Dan Avidan

Background

Dan Avidan celebrates his birthday on March 14. He was born in Springfield, New Jersey, and is the eldest of two children. His parents are Debra Schwartz and Avigdor Avidan. Avidan has Israeli origins from his dad’s side. You might have heard of his younger sister, Dana Avidan; she is the executive director of PopSugar. In his early 20s, Avidan took part in two different music projects. In 2002 he joined ”The Northern Hues,” an indie rock band based in Philadelphia; the band split in 2005 due to differences between the band members. The next year, in 2006, Abidan and Peter Lennox formed an alternative rock duo named Skyhill.

In 2008, Avidan began studying storytelling and improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York. In the theater, he was introduced to Brian Wecht. Avidan and Brian created the band that would lead Avidan to success; they named the band “Ninja Sex Party.” Since its birth, the band has released eight albums and several singles, many of which have taken place in the Billboard chart. In 2013, after the original co-host of the Let’s Play web series “Game Grumps” left his position, Avidan took his place. He co-hosts the show with Arin Hanson, co-creator of the web series. That same year, Avidan teamed up with his bandmate, Wecht, and his co-host, Hanson, to form the band “Starbomb.” In 2015, Avidan was picked to play Alex Taylor, an eSports coach, in the Youtube Premium web series “Good Game.”

In 2019 Avidan confirmed his relationship with Ashley Anderson. The couple got married in 2021; Avidan announced it in an episode of his show “Game Grumps.”