James Richard Tatro (born February 16, 1992) is an American actor and YouTuber. He is the creator and star of the YouTube channel LifeAccordingToJimmy, which has more than 3.34 million subscribers and over 746 million video views. Tatro writes, produces and directs each of his video sketches with his friend, Christian A. Pierce.
Tatro has appeared in Grown Ups 2, 22 Jump Street, Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland, Boo! A Madea Halloween, and Stuber. He also starred in the first season of the true-crime mockumentary American Vandal as Dylan Maxwell, which garnered him critical acclaim and a Critics Choice Award nomination. From 2021 to 2023, Tatro had a main role as Connor on the ABC sitcom Home Economics.
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Early life
Tatro attended Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California. He started making comical videos with friends in high school, and then continued to do so at the University of Arizona. He dropped out of college his junior year. While at Arizona he was a member of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity.
