Brent Rivera (Youtuber and Instagram Star)

Name    Brent Rivera		Role    Youtuber
Born   January 9, 1998 (Age 22), Huntington Beach, CA Weight    (70 kg, 154 lbs) Height    (5.10 ft, 1.55 M) Body size    44-32-38 inches Net Worth    $6.5 Million USD (as of 2020) Ethnicity    Caucasian Nationality    American Birth Sign    Capricorn

Brent also boasts 20 million followers on his Instagram account. He kicked off his journey of social media stardom by posting videos on the original video sharing application "Vine". Earlier, he started it off as a hobby but made it his career after gradually earning a huge fan base. His popularity gained momentum slowly and he went on to earn millions of followers across all social media platforms including TikTok, Youtube, among others.

He played the roles of Alexander in "Alexander IR"  and Issac Salcedo in the web and TV series "Light as a Feather" (2018–2019).  Brent is also the co-founder and CEO of Amp Studios, which is a talent incubator and content company. Apart from all his achievements at a very young age, Brent Rivera is also popular among youngsters for his stunning looks.

Facts

Early Life & Personal Life

Brent Rivera was born on January 9, 1998, in Huntington Beach, California. He grew up alongside his three siblings, two brothers Brice and Blake, and a sister Lexi. He is an American national and belongs to the Caucasian ethnicity. Rivera's zodiac sign is Capricorn.

Since childhood, Rivera always dreamed of being an entertainer, accordingly, he started acting as a child artist when he was 10 years old. Brent attended Huntington Beach High School in California.

Family Details

Parents

Brent Rivera's parents are Laura and John Rivera. Not much is known about his parents, however, they have been very supportive to Brent. They have supported Brent to pursue his dream to be an actor from a young age.

Siblings

Brent has three siblings two brothers - Brice and Blake and a sister Lexi Rivera. Brice Riveral is Brent's elder brother, who gained popularity after his brother. He also made videos on Vine. He featured with his brother on a popular vine video titled "When you drop a Christmas ornament." Blake, Brent's other brother is a hockey player.

Brent's sister Lexi Rivera is also a full-time social media influencer. She keeps collaborating with her brother for various Youtube videos time and again. She boasts 4.81 million subscribers on her Alexa Rivera YouTube channel and 7.2 million followers on Instagram as of 2020. One of the most popular Youtube videos of Lexi is called "I'm PREGNANT!?" in September 2019. It was a fake pregnancy video that went on to earn over 26 million views on Youtube as of 2020 without featuring her social media star brother Brent.

Girlfriends

On 17th December 2015, Brent Rivera posted a tweet saying that he needs a sweetheart, who might watch Netflix and eat an entire pizza with him. Seemingly, he was single and looking for a girlfriend. Later, in August 2016, Brent shared a photo with Youtube Eva Gutowski, planting a kiss on her cheek. Fans speculated that Brent has finally found his love of life.

Eva appeared in a number of videos with Brent, people assumed the two are dating. But Brent and Eva came up with a couple of videos to clear the air around their relationship. The two videos were titled "Exposing Our Relationship" and "Exposing Our Relationship 2."

In the second video, Eva and Brent did admit that they dated for a while but eventually decided to remain friends. They cleared in the video that "Right now, we are not dating, but we are more than friends. Best friends.”

Brent also dated a California based model named Morgan Justus.

Career

Brent Rivera started acting in several television commercials at the age of 11. Brent joined Vine, an original video sharing platform in 2013. He was in high school back then and started comedy videos on the platform. He gradually became popular and garnered 2 million followers within a year of his Vine debut. Within three years, Brent became one of the most popular Vine stars in the country with 10 million followers in 2016.

Vine, however, called it quits in 2016. Brent did not lose hope and decided to use his popularity to build a base on other social media platforms. Accordingly, he revamped his Youtube channel, MrBrent98 that he had made back in 2009. He was, however, not much active on the platform all these years but brought it back to life in 2016. He went on to make videos that gained huge popularity. Some of his most popular videos include “If we/you talked how we texted,” series that has received over 26 million views as of 2020. His video “NEVER HAVE I EVER w/ Little Sister and Cousin!” alone boasts 44 million views as of 2020. All his videos have been watched over 2.5 billion times on Youtube as of 2020.

Brent's achievements are not just limited to social media platforms. He toured the U.S. and performed in several major cities, to name some - San Diego, Boston, and Philadelphia, among others in 2014. The same year, Brent tried his hands in the world of music and released his debut single entitled “Doubt Your Thoughts.” After trying his luck in singing, Brent turned to professional acting once again. He starred in a Youtube original film “Alexander IRL,” where he played the titular role. In 2018, Brent also bagged another role in TV series "Brobot" and portrayed the role of Gil for five episodes in the series. He went on to play Isaac in Hulu’s “Light as a Feather.”

Apart from acting and making videos on Youtube, Brent Rivera has been involved with several campaigns as well. To note a few, in 2015, he starred in Coca Cola’s MakeItHappy campaign alongside fellow celebrities like Ryan Seacrest, Victoria Justice among others. A few months after this, Brent joined hands with the popular clothing brand 'Hollister' in their anti-bullying campaign. The campaign was called All Equal. But the campaign was very close to Brent's heart as he said he had faced bullying online.

Brent not only spread awareness about the matter but also raised money to help in ending bullying among youngsters. Recalling his experience with the same, Brent said that he has suffered through bullying during the early days of his career but decided not to give up and stay strong. "For me, when I started making videos online, I was getting lot's of comments in person and online about being weird, and that’s being bullied. But I stayed strong and stayed positive, and over time, my videos caught on,” Brent told a US magazine.

In 2018, Brent founded AMP Studios with business partner Max Levine. The company offers a variety of services, including influencer marketing. The studio helps holds classes and lectures for new brands and young influencers on how to go viral on social media. The influencers enrolled with the studio create a combined one billion views on social media each month as of 2020.

Movies, Music Videos & TV Shows

Brent Rivera made his acting debut with Youtube's original film Alexander IRL. He portrayed the role of the male lead, Alexander in the film. The story of the film revolves around a young teenager who throws a huge house party to win over his crush and impress his friends by thus being certified cool dude!

The producers of the film picked Brent as the lead because they felt, Brent would perfectly fit in the age bracket and storyline of the film. The film's director Levin also said that Brent was the perfect candidate to portray the role of Alexander in the film. Impressed with his work, Levin also called hin a "future superstar"

Working in a film was altogether a new experience for Brent who had earlier worked only in short commercials or social media videos. Though lengthy, Brent found it certainly delightful.

He also starred as Isaac in Hulu’s “Light as a Feather.” The supernatural thriller series has already crossed the two-season mark with more episodes planned.

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