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  • Birthday
    March 23, 1989
  • Birthplace
    England
  • Age
    34 Years

Daniel Hardcastle is a prominent English author, YouTuber, actor, and also CEO of Nerd Cubed Limited. Daniel Hardcastle is also popular online as Nerd, NerdCubed, and Forsinain42.

Early Life

Englishman Daniel Hardcastle was born on March 23, 1989. Similarly, his father Steve Hardcastle is a famous YouTuber who runs a channel called @officialdadcubed.

Likewise, his mother is Andreina. He has a sister named Hannah, she is also a social media personality who is famous as Banana.

As we are well aware of the fact that he is also an author. He sure is an educated person. Similarly, he studied astrophysics at the University of Leicester. However, he dropped out the first year.

Professional Life & Achievements

Reflecting upon the professional life of Daniel Hardcastle, he is an English author, YouTuber, actor, and CEO of Nerd Cubed Limited. He is also popular online as Nerd, NerdCubed, and sometimes as Forsinain42.

While discussing his journey to fame, it was through a scripted, story-based webcomic created within Minecraft. Similarly, after creating his YouTube channel on March 20, 2011, he uploaded a series of comedic vlogs before he uploaded his first play.

Nerd3’s Minecraft Buildy Thing, his debut let’s play series, aired from August 27, 2011, through August 22, 2012. He posted his first Nerd3 Plays video on January 7, 2012, following the creation of videos for a few independent games.

Also, In 2012, Machinima provided him the financing to create the 13 Ways To Die television series.

Daniel HardcastleAshens and the Polybius Heist the movie poster (Source: Twitter)

Furthermore, For “online personality of the year” in 2015, he received a Golden Joystick Award nomination.  Since then, he has racked up 1.2 billion total views and more than 2.4 million subscribers.

Over the course of an 11-hour live stream on Red Nose Day 2019, he raised more than £16,000 for Comic Relief. Since he was not well-known outside of the network, his YouTube account was deleted in September 2019.

Alongside his longtime partner Stuart Ashen, who also co-wrote the movie, he made an appearance in the 2020 film Ashens and the Polybius Heist. When Ashen delivered him the script, he added two gags himself, earning him a modest writing credit for the movie.

Author & Books

As mentioned above that he is also an author, he began writing his first book, Fuck Yeah, Video Games: The Life & Extra Lives of Professional Nerd, in 2017. Similarly, he began raising money for the book on the website Unbound on June 4, 2018.

On the first day, the book sold 100 percent of its intended audience, and by June 11th, it had sold 1000 percent. Likewise, the book is the most successful crowdfunded book in the UK, reaching a total of 1903% of its initial goal.

Tim Schafer, the creator of Double Fine and the director of the book’s foreword, and YouTuber Stuart Ashen each contributed a chapter.  The book, which was published on September 19, 2019, became a Sunday Times bestseller.

Daniel HardcastleDaniel Hardcastle’S Best Selling Book (Source: HITC)

Moreover, He began raising money for the book on the crowdfunding platform Unbound on June 4, 2018. The book hit its goal of selling 100 copies on the first day and 1000 copies by June 11.

The book is the most successful crowdfunded book in the UK, reaching a total of 1903 percent of its initial goal. Game director and Double Fine founder Tim Schafer wrote the book’s foreword, and YouTuber Stuart Ashen contributed another chapter.

The book, which was published on September 19, 2019, became a best seller in The Sunday Times.

The crowdfunding campaign for his second book, The Paradox Paradox, a science fiction book that is “a little bit Star Trek, a little bit Doctor Who, and a little bit fucked up,” launched on September 26, 2019. Within 20 minutes, the book’s funding target was reached.

Personal Life

Hardcastle is married to an artist who illustrated Fuck Yeah, Video Games, her name is Rebecca Maughan. Similarly, he also collaborates with his father Steve. Additionally, his favorite foods are pizza and pasta, and he is an avid fan of Disney’s Frozen.

Daniel HardcastleDaniel Hardcastle with his wife (Source: Twitter)

Social Media & Net worth

Daniel Hardcastle is popular on YouTube, Twitter, and other social media sites. Similarly, he has altogether two YouTube channels; OfficialNerdCubed, where he has around 2.46M subscribers, and OfficialNerdCubedLive which have around 88.5K subscribers.

Likewise, he is active as @DanNerdCubed on Twitter and has around 203.8K followers. Moreover, he lives a worthy life and his estimated net worth is around $1 Million-$5 Million.

Body Measurements

There is no doubt about the fact that he has an amazing personality and skills. However, when it comes to the information about his body measurements, we don’t have any information related to it.

Nevertheless, he seems physically fit and in a healthy condition.

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