Photo: Yves Tennevin / CC BY-SA 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Rémi Gaillard is the patron saint of chaotic French pranking, and I mean that fondly. The man literally lost a shoe-store job and turned boredom into a career, sneaking into a French Cup trophy ceremony dressed as a player being the legend that made him. His motto, roughly that if you do anything long enough you become it, basically built early YouTube comedy. Note he's French, not American as the data says, born 1975 in Montpellier. These days the animal rights activism is as loud as the gags. I find his stunts hit-or-miss now, but the audacity has never dipped.
Overview
Rémi Gaillard (French pronunciation: [ʁemi ɡajaʁ]; born 7 February 1975) is a French prankster, YouTuber and animal rights activist. Well known for his videos on YouTube, his channel is the 100th most subscribed comedy channel on YouTube with more than 7.4 million subscribers as of August 2024. After losing his job at a shoe store, Rémi began to use his free time to run pranks on the public.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Rémi Gaillard
- Name (Japanese)
- レミ・ガイヤール
- Reading
- れみ・がいやーる
- Born
- February 7, 1975 (age 51)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Rabbit
- Origin
- Montpellier, Hérault, France
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- comedian / association football player / YouTuber / television producer / animal rights advocate
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Comedian — see all → · Association football player — see all → · More people from France →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.