Biography
William Henry Green II (born May 5, 1980) is an American vlogger, science communicator, entrepreneur, author, internet producer, and musician. He is known for producing the YouTube channel Vlogbrothers with his older brother, author John Green, as well as for creating and hosting the educational YouTube channels Crash Course and SciShow. He has also advocated for and organized social activism, created and hosted a number of other YouTube channels and podcasts, released music albums, and amassed a large following on TikTok.
With his brother John, Hank co-created VidCon, the world's largest conference about online videos, and the Project for Awesome, an annual online charity event, as well as the now-defunct conferences NerdCon: Stories, focused on storytelling, and PodCon, focused on podcasts. He is the co-creator of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (2012β2013), an adaptation of Pride and Prejudice in the style of video blogs that was the first web series to win an Emmy. He is also the co-founder of merchandise company DFTBA Records, crowdfunding platform Subbable (acquired by Patreon), game company DFTBA Games, and online video production company Pemberley Digital, which produces video blog adaptations of classic novels in the public domain. Green is the founder of the environmental technology blog EcoGeek, which evolved into Complexly, an online video and audio production company of which he was the CEO until late 2023. Green also hosts the podcasts Dear Hank & John and Delete This with his brother and wife respectively, along with the podcast SciShow Tangents.
Green's debut novel, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, was published on September 25, 2018; its sequel A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor was published on July 7, 2020. Both novels debuted as New York Times Best Sellers.
Filmography
all 40
TV Shows 35
self 19
Producer 15
Movies 5
Creator 2
Crash Course Art History (2024)
Crash Course Botany (2023)
Crash Course Climate & Energy (2022)
Crash Course Public Health (2022)
Crash Course Outbreak Science (2021)
Crash Course Black American History (2021)
Crash Course Zoology (2021)
Crash Course Geography (2020)
Crash Course Linguistics (2020)
Crash Course Organic Chemistry (2020)
Crash Course Business - Entrepreneurship (2019)
Crash Course Artificial Intelligence (2019)
Journey to the Microcosmos (2019)
Crash Course European History (2019)
Crash Course Business - Soft Skills (2019)
Crash Course Navigating Digital Information (2019)
Dimension 20 (2018)
Eons (2017)
Rhett & Link's Buddy System (2016)
Crash Course Philosophy (2016)
Crash Course Kids (2015)
Crash Course Big History (2014)
Crash Course Psychology (2014)
Crash Course Ecology (2012)
Crash Course Biology (2012)
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GenderMale
Birthday1980-05-05 (44 years old)
Birth NameWilliam Henry Green II
Birth PlaceBirmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Religionatheism
SpouseKatherine Green
SiblingsJohn Green
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesMissoula, United States of America
Also Known AsWilliam Henry Green II
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