Doug Walker (comedian)

American film critic and comedian best known as the Nostalgia Critic

Douglas Darien Walker (born November 17, 1981 in Naples, Italy) is an American comedian and YouTuber known for being the creator of The Nostalgia Critic. Walker also has videos where he reviews movies and television as himself.

Doug Walker
Walker in 2012
Personal information
Born
Douglas Darien Walker

(1981-11-17) November 17, 1981 (age 42)
Naples, Italy
NationalityAmerican
EducationNorthern Illinois University (BA)
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • film critic
  • actor
  • media personality
  • YouTuber
Spouse
Robin Poage
(m. 2012)
Websitechannelawesome.com
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2007–present
GenreFilm reviews
Subscribers1.34 million[1]
Total views1.12 billion[1]
Associated acts

Last updated: July 6, 2023

Early life

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Walker is the son of Barney (b. 1951), a naval officer, stand-up comedian and musician, and Sandra Ruth (née Polkow) Walker (b. 1952 – d. 2016), a therapist. Both parents, as well as Walker's older brother Rob (b. June 5, 1979), would later appear regularly in his videos. Due to his father's career, Walker was born on a naval base in Naples, Italy, and moved frequently as a child, spending parts of his childhood in Rhode Island, Washington, and Jacksonville, Florida before moving to the Chicago, Illinois area in his teen years.

Walker attended and graduated from Northern Illinois University, majoring in mass communication and minoring in visual art, also serving as an editor and cartoonist for the school newspaper.


  1. 1.0 1.1 "About ChannelAwesome". YouTube.