup'' (2009)

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Guest appearances

Filmography

References

External links

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