Biography
Who is Joey Graceffa?
Early life and education
Joey Graceffa was born on May 16, 1991. He was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts. His parents are Joseph Graceffa Sr. And Debbie O'Connor. He has a sister named Nicole. He also has a half brother named Jett. Jett has autism. His mother struggled with alcohol when Joey was 12.
He graduated from Marlborough High School in 2009. He applied to Emerson College but was not accepted. Joey attended Fitchburg State College for one year. He intended to major in film there.
YouTube and television career
Joey began his career in 2007. He uploaded videos to the WinterSpringPro channel with Brittany Joyal. He started his own channel in 2009. He joined the StyleHaul network in 2013. Joey runs four YouTube channels. These include vlogging, gaming, daily vlogs, and react content.
His main channel reached 2.1 billion views by April 2022. His gaming channel has over 620 million views. Together, his channels have over 2.9 billion views. He competed in The Amazing Race seasons 22 and 24. He teamed up with Meghan Camarena for these seasons.
Books and music
Joey is a New York Times best selling author. He released a memoir in May 2015. The book is called In Real Life: My path to a Pixelated World. It discusses his childhood and his career. He co-wrote a novel called Children of Eden with Laura L. Sullivan. This book was released in October 2016.
The novel is a story about a character named Rowen in a place called Eden. Joey announced a sequel called Elites of Eden in May 2017. He also produces music. He released the song Don't Wait in May 2015. The music video features a prince and fantasy characters. It reached 24 million views by October 2016.
Film and business ventures
Joey acted in several short films. These include Eon and Ethereal. He worked on BlackBoxTV shorts between 2012 and 2014. He also appeared in the MyMusic series. Joey won a Streamy Award in 2014. He won for his role as Hunter Crowley in Storytellers.
He funded Storytellers through Kickstarter and Indiegogo. These campaigns raised 140,000 and 30,000 dollars. Some backers said they did not get their rewards by 2018. He was in the project Fight of the Living Dead in 2015. He played an extra in The Space Between Us movie in 2017.
Personal life
Joey confirmed he is gay on May 18, 2015. He said it was hard to come out because of his hometown. He announced his relationship with Daniel Preda in February 2016. The couple started dating in July 2014. Daniel also appeared in the Don't Wait music video.
Birthday and age
Joey Graceffa was born on May 16, 1991, which makes Joey 35 years old today. That birthday falls under the Taurus sign. Joey shares the date with 37 other famous people.
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