Andy Milonakis

Biography

Andy Milonakis is an American actor, comedian, rapper, streamer and writer. He is known for creating the show The Andy Milonakis Show(2005-2007) after himself. American sketch comedy Kroll Show(2013-015) is another well known show involving Andy.

Childhood- Family

Andrew Michael Milonakis was born on 30th January 1976 in Katonah, New York, to Greek-American parents. He is the only child of his parents, he doesn't have siblings.

He lives in Astoria, Queens, New York City

Growth hormone deficiency (GHD)

Andy is obese because of the hormone problem, he was obese as a kid and continues to be obese because of his condition.

Because of his hormone problem he looks quite young despite his age, he looked like a 14 year old at 29. Walks & lifting weights is part of his weight control regiment.

Education

• John Jay High School: Andy studied at the John Jay High School, a public High School in Lewisboro, New York. He dropped out of High school eventually.

• Upright Citizens Brigade: He took improv theater classes at Upright Citizens Brigade. He also took classes in comedy writing.

Bullying: As a child, he was bullied, he uses humor to escape from bullying, it was his defense mechanism

Relationships

He has had many girlfriends but no one permanent, he is not married. Being in Hollywood, he in fact has had plenty of girlfriends and temporary mutual benefit relations (as per his own confession at an interview).

Sexuality: Some believe he is gay and some believe he is bisexual, as per his own interviews he is straight.

Career

He previously worked as a bus boy, retailer, gas pump boy among other temporary jobs before he found fame.

Rapping

The Andy Milonakis Rap: Andy Milonakis rose to fame with rapping on youtube. 'The Andy Milonakis Rap' was his first hit. He was chased by many radio hosts for an interview & this exposure to the wide world. It cost him about 45 cents to make it.

On 26th January of 2003, the 36th Super Bowl day, Andy decided to not attend the Super Bowl party with his friends and instead created 'The Super Bowl is gay' video, it went viral on  AngryNakedPat.com. It made Andy super popular.

Three Loco: For a long time he was part of a rap artist group 'Three Loco' with Dirt Nasty(Simon Rex) & Riff Raff(Jody Christian). The group broke up on 26th September 2014.

Busboys' Paradise: In 2005, Andy had a band with with Max Kasch and Dean Shull

Hot Soup: He brought out the mix tape Hot Soup in 2009

Gazpacho, his EP was released in 2010

Comedy

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

One of Jimmy Kimmel's writers noticed andy's viral video and brought andy on stage with Jimmy Kimmel. He was working as a tech support staff at an accounting firm at that time. He has appeared on the Jimmy Kimmel show twice, in 2005 and 2006. 

He has collaborated with Jimmy Kimmel a few times, also his content has been published on the show many times.

Jimmy Kimmel introduced him to MTV where he eventually had a show of his own.

Shows/ Podcasts

Fat Prince: Andy hosted the cooking show on the Vice Network youtube channel "Munchies" from 2014-2015. Andy and a few chefs created unique foods by combining cheap and expensive ingredients, as a fun experiment. He hosted a pizza specific show called 'The Pizza Show'. 

Baited: Andy joined the youtube podcast "Baited" with Anything4views and Keemstar in December 2016. He was a regular on the podcast till October 2017, he left the show to focus omore on his streaming.

Filmography

Movies

TV Series

Discography

* Not chronologically listed, singles with Andy as Lead Artist are placed at the top of the table, then those with Andy as featured, then the guest appearances

Interesting Facts

• Andy previously had worked as tech support in an accounting firm in Manhattan.
• He is a very outgoing guy, helikes going partying with friends.
• He was often confused for the boy on The Man Show (1999).
• Most of his audience is between 8 and 25.
• He had friends who were crack dealers. He has a medical Marijuana permit card.
• In 2003-2005 he was among the top 50 celebrities searched on the internet.
• Hangover remedy: He does shots of pickle juice to get through hangover.
• He used to do basic hacking in the initial years of internet
• He prefers Maple syrup over honey.
• His first car was a diesel Mercedes Benz with more than 180,000 miles on it. He loves old cars.
• His relatives are in Europe- in Greece, Sweden and other places.
• Some of the rappers he has worked with are- Lil John, YingYang twins, Fat Joe.
• He hates it when unknown people ask for his number.
• Twitch: He has had quite a good following on Twitch.

The Viral Tweet: Andy's tweet in response to the to SpaceX's launch of Crew Dragon Demo-2 on May 30, 2020 during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic went viral. It received about 3.7 million likes. It was the third most liked tweet of all times at that point of time. Even today it remains one of the top liked tweets of all time. [2]

Congratulations to the Astronauts that left Earth today. Good choice

Quotes

• I just hate the age thing, It's annoying, people ask me my age like 100 times a day.
• Onion rings taste like Satan's bellybutton.
• I was in a bar recently & some women there me to sign my signature in places that would make my mother blush.
• Humor is a great defense mechanism.
• Self-deprecation is an awesome way to steal people's thunder.
• You make fun of yourself, people like you
• I'm a robot from the future.
• People look at you in the hollywood as if to mean 'What the f**k'
• I come from the hood.
• Mundanity is insanity's boring cousin.
• Let the uncertainty and insanity of life and the universe fuel your creativity
• One bad move can fuck up your whole legacy. don’t be a piece of shit human.
• For the record, f**k the left and the right wing, I don't need any wings
• Being nice is cool. It's really an underrated secret.
• Remember the time we all lived on a planet that we destroyed by being miserable humans that didn't respect it?
• I'm really really good at spending money.
• I never got addicted to drugs or alcohol, it was not will power, I was just shit scared.
• (When asked what his age was) Somewhere between 10 & 30.
• [On his Dad's passing] My grieving process for the loss of my father has been very basic but helpful. Reminding myself daily how lucky I was to have such a long life with him in it. It's rare and special to have that, so I highlight and focus on the sweet part of the bittersweet
• [on internet and Gen Z] The plague that really f**ked Gen Z personality wise is social media and the internet. The ones that have a bunch of other hobbies and limit their internet use are fine but the ones that are consumed by it are f**ked in the head. 
• [On people's reaction to Hamas-Israel conflict] If you support your own religion through hypocrisy, bigotry and murder you are sheep. Same with country/politics. Being a part of a group and co-signing that group blindly makes you just as guilty as them.
• Kate Winslet in Titanic is my idea of a perfect woman [Source]
• So many garbage content creators these days. They would light their own parents on fire for clout [Source]
• Youtube was counterculture, now it's Hollywood mainstream. Streamers were counterculture, now many are Hollywood and mainstream. Money plus popularity always gets in the way of something cool and different. [Source]

Sources

1. Andy Milonakis on wikipedia
2. The viral Tweet
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