Andrew Byron Bachelor (born June 26, 1988), better known by his stage name King Bach ( ), is a

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and actor who rose to fame on the now-defunct video sharing service

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, on which he was the most-followed user with 16.2 million followers. Bachelor ventured into acting, first receiving recognition for starring on the

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series ''Black Jesus'' (2014–2015). He rose to mainstream prominence for his roles in the

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films ''

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'' and '' Fifty Shades of Black'' (both 2016), the

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films '' When We First Met'' and ''To All the Boys I've Loved Before'' (both 2018), the

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films ''The Babysitter'' (2017) and '' The Babysitter: Killer Queen'' (2020), and the

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film ''Greenland'' (2020). Bachelor also has a

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account with 28.3 million followers and runs a

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channel with over 3.5 million subscribers.

Early life and education

Bachelor was born in the neighbourhood of

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to Jamaican parents, accountants Ingrid Mourice and Byron Bachelor. He has one younger sister named Christina. He was two years old when he moved with his family to

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and grew up in

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. His strict parents raised him in a

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household. He attended

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for both middle school and high school. After graduating, Bachelor enrolled at

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, where he competed in the

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. While a student, he was a member of 30in60, a sketch comedy troupe. He graduated from Florida State University in 2010, with a degree in business management. While at Florida State, Bachelor pledged and became a member/brother of

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. Afterwards, he enrolled in a graduate program at the

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, but dropped out in his last semester and moved to

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. He then studied

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Career

Bachelor earned 16.2 million followers and over 6.1 billion loops on Vine, ranking first on the app for number of followers. He took the title of most-followed person on Vine in March 2015. Though best known for Vine, Bachelor is also known for his

channel, BachelorsPadTv. Bachelor has stated that he turned down most requests to upload sponsored Vines. Bachelor's Vine stardom led to him signing with

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, and landing a recurring role in ''

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''. In addition, he was a recurring cast member on ''

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'' on

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. He was also on a series regular on the

Adult Swim Adult Swim (stylized as

series '' Black Jesus'', and had a recurring role on ''

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''. Bachelor also had a role in the spoof comedy film '' Fifty Shades of Black'', and was a special guest host for the revived version of ''

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'' on

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. He appeared as a fictional version of himself in the 2015 film '' We Are Your Friends''. Bachelor was introduced to Vine by Brittany Furlan, before uploading his first Vine video on April 19, 2013. He starred in several of

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's parodies of music videos, portraying

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in "

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" and " Break Free",

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in "

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in "

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", and

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in the parody for Sia's " Big Girls Cry". Bach co-starred in

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's horror film '' The Babysitter''. He reprised his role in the sequel '' The Babysitter: Killer Queen''. Bach released his debut album, "Medicine", on August 31, 2019. He released two singles from the album. "Say Daddy" was released on February 14, 2019, and "HTH" was released on May 31, 2019. Bach also has made several songs, including "See Me Now" which he released on February 21, 2021. Bach sent a TikTok telling people to use the sound of a song and that he would duet the best ones. Bach later posted the song onto YouTube, Spotify and SoundCloud. In 2023, Bach was featured in the music video for "TRUCK BED" by country artist

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Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

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