Karl Jacobs

About

Karl Thomas Jacobs (born July 19, 1998), formerly known online as GamerBoyKarl, is an American YouTuber. He rose to prominence as a member of MrBeast’s on-screen cast and then developed his own videos, primarily Minecraft content. Jacobs is the creator of the anthology series Tales from the SMP set in the Dream SMP, which was adapted into a series of comic books published by Dark Horse Comics. He was also a co-host of the Banter podcast with fellow YouTubers Sapnap and GeorgeNotFound.

Jacobs began streaming on Twitch in 2017, playing Roblox under the name GamerBoyKarl. In 2019, he was hired as a video editor for YouTuber MrBro. Jacobs then became a cameraman for MrBro’s brother, YouTuber MrBeast, before transitioning into a member of MrBeast’s on-screen cast. During a video for MrBeast Gaming, Jacobs met Minecraft YouTuber Dream, and was later invited to join his server, the Dream SMP.
In December 2020, Jacobs created the online anthology series Tales from the SMP, which explores the story of characters in the Dream SMP by following Jacobs’s time-travelling character to various times and locations throughout the server. The series has featured internet personalities such…