Anthony Padilla (born September 16, 1987) is one of the founders of Smosh (25+ million subscribers) which is a famous YouTube channel. He works as an American Actor, Comedian, Video Creator, YouTuber, and Producer as well. He became popular because of his fun videos with his friend Ian Hecox which they posted on their popular YouTube channel Smosh.
He now does interview videos with various Hollywood personalities and YouTubers there. Anthony has even launched his production house named Pressalike Inc. and made a short documentary film – ‘I Maid a Mistake’ in December 2020. As of May 2021, his self-entitled YouTube channel has more than 5M subscribers. He is even popular for working in the movies like Smosh, The Movie (2015), and Ghostmates (2016) with his friend Ian.
Quick Facts / Wiki
| Real Full Name | Daniel Anthony Padilla. |
| Famous For | Smosh (YouTube Comedy Channel). |
| Occupation | Actor, YouTuber, Comedian, Video Creator, and Producer. |
| Age (as of 2020) | 33 years old. |
| Birthday | September 16, 1987. |
| Zodiac Sign | Virgo. |
| Birthplace | Sacramento, capital of California, United States. |
| Nationality | American. |
| Sexuality | Heterosexual. |
| Hair Colour | Brown. |
| Eye Colour | Brown. |
| Height (approx.) | In feet & inches: 5′ 11″ In meters: 1.80 m. In centimeters: 180 cm.  |
| Weight (approx.) | In pounds: 165 lb. In kilograms: 75 kg. |
| Parents | Father: Dan Padilla. Mother: Leesah Padilla. |
| Personal Quote | There’s too much to think about. |
| Siblings | Step-brothers: 1. Matthew. 2. Brandon. Half-Sister: Heimlich Padilla.  |
| Net worth (as of 2021) | $2 million US Dollars, approx. |
| Profiles | Instagram: anthonypadilla YouTube: AnthonyPadilla smosh Twitter: anthonypadilla Snapchat: @anth0nypadilla TikTok: @anthonypadilla |
Anthony Padilla’s Biography
The Smosh channel famed star was born to his loving parents on the 16th of September. His birth year is 1987 which makes his age 33 years old, as of 2021. Anthony Padilla was brought up in Sacramento. It is the capital of California located in the United States. Being a Virgo, he has a well-developed sense of skills – speech, writing, and communication.
This famous American star has 2.8M fan following and 996 posts on Instagram. He has 5.34M subscribers on his self-titled YouTube channel and 2.2M followers on Twitter. He is active on Facebook also with 141K followers.
He liked coding as a child and has made a chat application Smosh for him and his friends to talk and hangout after school hours which was later converted to a YouTube channel.
Family Details
Anthony’s mom Leesah Padilla and dad Dan Padilla got divorced when he was a kid. I believe he is the only child of his parents. But he has two siblings from his mom’s side named Mathew and Brandon. His father married other women after leaving his mom and they both had a beautiful daughter – Heimlich Padilla (his step-sister).
Parents & Siblings
This digital content creator has shared pictures with his mom, dad, brothers, and with his stepmom also. His mom produced two boys named Mathew and Brandon with her former boyfriend. His mom’s ex-boyfriend left her alone along with Anthony and his brothers and never came back.
So, the whole responsibility was on his shoulders now as his mom never leave the house because of her severe anxiety disorder known as agoraphobia. In one of his posts, he revealed that Leesah Padilla was suffering from a severe anxiety disorder known as agoraphobia since she was 16 years old. He seems to be very close to his mother Leesah.
In one of his YouTube video- Draw My Life (posted on October 8, 2016, 6M likes), he has given a short summary of his whole life.
Relationships & Girlfriend
This American actor has been in various relationships since he was a teenager. He has dated his former partner Kalel Cullen who is also a famous YouTuber back in 2010. They both remained together for 4 years but decided to split in 2014. The former couple shared a common YouTube channel called WatchUsLiveAndStuff.
After that, Daniel Anthony Padilla was in a romantic relationship with his girlfriend Miel Bredouw (@mielmonster) from 2015 to 2018. Miel is a famous Instagram and Vine (American video hosting service) star. He still has various pictures with her on his Instagram account.
On September 10, 2019, Anthony Padilla started dating his current girlfriend Mykie (@mykie), who is a fellow Instagram star with 2M followers. She is the mother of 2 dogs Glam and Growl (@Glam_and_Growl). This online star even shares a lot of pictures with her on his social media profiles. In his last post (Feb 14, 2021), he wished her Happy Valentine’s day with a beautiful message. Anthony currently lives with her girlfriend Mykie.
Career
Anthony is famous because of his YouTube channel Smosh, it was earlier a website that Anthony made in order to chat and hang out with his friends after school hours but later Smosh becomes a YouTube channel where Anthony along with his friend Ian make videos together just as part of the fun.
Their first video was Power Rangers Theme in which they were both dancings in their bedroom (posted on November 19, 2005) and has 12M views. He sold Smosh in 2011 to Defy Media for Zero Dollars and just for some stocks. But he somehow left Smosh on June 14, 2017. He stated the reason through his YouTube video posted on his self-titled channel.
The reason why he left was that he wants to make videos with complete creative freedom which he feels he was not getting anymore as Smosh has become a brand that was deemed by the company. Afterward, he started creating videos on his channel.
Smosh is still famous on YouTube with more than 25M subscribers. While he was with Smosh he was featured in 2 comedy films one is ‘Ghostmates’ (December 14, 2016) and the other one is ‘Smosh, The Movie’ (July 24, 2015), they have also launched their comic book series named Smosh.
Anthony has launched his Production house – Pressalike Inc. and has made a one-hour documentary film – ‘I Maid a Mistake’. Daniel’s most viewed video is of him explaining why he left Smosh with 15M views. He now posts videos of him spending a day with famous personalities/YouTubers/Streamers, these basic interview series produced by his production house Pressalike and is very famous.
He is the creator, director, and writer of all these videos. This actor has a whole team who helps him shoot these videos. In his latest video, he spent a day with Minecrafters (posted on May 22, 2021) with 1M views. The 2nd most popular video (after why I left Smosh) was – I spent a day with multiple personalities (posted on March 1, 2020) which has 12M views.
This interview series playlist has more than 90 videos on his YouTube channel. These videos are podcasted on Spotify as well. In the very first interview series video titled – I spent a day with people w/ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), he talked to the people suffering from this disorder and try to understand what it actually feels like.
This 23 minutes long interview video was posted on Feb 16, 2021, and has 90K likes. After that, Anthony Padilla has done numerous videos with coma survivors, Covid Vaccine Recipients, Death Row survivors, Human Trafficking survivors, climate change Scientists, Kidnapping Survivors, celebrity chefs, frontline health workers, and various famous personalities like Mia Khalifa and YouTubers.
Some of his recent videos are with Minecrafters (May 22, 2021), Phantasies (people without a mind’s eye) (May 14, 2021), Plane crash survivors (May 6, 2021). Overall, he has been doing really great.
More Information about Anthony Padilla
- Anthony has got his left nose pierced.
- He was diagnosed with Henoch-Schoenlein Purpura/HSP (a disease in which the Immune system attacks its own red blood vessels) when he was 15 years old which leads to joint pain, intestinal pain, and constant puking, and was bed-ridden.
- He has made a chat Application and likes to code when he was a child. Smosh was a that app that was later converted into Smosh brand.
- Anthony Padilla has started eating vegan food as to maintain his health.
- This content creator is a creative and fun-loving person, one who wants to enjoy every moment.
- He first ever video on Smosh was made in his bedroom with his best friend Ian.
- He sold Smosh for almost free, just for some shares.
- As a child, Anthony was very shy and don’t like any sort of attention.
- He suffered from night terrors, walking while asleep.
- He likes to code when he was a child, has made a chat Application when he was 15 which he started with 30 users and within a month it raised to 30,000 users.
- Anthony is a creative and fun-loving person, one who wants to enjoy every moment.
- It was a very difficult decision for him to leave Smosh.
- He and Ian were friends since 6th grade and were neighbors, Ian was his best friend, and once they both went to Los Angeles for a Business Trip when they were kids.
- Ian and Anthony Padilla enjoyed each other’s company and loves making videos and entertaining their followers.
- He was born accidentally when his parents were very young and they broke up when he was only 2 years old.
- He used to live with his mom and visit dad on weekends, but he wanted to be with both of them.
- This YouTuber has dated various girls since he was a child.
- Anthony made a YouTube channel with his ex-girlfriend Kalel Cullen; the name of the channel was WatchUsLiveAndStuff which was later deleted after they broke up in 2014.
