Philip Michael Lester was born on 30 January 1987 and is an English YouTuber and radio host.
18 Facts About Phil Lester
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Phil Lester is best known for his YouTube channels AmazingPhil, which gained over 4 million subscribers, and DanAndPhilGAMES.
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Phil Lester appeared on The Sunday Times' 2019 list of the top influencers in the UK.
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Phil Lester was born on 30 January 1987 in Rawtenstall, Lancashire.
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Phil Lester later graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in English Language and Linguistics in 2008 and a Master of Arts in Video Postproduction with Visual Effects in 2009, both from the University of York.
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At age 19 on 27 March 2006, Lester posted his first YouTube vlog titled "Phil's Video Blog" on his main YouTube channel, AmazingPhil.
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Phil Lester reached 1 million YouTube subscribers on 6 July 2013,2 million on 29 August 2014,3 million on 12 October 2015, and 4 million on 14 March 2017.
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From 2009 to 2011, Phil Lester participated in RTE's Ireland-based cross-media show, ApartmentRed.
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Phil Lester has appeared alongside Howell in Benjamin Cook's twelve part web series Becoming YouTube, and was interviewed on the various topics Cook covered.
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On 12 September 2014, Howell and Lester posted the first video on their new gaming YouTube channel, DanAndPhilGAMES.
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In 2007, Phil Lester appeared as a contestant on The Weakest Link, making it to the final round.
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Phil Lester played the role of Tim in 2008 film Faintheart and appeared in a Confused.
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Phil Lester was interviewed with other internet entertainers on Channel 4 News in October 2012 about the increased popularity of YouTube and video blogging as a profession.
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From 2014 to 2016 Howell and Phil Lester hosted the worldwide YouTube livestream of the Brit Awards as well as making backstage videos for their channel.
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In December 2016, Howell and Phil Lester voiced two gorilla princes named Majinuni and Hafifu respectively, in the episode "The Lost Gorillas" in Disney Junior's The Lion Guard.
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Alongside these films, they released a photo book, Dan and Phil Lester Go Outside, in November 2016, which includes a personal collection of candid photos and insightful stories from the tour.
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Two and a half weeks later, Phil Lester publicly came out as gay in a video on his channel, although he had been open about it in his personal life since university.
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In 2011, Phil Lester won a Guinness World Record for fastest coin stacking, placing 25 coins on top of each other in 31.617 seconds.