# King Bach
**King Bach** is the stage name of Andrew Byron Bachelor (born 1988), a Canadian-American comedian, actor, producer, and content creator who rose to fame on the short-form video service [Vine](https://www.edgepedia.org/vine-service), where he became the most-followed user with 16.2 million followers.[1](https://tv.apple.com/us/person/king-bach/umc.cpc.3705xtqo4mfkz2gqbtaxtshl0) He converted that internet audience into an acting career in film and television, with roles in *Black Jesus*, *The Babysitter*, *To All the Boys I've Loved Before*, and *[Holidate](https://www.edgepedia.org/holidate)*, among others.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4392718/bio)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full name and birth | Andrew Byron Bachelor, born 1988 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; raised in West Palm Beach, Florida by Jamaican parents[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4392718/bio) • [3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/king_bach) |
| Education | Business management degree, Florida State University, 2010; ranked among the top 15 NCAA high jumpers; two years in the master's program at the New York Film Academy[4](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/andrew-bachelor/bio/3030791190/) • [3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/king_bach) |
| Vine career | First video posted May 29, 2013; most-followed user with 16.2 million followers as of October 2016 and over 5 billion total views[5](https://time.com/4263064/king-bach-vine-profile/) • [1](https://tv.apple.com/us/person/king-bach/umc.cpc.3705xtqo4mfkz2gqbtaxtshl0) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4392718/bio) |
| Breakout TV role | Trayvon on the Adult Swim series *Black Jesus* (2014–15)[4](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/andrew-bachelor/bio/3030791190/) |
| Feature debut | *We Are Your Friends* (2015), opposite Zac Efron[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/king_bach) |
| Current reach | Over 58 million followers across YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram as of April 2026[6](https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/tv/king-bach-creator-tv-partnership/) |
| Philanthropy | Founded the RuJohn Foundation in 2003, providing educational tools to rural and inner-city schools in Jamaica and the United States[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4392718/bio) |
## Early life and training
Bachelor was born in Toronto and raised in [West Palm Beach, Florida](https://www.edgepedia.org/west-palm-beach-florida), by parents who came from Jamaica and worked as accountants.[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/king_bach) • [5](https://time.com/4263064/king-bach-vine-profile/) At Florida State University he studied business management, graduating in 2010, and competed in track and field, ranking consistently among the top fifteen high jumpers in the NCAA.[4](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/andrew-bachelor/bio/3030791190/) He joined both a comedy troupe and a dramatic acting club while at school.[5](https://time.com/4263064/king-bach-vine-profile/)
After graduating he moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting. He spent two years in the master's program at the [New York Film Academy](https://www.edgepedia.org/new-york-film-academy) and trained with the improvisational troupe the Groundlings.[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/king_bach) When auditions repeatedly went to already-famous actors, he turned to building an audience of his own.[5](https://time.com/4263064/king-bach-vine-profile/)
## Vine fame
Bachelor first produced sketch comedy on YouTube through his channel BachelorsPadTV, which included parodies of films such as *Django Unchained* (2012). Production costs pushed him toward a cheaper format, and he moved to Vine, a mobile app owned by Twitter that allowed six-second looping video clips.[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/king_bach) • [5](https://time.com/4263064/king-bach-vine-profile/)
His debut Vine, posted as King Bach on May 29, 2013, brought him a million followers and a [United Talent Agency](https://www.edgepedia.org/united-talent-agency) contract within a month.[5](https://time.com/4263064/king-bach-vine-profile/) • [7](https://www.fastcompany.com/3029578/king-bach) By March 2015 he had overtaken [Nash Grier](https://www.edgepedia.org/nash-grier) as the platform's most-followed person, and by October 2016 his following stood at 16.2 million, with more than 5 billion total views across his videos.[8](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/03/17/andrew-bachelor-the-king-of-vine-is-expanding-his-lucrative-empire/) • [1](https://tv.apple.com/us/person/king-bach/umc.cpc.3705xtqo4mfkz2gqbtaxtshl0) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4392718/bio) Sources give different figures at different dates: Time reported 15 million followers in March 2016, while [TV Guide](https://www.edgepedia.org/tv-guide) lists more than 8.1 million at some point before the service shut down.[5](https://time.com/4263064/king-bach-vine-profile/) • [4](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/andrew-bachelor/bio/3030791190/)
His method, as he described it, was to take situations from everyday life and stretch them to hyperbolic conclusions within the six-second limit.[5](https://time.com/4263064/king-bach-vine-profile/) His comedy drew on the traditions of Black stand-up and sketch comedy; the linguist Kendra Calhoun, a researcher in linguistic anthropology at the [University of California, Santa Barbara](https://www.edgepedia.org/university-of-california-santa-barbara), analyzed King Bach's "Vine racial comedy" as a sociopolitical discourse genre that engages with racial profiling, stereotypes, and African American English within the platform's time constraint.[9](https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jola.12206) • [10](https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9wj3w192) Bachelor himself has said he has no social agenda, framing his work as entertainment.[5](https://time.com/4263064/king-bach-vine-profile/)
## Acting career
Vine popularity led to television roles on *House of Lies* (Showtime, 2012–2016), [Aaron McGruder](https://www.edgepedia.org/aaron-mcgruder)'s *Black Jesus* ([Adult Swim](https://www.edgepedia.org/adult-swim), 2014–15), where he played Trayvon, *The Mindy Project*, and a recurring role on the Hulu comedy *Resident Advisors* (2015), along with hosting a reboot of *Punk'd* on BET.[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/king_bach) • [4](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/andrew-bachelor/bio/3030791190/) His feature debut came opposite [Zac Efron](https://www.edgepedia.org/zac-efron) in *We Are Your Friends* (2015), followed by *Fifty Shades of Black* (2016) and *Meet the Blacks* (2016).[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/king_bach)
Subsequent films include *[The Babysitter](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-babysitter-2017-film)* (2017) and its sequel *The Babysitter: Killer Queen*, *Where's the Money* (2017), on which he also served as an executive producer, *To All the Boys I've Loved Before* (2018), *Holidate* (2020), *Coffee & Kareem* (2020), the [Gerard Butler](https://www.edgepedia.org/gerard-butler) thriller *[Greenland](https://www.edgepedia.org/greenland-film)* (2020), *Vacation Friends* (2021), and *National Champions* (2021).[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4392718/bio) • [11](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/andrew-king-bach-bachelor-signs-201616786.html) • [3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/king_bach) On Rotten Tomatoes his highest-rated film is *To All the Boys I've Loved Before* at 96 percent and his lowest is *The F**k-It List* (2020) at 0 percent.[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/king_bach) He created, directed, and executive produced the series *Dead House* (2017).[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4392718/bio)
## Production work and business
Bachelor established his own production company, Bach Enterprises, where he produced, directed, and performed in projects including the short film *Agent Steele* (2012).[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4392718/bio) In 2003 he founded the RuJohn Foundation, a nonprofit providing educational tools to rural and inner-city schools in Jamaica and the United States.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4392718/bio)
In December 2024 he signed with the management company Artists First.[11](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/andrew-king-bach-bachelor-signs-201616786.html) In April 2026, with more than 58 million followers across YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram, he partnered with Creator TV to adapt his existing YouTube content into an episodic sketch series, *The King Bach Show*, for free ad-supported streaming services, along with a poker-focused series in development titled *Straight King High Flush*.[6](https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/tv/king-bach-creator-tv-partnership/) He is set to star in Oran Zegman's *Goodbye Girl*, Ilya Naishuller's *Road House 2*, and Tommy Wirkola's *[Violent Night 2](https://www.edgepedia.org/violent-night-2)*.[6](https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/tv/king-bach-creator-tv-partnership/) He also tours with his stand-up show, Truth or Dare.[11](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/andrew-king-bach-bachelor-signs-201616786.html)
## References
1. [King Bach, Apple TV](https://tv.apple.com/us/person/king-bach/umc.cpc.3705xtqo4mfkz2gqbtaxtshl0)
2. [Andrew Bachelor Biography, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4392718/bio)
3. [King Bach Movies & TV Shows List, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/king_bach)
4. [Andrew Bachelor Biography, TV Guide](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/andrew-bachelor/bio/3030791190/)
5. [How Vine Star King Bach Found Fame Beyond the Internet, Time (Eliza Berman, March 22, 2016)](https://time.com/4263064/king-bach-vine-profile/)
6. [King Bach Partners With Creator TV to Create Sketch and Poker Shows, TheWrap (Kayla Cobb, April 29, 2026)](https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/tv/king-bach-creator-tv-partnership/)
7. [King Bach, Fast Company Most Creative People 2014 (Joe Berkowitz)](https://www.fastcompany.com/3029578/king-bach)
8. [Andrew Bachelor, the 'king' of Vine, is expanding his lucrative empire, The Washington Post (Soraya McDonald, March 17, 2015)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/03/17/andrew-bachelor-the-king-of-vine-is-expanding-his-lucrative-empire/)
9. [Kendra Calhoun, Vine Racial Comedy as Anti-Hegemonic Humor, Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 29(1), 2019](https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jola.12206)
10. [Kendra Calhoun, "What, a Black man can't have a TV?": Vine Racial Comedy as a Sociopolitical Discourse Genre, UC Santa Barbara thesis, 2016](https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9wj3w192)
11. [Andrew "King Bach" Bachelor Signs With Artists First, Deadline via Yahoo Entertainment (Anthony D'Alessandro, December 12, 2024)](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/andrew-king-bach-bachelor-signs-201616786.html)
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