Toby Turner, who is more known for his stage name which is Tobuscus, is a really well known internet celebrity, Youtuber and a comedian. He also works as an actor and a musician too.
Early years
He was born as Toby Joseph Turner on March 3rd 1985 in a town named Osborn, in the state of Mississippi in the United States.
Although he was born in Mississippi he grew up in a town named Niceville in Florida. He was a student at the University of Florida where he focused on making films and TV production. That is why he has a degree in telecommunication.
His whole family knew about his passion in filmmaking so his mother decided to buy him a video camera which eventually started his career as a Youtuber.
Career development
The very first job he gained after finishing college was in a company whose main work is connected to computers. He was a SEO expert there and he learned a lot about it.
In 2006, Toby Turner created his own Youtube channel named “Tobuscus”. He uploaded sketches and other comic content.
One of his first works was a sketch which he made based on a movie called “Click”. “Don’t Tase Me, Bro” is his first viral video which brought him into limelight.
Toby also uses animated sketches on his channel. Some of his most notable works are “I Can Swing My Sword” and “Nugget in A Biscuit”.
He also makes “Literal Trailers” series and they are really popular amongst viewers.
He relocated to L.A. in 2008 but he lives in Washington since 2017 and says that he likes it just the same.
In 2009, he created “Toby Turner” channel in order to upload his daily vlogs and he always reffers to them as “lazy vlogs”.
In 2010, he created his third channel and he named it “Toby Games”. He uploaded gameplays for games like “Minecraft” and “Happy Wheels”.
Toby likes making collaborations with other Youtubers so he had numerous collaborations through his career.
In 2009 he made an interesting collaboration with Joe Penna, who is known as MysteryGuitarMan.
In 2012, he appeared in “The Annoying Orange” comedy web series which gained a lot of popularity in a short period of time.
One year later he collaborated with a female Youtuber iJustine. They made numerous Let’s Play videos together, connected to “Little Big Planet 2” video game.
Toby also collaborated with Jack Douglass, Olga Kay and Chester See. He also starred in a popular Youtube series named “Terminator Genisys: The YouTube Chronicles”. It was connected to promoting “Terminator Genisys” movie.
Toby also produced a web series alongside Philip DeFranco under the name “CuteWinFail”.
In 2010, Toby gained his first bigger role in a comedy movie called “New Low”, which was seen foe the first time at Sundance Film Festival.
In 2012, he starres alongside another Youtuber in “Smiley”. It was a psychological movie with horror elements.
In 2012, Toby received a nomination in “Best Host” category due to his great work as a host in several web shows, for example for Comexy Central and VH1.
In 2013, Toby opened fundraising on Indiegogo to get initial funds for his iOs and android game “Tobuscus Adventures: Wizards!” Eventually the game came to the stores in 2015 and three years later it could be played everywhere, inckuding on PC.
In 2015, he made another collab with Shane Dawson in a comedy movie “Thunder: Internet Assassin”.
The same year he had a very small role in the film called “The Great Gilly Hopkins” directed by Stephen Herek.
He hosts a Youtube series called “Tagged”, an American thrillee series which started showing in 2016.
Toby had a great role as a Nerville in an animated series made for Cartoon Network. It was named “The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange”.
Toby is a very multitalented person and he covered a lot of different areas in his work.
He has done a lot of campaigns for mayor companies such as Disney and NBC.
He made an advert for “Lie To Me” Fox series and one especially successful commercial for Timberland.
Toby also released three books with basis on “Tobuscus Adventures”. They were all published by Tegan Books and were very successful.
Personal life
In spring 2016, a woman named April Fletcher who was Toby’s ex-girlfriend, made a post on Tumblr against Toby which included drugs and rape accusation. Toby responded on this allegations in a video and called them false.
He is a big fan of dogs and has a couple of them. He spends a lot of time with them.
He has asthma and is allergic to cats and dairy so he has to watch out for these two things.
His dog is called Gryphon which is an extra name for a Shih Tzu.
He also has ADD which means that he has a very short span of attention and can not concentrate on one thing for a very long time.
Toby has asthma and is allergic to dairy and cats.
He is very close to his parents: William and Jackie and to his brother Billy and sister Angie eho are both older than him.
He is a very good musician and plays both the piano and a guitar.
He was in a relationship with Amelia Talin but it ended up very problematic because she accused hum of pressuring her to sex and drugs.
He was in a five years long relationship with April Fletcher. She is also known as April Efff.
She later stated that he cheated her a lot and abused her many times.
He was also in a relationship with a Russian Youtuber Olga Kay who never spoke badly of him. He dated Clare Lourdes, Tara Babcock, Kate Elliot, Melanie Murphy and Jaclyn Glenn.
He has roots in Poland from his father’s family.
Toby is a big fan of Thai Cuisine but loves all other Asian food too.
Quick summary
Full name: Toby Joseph Turner
Date of birth: March 3rd, 1985
Birthplace: Osborn, Mississipi, United States
Age: 34
Profession: Youtuber, comedian, entrpreneur
Height: 179 cm
Weight: 74 kgs
Net Worth: $4,5 million