James Rolfe - Internet Celebrity, Birthday and Childhood
James Rolfe's Personal Details
James Rolfe is a renowned American actor, director, video game and film critic, comedian and internet celebrity
| Information | Detail |
|---|---|
| Birthday | July 10, 1980 |
| Nationality | American |
| Famous | Film & Theater Personalities, Actors, Directors, Writers, Internet Celebrity |
| Spouses | April Rolfe |
| Siblings | Gina Rolfe |
| Known as | James D. Rolfe |
| Universities |
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| Birth Place | Penns Grove, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Gender | Male |
| Father | Scott Rolfe |
| Mother | Marlene Rolfe |
| Sun Sign | Cancer |
| Born in | Penns Grove, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Famous as | Actor, Internet Celebrity |
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Who is James Rolfe?
James Duncan Rolfe is a renowned American actor, filmmaker, video game and film critic, comedian and internet celebrity who gained immense fame for creating and starring in the American comedy retro gaming web series ‘The Angry Video Game Nerd’ (AVGN). He started off filming reviews of Nintendo video game at an early age. Initially, he created the Angry Nintendo Nerd videos casually only to be shared and enjoyed among friends. Later, he uploaded these on his website Cinemassacre.com along with his friend-cum-collaborator, Mike Matei. By that time he had already published many of the other videos that he created on his own on Cinemassacre. Upon insistence of Matei, he uploaded the Nerd videos on YouTube where these garnered huge popularity and eventually the series became a program on GameTrailers and ScrewAttack, re-christened later as ‘The Angry Video Game Nerd’. He also made and starred in the film ‘Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie’ based on the web series. Rolfe has featured in several films like ‘Stoney’, ‘Kickassia’ and ‘To Boldly Flee’ and TV series like ‘Cinemassacre's Monster Madnesss’ and ‘James & Mike Mondays’ among others.
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Childhood & Early Life
James Duncan Rolfe was born on July 10, 1980, in Penns Grove, New Jersey, US, to the family of Scott and Marlene Rolfe. He has a younger sister Gina.
As a child he developed a knack of storytelling taking pictures with his camera and taping them on paper with a narrative about the story of the picture.
He once received an audio recorder as Christmas gift from his parents which later upgraded to a video camera thus leading him step by step to his passion for filmmaking.
He was an ardent collector of Nintendo Power magazines and was quite motivated by the American animated television series ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ and video games like ‘Super Mario Bros.’, ‘The Legend of Zelda’, and ‘Contra’ that inspired him to create his own adventure stories.
He purchased a Panasonic AG-DVX100 camcorder while in his senior year of college and would awestruck his peers with videos he shot with it. He would also illustrate comic books and keep updating them every month.
Career
In 1989, he began filming movies that saw him using Mario Paint in some of his initial efforts. He went on to continue such hobby in the early 1990s as well and then attended university to take up hand-drawn animation lessons.
According to Rolfe, his independent video and film production company ‘The Cinemasssacre Productions’ or ‘Cinemassacre Productions LLC’ commenced in 1989. The website was however developed in 2000. There are two official YouTube channels of the company as well namely ‘Cinemassacre Plays’ and ‘Cinemassacre’.
He used his backyard to shoot the horror film ‘A Night of Total Terror’ in May 1996 that he considered "the turning point of my life". Thereafter he developed several other films till the turn of the 1990s.
In 2001 he made films like ‘Cinemaphobia’, two versions of which were made, a 10 minute one and a 15 minute one; the silent movie ‘Kung Fu Werewolf from Outer Space’ including voice only for narration; and ‘Stoney’, a spoof of the film Rocky (1976).
The following year he made a documentary short titled ‘ROLFE: A No-Budget Dream’ where he played himself and essayed the role of a Narrator in the short ‘The Night Prowler’.
His 2003 film ‘Curse of the Cat Lover's Grave’ depicted three genres of horror in its three sections.
He wrote, directed, edited, produced as also played an un-credited role of Narrator in film/series pilot ‘Jersey Odysseys: Legend of the Blue Hole’ (2004). He used his parent’s garage to shoot it where he used to conduct annual "haunted house" Halloween attraction through high school. Several antiques and props used in the film were re-used in his later films as well.
He would casually create his earliest videos comprising the Nerd character to simply enjoy with friends. The basic concept of the character came to him while attending the University of the Arts of Philadelphia from 1999 to 2004.
Such hobby of Rolfe turned into his real breakthrough when he filmed a short review of the Nintendo game ‘Castlevania II: Simon's Quest’ under the title of ‘Bad NES Games’ in May 2004. He and his friend-cum-collaborator Mike Matei published those ‘Angry Nintendo Nerd’ videos on Cinemassacre.com that year.
From 2004 to 2007 he took part in the 48 Hour Film Project and became the Audience Award Winner in 2007 for making ‘Spaghetti Western’. The films ‘Death Suit’ (2004), ‘Death Seen’ (2005) and ‘Death Secret’ (2006) that form a trilogy were also part of the contest.
He developed a graveyard in his parent’s garage to shoot the horror-comedy flick ‘The Deader, The Better’ that released through ‘Cinemassacre Productions’ on December 19, 2005. He essayed the role of Zombie in the film that paid tribute to yesteryear horror flick ‘Night of the Living Dead’ (1968).
After being insisted by Matei, Rolfe uploaded his Nerd videos on April 6, 2006 on the YouTube channel ‘JamesNintendoNerd’ (presently called ‘Cinemassacre’). His character garnered immense mainstream popularity on September 12 that year after his review of ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ burgeoned on YouTube.
His Nerd videos eventually evolved into popular comedy retrogaming web series with the original character’s name changed from ‘The Angry Nintendo Nerd’ to ‘The Angry Video Game Nerd’ to avoid trademark issues with Nintendo as he also commenced as game reviewer of other consoles like ‘Atari 2600’ and ‘Sega Genesis’.
He portrays the title character of ‘The Nerd’ in the series that became a program on ‘GameTrailers’ and ‘ScrewAttack’ in 2007. The character gained such popularity over time that it featured in many other media like films and video games.
During 2008-09 Rolfe’s character upped its fame through a fake feud with web comedian Doug Walker’s character Nostalgia Critic, from the American review comedy web series bearing same title.
He along with Kevin Finn wrote and directed the American independent science fiction adventure comedy flick ‘Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie’ that premiered at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood on July 21, 2014.
The budget of the ‘Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie’ that was based on the AVGN web series amounted to over US$325,500 and was met totally out of crowd funding. Rolfe played the title role of the Nerd in the film that saw an online release on September 2, 2014 through video-on-demand.
Some of the other films featuring him included ‘His Name Was Jason’ (2009), ‘Kickassia’ (2010), ‘To Boldly Flee’ (2012) and ‘Plan 9’ (2015).
Over the years he has featured in many TV series such as Cinemassacre's Monster Madnesss (2007-2016), ‘Board James’ (2009–2013, 2015), ‘OverAnalyzers’ (2011–2012) and ‘James & Mike Mondays’ (2012-present).
Personal Life & Legacy
He married April Chmura, a cinematographer of his initial Nerd series episodes, in November 2007. Their first daughter was born in April 2013. The couple is expecting their second daughter, announcement of which was made by Rolfe on April 19, 2017, through his Twitter account.
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James Rolfe biography timelines
- // 19th Dec 1968 To 19th Dec 2005He developed a graveyard in his parent’s garage to shoot the horror-comedy flick ‘The Deader, The Better’ that released through ‘Cinemassacre Productions’ on December 19, 2005. He essayed the role of Zombie in the film that paid tribute to yesteryear horror flick ‘Night of the Living Dead’ (1968).
- // 1976 To 2001In 2001 he made films like ‘Cinemaphobia’, two versions of which were made, a 10 minute one and a 15 minute one; the silent movie ‘Kung Fu Werewolf from Outer Space’ including voice only for narration; and ‘Stoney’, a spoof of the film Rocky (1976).
- // 10th Jul 1980James Duncan Rolfe was born on July 10, 1980, in Penns Grove, New Jersey, US, to the family of Scott and Marlene Rolfe. He has a younger sister Gina.
- // 1989In 1989, he began filming movies that saw him using Mario Paint in some of his initial efforts. He went on to continue such hobby in the early 1990s as well and then attended university to take up hand-drawn animation lessons.
- // 1989 To 2000According to Rolfe, his independent video and film production company ‘The Cinemasssacre Productions’ or ‘Cinemassacre Productions LLC’ commenced in 1989. The website was however developed in 2000. There are two official YouTube channels of the company as well namely ‘Cinemassacre Plays’ and ‘Cinemassacre’.
- // May 1996He used his backyard to shoot the horror film ‘A Night of Total Terror’ in May 1996 that he considered "the turning point of my life". Thereafter he developed several other films till the turn of the 1990s.
- // 1999 To 2004He would casually create his earliest videos comprising the Nerd character to simply enjoy with friends. The basic concept of the character came to him while attending the University of the Arts of Philadelphia from 1999 to 2004.
- // 2003His 2003 film ‘Curse of the Cat Lover's Grave’ depicted three genres of horror in its three sections.
- // 2004He wrote, directed, edited, produced as also played an un-credited role of Narrator in film/series pilot ‘Jersey Odysseys: Legend of the Blue Hole’ (2004). He used his parent’s garage to shoot it where he used to conduct annual "haunted house" Halloween attraction through high school. Several antiques and props used in the film were re-used in his later films as well.
- // May 2004Such hobby of Rolfe turned into his real breakthrough when he filmed a short review of the Nintendo game ‘Castlevania II: Simon's Quest’ under the title of ‘Bad NES Games’ in May 2004. He and his friend-cum-collaborator Mike Matei published those ‘Angry Nintendo Nerd’ videos on Cinemassacre.com that year.
- // 6th Apr 2006After being insisted by Matei, Rolfe uploaded his Nerd videos on April 6, 2006 on the YouTube channel ‘JamesNintendoNerd’ (presently called ‘Cinemassacre’). His character garnered immense mainstream popularity on September 12 that year after his review of ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ burgeoned on YouTube.
- // 2007He portrays the title character of ‘The Nerd’ in the series that became a program on ‘GameTrailers’ and ‘ScrewAttack’ in 2007. The character gained such popularity over time that it featured in many other media like films and video games.
- // 2008During 2008-09 Rolfe’s character upped its fame through a fake feud with web comedian Doug Walker’s character Nostalgia Critic, from the American review comedy web series bearing same title.
- // 21st Jul 2014He along with Kevin Finn wrote and directed the American independent science fiction adventure comedy flick ‘Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie’ that premiered at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood on July 21, 2014.
- // 2nd Sep 2014The budget of the ‘Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie’ that was based on the AVGN web series amounted to over US$325,500 and was met totally out of crowd funding. Rolfe played the title role of the Nerd in the film that saw an online release on September 2, 2014 through video-on-demand.
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James Rolfe's FAQ
What is James Rolfe birthday?
James Rolfe was born at 1980-07-10
Where is James Rolfe's birth place?
James Rolfe was born in Penns Grove, New Jersey, U.S.
What is James Rolfe nationalities?
James Rolfe's nationalities is American
Who is James Rolfe spouses?
James Rolfe's spouses is April Rolfe
Who is James Rolfe siblings?
James Rolfe's siblings is Gina Rolfe
What was James Rolfe universities?
James Rolfe studied at University of the Arts
Who is James Rolfe's father?
James Rolfe's father is Scott Rolfe
Who is James Rolfe's mother?
James Rolfe's mother is Marlene Rolfe
What is James Rolfe's sun sign?
James Rolfe is Cancer
How famous is James Rolfe?
James Rolfe is famouse as Actor, Internet Celebrity