Daniel LaBelle

About

Daniel LaBelle (born August 22, 1987) is an American YouTuber, media personality, and photographer. He is best known for his short-form physical comedy skits.

Daniel LaBelle was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He ran track in college.
LaBelle graduated from John Brown University in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in digital media and started his business called Daniel LaBelle Photography in 2011.

He started his YouTube channel in 2009, and he first posted short-form comedy videos. Labelle started gaining attention in early 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic put his photography career on hold, so he began experimenting with posting comical videos. In July 2021, he started gaining popularity through YouTube Shorts.
As of September 2025, LaBelle has over 75 million followers across his eponymous social media accounts and has received praise for his athleticism.

In 2020, LaBelle joined TikTok to promote his photography business. He went viral when he posted a video portraying a child posing for a picture, which garnered over a million views in a day. He found success in these types of videos and abandoned his photography business to pursue content creation…