Andrew Byron Bachelor (born June 26, 1988), also known as King Bach is a Canadian-American

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and

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who rose to fame on the now-defunct video sharing service

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, where he had 16.2 million followers, making him the most followed user on the platform. Bachelor ventured into acting, first receiving recognition for starring on the

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series ''Black Jesus'' (2014–2015). He rose to mainstream prominence for his roles in the

comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...

films ''

Meet the Blacks ''Meet the Blacks'' is a 2016 American black comedy horror film directed by Deon Taylor, written by Taylor and Nicole DeMasi, and is a parody of the 2013 film ''The Purge''. It stars Mike Epps, Gary Owen, Zulay Henao, Lil Duval, Bresha Webb, G ...

'' and '' Fifty Shades of Black'' (both 2016), the teen romance films ''

When We First Met ''When We First Met'' is a 2018 American romantic comedy film directed by Ari Sandel, written by John Whittington, and starring Adam DeVine, Alexandra Daddario, Shelley Hennig, Andrew Bachelor and Robbie Amell. It was released worldwide on Netfl ...

'' and ''To All the Boys I've Loved Before'' (both 2018), the horror comedy films ''The Babysitter'' (2017) and '' The Babysitter: Killer Queen'' (2020), and the

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film ''Greenland'' (2020). Bachelor also has a

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account with 27.8 million followersTiktok.com and runs a

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channel with over 2.4 million followers.

Early life and education

Bachelor was born in the neighbourhood of Rexdale in

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to Jamaican parents, accountants Ingrid Mourice and Byron Bachelor. He has one younger sister named Christina. He was two years old when he moved with his family to

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. His strict parents raised him in a

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household. He attended

Coral Springs Charter School Coral Springs Charter School was established in 1999 in Coral Springs, Florida, United States. The school was originally constructed in 1977 as an enclosed mall. When the mall failed, the nearly vacant structure was purchased by Charter Schools ...

for both middle school and high school. After graduating, Bachelor enrolled at

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, where he competed in the

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. He also took part in a club called 30in60 which is an elite collegiate comedy sketch troupe. He graduated from Florida State University in 2010, with a degree in business management. While at Florida State, Bachelor pledged and became a member/brother of

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. Afterwards, he enrolled in a graduate program at the

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, but dropped out in his last semester and moved to

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. He then studied

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The Groundlings The Groundlings is an American improvisational and sketch comedy troupe and school based in Los Angeles. The troupe was formed by Gary Austin in 1974 and uses an improv format influenced by Viola Spolin, whose improvisational theater techniq ...

Career

Bachelor earned 11.3 million followers and over six billion loops on Vine, ranking first on the app for number of followers. He took the title of most-followed person on Vine in March 2015. Though best known for Vine, Bachelor is also known for his

channel, BachelorsPadTv. The channel and its videos have been covered by several online publications, including FSU News. Bachelor has stated that he turned down most requests to upload sponsored Vines. Bachelor's Vine stardom led to him signing with UTA, and landing a recurring role in '' House of Lies''. In addition, he at one point was a recurring cast member on ''

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'' on

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. He was also on a series regular on the

series '' Black Jesus'', and had a recurring role on '' The Mindy Project''. Bachelor also had a role in the spoof comedy film '' Fifty Shades of Black'', and was a special guest host for the revived version of ''

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'' on

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. He appeared as a fictional version of himself in the 2015 film '' We Are Your Friends''. Bachelor was introduced to Vine by

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, before uploading his first Vine video on April 19, 2013. He starred in several of

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's parodies of music videos, portraying

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in " Problem" and " Break Free",

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in "

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", Juicy J in "

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in the parody for Sia's "

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". Bach co-starred in McG's horror film '' The Babysitter''. He reprised his role in the sequel '' The Babysitter: Killer Queen''. Bach released his debut album, "Medicine", on August 31, 2019. He released two singles from the album. "Say Daddy (song)" was released on February 14, 2019, and "HTH (song)" was released on May 31, 2019. Bach also has made several songs, including "See Me Now" which he released on February 21, 2021. Bach sent a TikTok telling people to use the sound of a song and that he would duet the best ones. Bach later posted the song onto YouTube, Spotify and SoundCloud.

Filmography

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