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Jacksepticeye
Character information
Full name Seán William McLoughlin
Gender Male
Nickname(s) Jacksepticeye, Jack, Jackaboy, Jackspedicey
Born February 7, 1990
Profile statistics
Occupation YouTuber, Voice actor
Physical description
Hair Dark brown (2012 - September 2015, December 2017-present)
Dyed green (September 2015-December 2017, April 2020)
Eyes Blue
Height 176 cm

Seán William McLoughlin, known by his online pseudonym as Jacksepticeye or just simply Jack, is an Irish YouTuber who creates videos on video games, sketches and occasional vlogs. He previously resided in Athlone, Ireland, and currently resides in Brighton, England. He previously proclaimed himself to be the "most energetic video game commentator on YouTube". He currently has 30+ million subscribers, 16 billion+ views, and 5.1K videos as of July 2023.

Personal life

McLoughlin was born on February 7, 1990, in County Offaly, Ireland. His mother is named Florrie McLoughlin and is Roman Catholic. He is the youngest of five siblings, having two older sisters, Allison and Susan, and two older brothers, Malcolm and Simon.

He was the former drummer of an indie heavy-metal band named Raised to the Ground. In the late 2000's, he graduated high school.

In the early 2010's, McLoughlin dropped out of college after two years whilst studying Music Technology in Limerick, Ireland. He finished college the second time around fall 2014, the same year that his channel reached 1 million subscribers.

Between 2013 and 2014, Jack had an unnamed Korean girlfriend. He started dating Danish YouTuber Wiishu (real name Signe Hansen) in July 2015 and she previously lived with him; the pair split in August 2018 after three years. Since December 2018, he is currently dating Dutch YouTuber Gab Smolders (real name Evelien Smolders).

On January 27th 2021, Jack's father passed away. He revealed in a 2019 Twitch stream that his father was moved into a care home. Jack has moved house on three occasions: from a cabin to an apartment in May 2014, to Brighton in May 2017 and to a different house in Brighton in April 2021.

Pets

Jack has shared ownership with multiple animals over his YouTube career. The first was an unnamed horse first shown in I LOVE NATURE!!; he later revealed in Reacting To My Old Videos #2 that the horse was no longer there, suggesting either they had passed away or was sold to another owner. The second was a dog named Gizmo, who passed away in March 2018. He is currently the co-owner of a Siberian cat named BB (short for 'Big Boss' from Metal Gear Solid) who he shares with Evelien in Brighton.

Name origin

In Ireland, "Jack" is a common nickname for the name "Sean", and both his mother and friends called him this. His friends started calling him "Jacksepticeye" after a football accident where he received an eye laceration from a friend's glasses. According to him, the wound bled for quite some time and became infected after a few weeks, hence the name "Jacksepticeye".

Channel

Jack created his YouTube channel on February 24th 2007, although he didn't start making his own videos until November 2012, his very first upload being a Metal Gear Solid 4 impression on Solid Snake. According to Jack in a 2017 video, he originally wanted the channel to be dedicated to impressions.

Whilst playing Battlefield 3, Jack searched for tips online and came across LevelCapGaming. He was also a fanboy of Markiplier and PewDiePie, becoming part of his inspiration to start his own channel. Lacking friendships and living in a remote area, he turned to YouTube so he could create an online community, despite being pressed for time to make videos since he was also studying for exams in college. In September 2013, he entered PewDiePie's shout out competition and was one of several channels who won, where he went from 2,000 to 15,000 subscribers and pounced upon the opportunity to improve. Mark noticed Jack by writing on Twitter that he had entertaining videos, resulting in their first collaboration being "Gmod Sandbox w/ Markiplier | DON'T WORRY....WE'RE SCIENTISTS."

From 2012 until 2014 Jack lived beside his parents in a cabin, causing issues with his internet affecting his uploads. He had to use a camera as his microphone and attempted to hide his Irish accent by pretending to be American for fear of being made fun of.

In 2014, he moved to an apartment in Athlone for better internet access. He graduated from college that same year and earned a degree in hotel management. In 2016, Jack hired Robin as his first editor. For the first time in five years in October 2017, there were no scheduled uploads for a week due to him touring with the Game Grumps.

Jack kick started 2018 with the motto, Positive Mental Attitude (abbreviated as PMA), which turned into a merchandise line released in August 2018. Between July and October 2018 he took an extended break to Los Angeles. His previous upload schedule was two videos per day seven days a week, although has since decreased to one per day beginning on July 20th, 2018; in August 2019 he resumed his former schedule. Throughout 2020 his schedule became sporadic; in his end of year vlog 2020 Almost Made Me Quit Youtube, he explained he developed health issues which took a toll. Because of this he chose to step back from his channel and release videos once every few days.

Jack's main focus was on game plays of a variety of different genres, from Indie to horror to upcoming releases, but he occasionally done vlogs and sketch comedy; his current focus is on memes and reactions. Between 2014 and 2018 he was known for his energetic and caring personality, but toned down to seriousness when something needed to be talked about; since 2019 he has changed his outlook. He has shown his appreciation for his fan base multiple times, such as making a subscriber milestone video thanking them.

Opportunities

Scare PewDiePie S2 poster

As Jack became more well known for his videos, he earned various opportunities worldwide, such as attending Indy Pop Con in 2015, Insomnia 62 in the UK in December 2015, and PAX East and PAX West from 2015 to 2019 in America. He dyed his hair green alongside Markiplier in September 2015 for charity. In July 2017, he co-hosted the D23 Expo Level Up! panel in California alongside YouTuber Strawburry17. Jack was a special guest and antagonist for Scare PewDiePie: Season 2, which was cancelled due to Felix making unintended controversial jokes. In March 2018 until November 2018, Jack embarked on his first solo tour How Did We Get Here?.

Late Late Show

Jack during The Late Late Show

He was interviewed on The Late Late Show in Ireland on February 23rd, 2018. In May, Jack uploaded a video of him playing Deadpool with actor Ryan Reynolds. In October, he unveiled his and Mark's clothing brand Cloak.

JSE Game Awards 2018

Jack at The Game Awards 2018.

In November 2018, he interviewed Aquaman actor Jason Momoa and on December 6th, 2018, he presented an award for Best Narrative at the Video Game Awards. Throughout 2019, Jack posted several more interviews with actors from new movies.

JSE coffee

Announcement tweet

On April 7th, 2020, he and 100 creators participated in the 'Hope From Home' initiative against the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout 2018 and 2019, Jack and his fans have raised over $3.9 million for charity. On May 18th, 2020 Jack posted on Twitter "Might f*** around and release a coffee company soon!" The company was later named 'Top of the Mornin'. The launch was set for June 1st, 2020 but was pushed back due to the pandemic; the official date was changed to June 15th, 2020.

Quotes

See main article.

Trivia

Jack YT Rewind 2016

Jack in YouTube Rewind 2016

  • Jack stated in his first Unravel video that he liked to climb trees as a child.
  • Jack referred to himself as the last remaining Bossatronian from the planet Bossatronia (2014 cringe as referred by Jack in his January 1, 2018 upload.)
  • He does various series on games, with each episode of a particular series spaced out between two or four days from each other. There are some instances however, where he will stop playing for a few months and return.
  • One of several non video game series he previously did was Reading Your Comments.
  • Jack stated in his FNAF World video that Withered Bonnie is his favorite animatronic from Five Nights at Freddy's.
  • Jack's least favourite video game is Alien: Colonial Marines.
  • Jack used to have sleep paralysis frequently when he was young.
  • In Reading Your Comments #48, Jack revealed that his intro was inspired by a Friends episode. After watching Monica impersonate an Irishman and wearing a flat cap, he was inspired to do the same and had done so until 2017.
    • Jack's flat cap originally belonged to his mother, which he had worn himself from 2013 until early 2017. He did not wear it during Reading Comments and Vlogs, and has since stopped wearing it.
  • In Reading Your Comments #95, Jack revealed that he's ticklish.
  • Jack played the part of 'Shawn Flynn' in the third chapter of Bendy And The Ink Machine.
    • He also voiced his own characters in the games PewDiePie: Legend of the BrofistPinstripe, Monster Prom and Vacation Simulator.
    • In 2017, Jack voiced a character in Asdf movie 10 filming a suicidal man. He explained in his April 2018 charity live stream that he was asked by series creator Tomska to do so.
    • He had a cameo in the 2020 movie Free Guy starring Ryan Reynolds.
    • He has expressed interest at becoming a voice actor.
  • Since 2017, clips of Jack's videos have been shown on Disney's Polaris: Player Select.
  • Jack has stated that his three favourite games of all time are Shadow of the Colossus, BloodBorne and Dark Souls.
  • He has acrophobia (fear of heights).
  • Jack occasionally suffers from tinnitus, a ringing sound in the ears. He explained that he might have gotten it when he refused to wear ear protection when he played drums in his teens.
  • Jack appeared in YouTube Rewind 2016 (2:48 - 2:50) appearing to be playing a game. He did not appear in YouTube Rewind 2017, however; this was because he declined the offer to take part.
  • In a colour blind test video, Jack received the diagnosis that he has mild protan, a condition affecting the red-green parts of his eyesight. He mentioned in an Undertale episode that he may be color blind.
  • Jack first implemented his face cam in 'Amnesia the Dark Descent - WATER ASSHOLE - Walkthrough Part 3 Gameplay/Commentary/Facecam.'
  • His favourite anime is One Punch Man, second favourite being Full Metal Alchemist.
  • He is 176 cm (5 feet 8 inches) in height.
  • He has appeared as a guest on a few YouTube podcasts, including PewDiePie's BroKen Podcast[1] (21:52), H3 Podcast [2] and Trash Taste[3].
    • On April 19, 2023, Jack released his own podcast called Brain Leak, co-hosted with CrankGameplays.
  • He has stated in his Coloring Pixels video that he may be allergic to cats.
  • Jack's favourite Pokemon is Charizard.
  • Jack is 62% Irish, 34% British and 4% other in Ethnicity as determined in HOW IRISH IS JACKSEPTICEYE?.

References

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