# Vinnie Hacker
**Vinnie Hacker** (born Vincent Cole Hacker, 2002) is an American social media personality, model, and actor who rose to fame on TikTok with lip-sync and appearance-focused short videos. He is known for his account vhackerr, which had more than 14 million followers by the mid-2020s, for a 2021 amateur boxing win over YouTuber Deji, and for a later move into fashion campaigns, voice acting, manga, and a role in the third season of HBO's *Euphoria*.
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full name | Vincent Cole Hacker[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/vinnie-hacker.html) |
| Born | 2002, Seattle, Washington, United States[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/vinnie-hacker.html) |
| TikTok following | More than 14 million fans on vhackerr[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/vinnie-hacker.html); 12 million as of October 2021[2](https://www.legit.ng/1437214-vinnie-hackers-biography-age-height-real-girlfriend.html) |
| Boxing | Defeated Deji Olatunji in the June 2021 "YouTubers vs TikTokers" event[3](https://unil.ink/blog/vinnie-hacker-creator-bio) |
| Group affiliations | Hype House (joined January 2021), University of Diversity, Sway Gaming[4](https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/who-is-vinnie-hacker-instagram-tiktok-twitch-girlfriend-dating) • [1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/vinnie-hacker.html) |
| Esports | Member of 100 Thieves since 2022[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/vinnie-hacker.html) |
| Publishing | Lead writer of the manga *The Escape*, published by Kodansha[5](https://www.ceromagazine.com/articles/vinnie-hacker-the-escape-manga-sakamoto-days-actor-interview) |
| Acting | Role as content creator Ricky D in *Euphoria* season 3[6](https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2026/04/21/culture-vinnie-hacker-euphoria-influencer) |
## Early life in Seattle
Hacker grew up in Seattle, Washington, in a Catholic family. His mother, Maria Hacker, works as a 911 dispatcher, and his father, Nate, is an electrician[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/vinnie-hacker.html) • [2](https://www.legit.ng/1437214-vinnie-hackers-biography-age-height-real-girlfriend.html). His younger brother, Reggie Hacker, is also a social media personality who played baseball and basketball[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/vinnie-hacker.html).
Sports and editing came first. Hacker played baseball for Seattle Select and for [O'Dea High School](https://www.edgepedia.org/odea-high-school)'s team and at one point aspired to play professionally[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/vinnie-hacker.html) • [7](https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/vinnie-hacker-104343.php). As a hobby he edited music videos and short films and put together sports highlights for YouTube and Instagram pages[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/vinnie-hacker.html).
## Rise on TikTok
Hacker's stated entry point was streaming. He began posting on TikTok and other platforms to draw viewers to his gaming streams; in his own account, a video of him standing in a mirror went viral during his junior year of high school, lifting his follower count from 20,000 into the hundreds of thousands[8](https://forupon.com/vinnie-hacker-v-people/). His TikTok career is generally dated to 2019, and his content settled into lip-sync videos, comedy skits, and dance clips[2](https://www.legit.ng/1437214-vinnie-hackers-biography-age-height-real-girlfriend.html). By October 2021 he had 12 million TikTok followers, more than 626 million total likes, over 4.7 million Instagram followers, and a YouTube channel started in July 2020 with more than 459,000 subscribers[2](https://www.legit.ng/1437214-vinnie-hackers-biography-age-height-real-girlfriend.html).
He has described the craft of his signature short video as deliberately simple: angles, confidence, consistency, and accurate lip-syncing, since a missed word draws mocking comments[6](https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2026/04/21/culture-vinnie-hacker-euphoria-influencer).
**Collectives and organizations.** Hacker joined the Hype House, the Los Angeles collective of TikTok creators featured in the 2022 Netflix reality series of the same name, in January 2021[4](https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/who-is-vinnie-hacker-instagram-tiktok-twitch-girlfriend-dating). He has also been a member of The University of Diversity and Sway Gaming[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/vinnie-hacker.html) • [2](https://www.legit.ng/1437214-vinnie-hackers-biography-age-height-real-girlfriend.html), and in 2022 he became a member of the esports organization 100 Thieves[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/vinnie-hacker.html).
## Boxing
In June 2021 Hacker fought British YouTuber Deji Olatunji in the "YouTubers vs TikTokers" white-collar amateur boxing event at [Hard Rock Stadium](https://www.edgepedia.org/hard-rock-stadium) in Miami Gardens. He won his bout; the YouTubers otherwise dominated the card, and his fight was reported as the exception[3](https://unil.ink/blog/vinnie-hacker-creator-bio) • [7](https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/vinnie-hacker-104343.php). Commenters on the fight noted that he appeared to take training seriously, and he later said publicly that he did not want to fight again[7](https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/vinnie-hacker-104343.php).
## Modeling and fashion
Hacker began modeling at about age 15, though he has said that for two or three years he was not getting work; he signed with IMG Models in 2023[8](https://forupon.com/vinnie-hacker-v-people/). Fashion became a substantial second career: he sat front row at Saint Laurent and Prada during fashion month and fronted a campaign for Ami[9](https://vmagazine.com/article/hacker-alert-with-vinnie-hacker/), appeared at [Ralph Lauren](https://www.edgepedia.org/ralph-lauren)'s equestrian show in Bridgehampton, and drew attention from fashion houses including Dior[10](https://www.esquire.com/style/mens-fashion/a62084337/vinnie-hacker-ralph-lauren-hamptons-fashion-show/) • [6](https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2026/04/21/culture-vinnie-hacker-euphoria-influencer).
Beyond modeling, he founded his own clothing line, [Purgatory](https://www.edgepedia.org/purgatory)[8](https://forupon.com/vinnie-hacker-v-people/), and maintains a separate Instagram page, Vinnie Hacker's Closet, showing his merchandise collection[7](https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/vinnie-hacker-104343.php).
## Manga, voice acting, and screen work
In the mid-2020s Hacker moved into [Japanese popular culture](https://www.edgepedia.org/japanese-popular-culture) projects. He wrapped a voice-acting role for *Sakamoto Days*, an anime whose first season streamed on Netflix, and created a new manga, *The Escape*, for the publisher Kodansha[6](https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2026/04/21/culture-vinnie-hacker-euphoria-influencer). As lead writer of the manga he is the first U.S.-based gensakusha (manga writer) tapped by Kodansha, the publisher behind franchises including *Akira* and *Attack on Titan*[5](https://www.ceromagazine.com/articles/vinnie-hacker-the-escape-manga-sakamoto-days-actor-interview).
He also landed a role in the third season of *Euphoria*, HBO's teen drama, playing a content creator named Ricky D[6](https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2026/04/21/culture-vinnie-hacker-euphoria-influencer). After the season aired he said in a TikTok video that his full-frontal scenes had been cut, in response to comments about his limited screen time[11](https://www.out.com/gay-tv-shows/vinnie-hacker-euphoria). IMDb credits him as an actor and producer on *you are seen.* (2024) and *My Boyfriend is a Demon* in addition to *Euphoria*[12](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12479034/bio/).
## Public image and personal accounts
Hacker's fame rests on a genre the press calls "thirst traps": short, appearance-centered videos, in his case often shirtless lip-syncs. He has spoken about the cost of that format. In a 2026 interview he said that posting at ages 16 and 17 was driven by a want for attention, that he attended an all-boys school and had never talked to girls before his rise, and that he worried viewers saw him only as an image[6](https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2026/04/21/culture-vinnie-hacker-euphoria-influencer). He described smashing a mirror early in his career amid the pressure of being perceived by so many people at once, and connected the period to the death of a close high school friend and to his own depression[6](https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2026/04/21/culture-vinnie-hacker-euphoria-influencer).
His last name draws regular questions from people who assume it is a pseudonym; he told *Interview* in 2023 that Hacker is his actual surname, apparently of German origin[13](https://www.interviewmagazine.com/fashion/hi-im-vinnie-hacker-and-this-is-my-ultimate-sweatpants-review).
He is active across TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, Twitch, and YouTube, all linked from his Linktree profile[14](https://linktr.ee/vinniehacker). Aggregate follower figures vary widely between sites and change quickly, so counts cited in secondary sources often lag his live profiles[15](https://m1.theindustryoutlook.com/wrt/vinnie-hacker-biography).
## References
1. [Vinnie Hacker - Age, Bio, Family, Famous Birthdays](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/vinnie-hacker.html)
2. [Vinnie Hacker's biography: age, height, real name, girlfriend, Legit.ng (8 October 2021)](https://www.legit.ng/1437214-vinnie-hackers-biography-age-height-real-girlfriend.html)
3. [Who Is Vinnie Hacker? Real Name, Age, Net Worth & Where to Find Him (2026), UniLink](https://unil.ink/blog/vinnie-hacker-creator-bio)
4. [Who Is Vinnie Hacker? Instagram, TikTok, Girlfriend & What To Know, Bustle (updated 20 February 2024)](https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/who-is-vinnie-hacker-instagram-tiktok-twitch-girlfriend-dating)
5. [Vinnie Hacker Breaks New Ground, Cero Magazine](https://www.ceromagazine.com/articles/vinnie-hacker-the-escape-manga-sakamoto-days-actor-interview)
6. [Vinnie Hacker, the 23-Year-Old Michelangelo of Thirst Traps, Plots a Life After Influencing, CULTURED (21 April 2026)](https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2026/04/21/culture-vinnie-hacker-euphoria-influencer/)
7. [Vinnie Hacker - Bio, Facts, Family Life, Career, The Famous People](https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/vinnie-hacker-104343.php)
8. [V People: Vinnie Hacker, V Magazine / For Upon (September 2023)](https://forupon.com/vinnie-hacker-v-people/)
9. [Hacker Alert With Vinnie Hacker, V Magazine](https://vmagazine.com/article/hacker-alert-with-vinnie-hacker/)
10. [Vinnie Hacker on Ralph Lauren, Social Media Fame, and What's Next, Esquire](https://www.esquire.com/style/mens-fashion/a62084337/vinnie-hacker-ralph-lauren-hamptons-fashion-show/)
11. [Vinnie Hacker says his nude scenes were cut from 'Euphoria', Out.com (5 May 2026)](https://www.out.com/gay-tv-shows/vinnie-hacker-euphoria)
12. [Vinnie Hacker - Biography, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12479034/bio/)
13. ["Hi, I'm Vinnie Hacker, and This Is My Ultimate Sweatpants Review", Interview (11 April 2023)](https://www.interviewmagazine.com/fashion/hi-im-vinnie-hacker-and-this-is-my-ultimate-sweatpants-review)
14. [Vinnie Hacker Official Linktree](https://linktr.ee/vinniehacker)
15. [Vinnie Hacker Biography, NETLOOK (25 February 2025)](https://m1.theindustryoutlook.com/wrt/vinnie-hacker-biography)
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