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Dan Avidan

Dan Avidan is a popular singer, writer, comedian, and internet personality. Dan Avidan is mostly known for his work on sex ninja: I Just Want to Dance (2010).

Early Life

Leigh Dan Avidan is a Jewish American citizen who was born on March 14, 1979, in Springfield, New Jersey in the United States. His Nickname is Danny Sexbang. He is the elder son of Debra Schwartz and Avidan. His father was an Israeli citizen and served in the Yom Kippur War before he immigrated to America. His father and his mother met and married in America. Avidan’s younger sister Dana Avidan is the executive style director of PopSugar. There is no information about his childhood and friends. He is 44 years old.

Education

He graduated from Jonathan Dayton High School in 1997. When he was in College time eventually, he entered a student exchange program attending a Tufts University satellite campus in Talloires, France.

Career and Professional Life

 Dan Avidan is a multi-talented guy who is a well-known personality around the internet. In 2002 he joined the indie rock band Northern Hues, a Philadelphia-based group of Aron Brand, Jeff Rains, and others. Likewise, he was the lead singer and songwriter. In 2005 the band released one self-titled EP and one live track. He teamed up with Peter Lennox in 2006. They bring a Brooklyn-based alternative pop duo named Skyhill.’ Avidan took over the role of lead singer and songwriter once again. Also, the pop duo toured New York in 2008. Later on, Avidan left these two bands to form his band called ‘Ninja Sex Party‘.  

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Caption: Dan Avidan was captured while singing on the stage (Source: Myspace)

2009–present: Ninja Sex Party

Ninja Sex Party is a musical comedy duo that consists of him and Brian Wecht. They formed the band in 2009 in New York City and are currently based in Los Angeles. They are also known as two-thirds of the video game-based musical trio Starbomb, together with frequent collaborator Arin Hanson. Honson and Avidan Joined the Let’s Play web series Game Grumps as a co-host on YouTube in 2013. Avidan’s friend Wecht also joined the show in 2015. Ninja Sex Party band typically consists of rock or synth-pop-oriented humorous songs. The songs that topics about sex, seduction, love, or fantasy. Wecht and Avidan have appeared in the Tupper Ware Remix party’s work. Avidan’s friend Wecht also portrays Ninja Brian on his live comedy show titled Ninja Brian’s All-Star Variety Luau spectacular.      

2013–present: Game Grumps, Starbomb, and Good Game

He is the co-host of the web series Game Grumps and joined the group in mid-2013. When Jon Jafari left his position as a co-host in the web series Game Grumps to focus on his own YouTube Web series. After that Avidan joined the web series as a co-host.  Game Grumps is a let-play web series that was created by co-hosts Hanson and Jon Jafari in 2012. This web series focuses on hosts playing video games and comedically commentating on them.

Other collaborations

 Avidan co-created and hosted a sketch comedy miniseries called Dirty Shorts. In which he portrayed an exaggerated version of himself, similar to that of Danny Sexbang. The series was not well received so the show was dropped after the first 12-episode season. Similarly, he also co-created, co-wrote, and provided voice acting for the studio’s short-lived animated comedy miniseries DJs in PJs with his friend Wecht.  He has appeared in various web series as a guest on YouTube. Avidan and producer William J. Sullivan collaborated to compose and sell multiple themes and background tracks for various shows while Avidan was studying in New York.

Discography

The Northern Hues is the band he first joined as a lead singer. The band released one self-titled EP in 2004 and recorded a live track in World Café in 2005. Skyhill was formed in 2006 while Avidan and Peter Lennox were connected through their atmospheric love. They produced their first album Run with the Hunted in 2007. Likewise, the Ninja Sex Party band released several albums like NSFW (2011), Cool Patrol (2018), Strawberries and Cream (2013), and Attitude City (2015). Star Bomb is a musical comedy group that consists of video game parodies. They released an album like TryForce (2019), and Player Select (2014). He also has appeared in several web series like Backside, Mighty Magic Words, Starlight Brigade, etc. 

Awards and Nominations

Dan Avidan has won INNY Awards for Best Original Comedy Song and Best Comedy Video Short for ‘I Just Want To (Dance)’. Moreover, he was also nominated for the Webby Awards for his work in ‘Breaking Bad: The Middle School Musical.  

Dan Avidan – Net Worth 2024

As an actor and singer; Avidan has earned a decent amount of money in his professional career. His total estimated net worth is around $3 million which he earned from his albums, musical tours, and other brand endorsement. 

Relationship Status

Talking about  Avidan’s love life, he is in a relationship. But he is in a love relationship with his girlfriend, Ashley. They are dating each other nowadays. According to the news, the singer Avidan revealed himself as a good boy. However, the rumor is much in rant grumps. 

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Caption: Dan Avidan with girlfriend Ashley Anderson (Source: Tumblr)

Dan Avidan – Body Measurements

Dan Avidan is a handsome white skinny guy. He is 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 68 kg. Other than that there is no information about his other body measurements.

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Caption: Dan’s body measurement (Source: Pinterest)

Dan Avidan – Social Media

He has an Instagram account called danny_avidan. On his Instagram account, there are about 728k followers. Likewise, on Twitter,  there are 3k followers and there are 754k followers on Instagram.