Jake Paul

Jake Joseph Paul is an American social media personality, actor, musician, rapper, and professional boxer, who, for Disney, played Dirk Mann in seasons 1-2 of the Disney Channel series Bizaardvark and guest-starred in the Walk the Prank special "Talk the Prank with Jake and Logan Paul".
Paul was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He began his career in September 2013, posting videos on the now-defunct video application Vine. After gaining fame on Vine and YouTube, Paul was hired onto the set of Bizaardvark, playing the role of Dirk Mann, a character who accepted dare requests that he would then perform. His older brother, Logan Paul, is also a YouTuber and actor and both appeared on Bizaardvark and Walk the Prank.
On July 22, 2017, during the middle of filming the second season of Bizaardvark, Disney Channel announced that Jake Paul would be leaving the series. The announcement followed a news report from about public complaints from his neighbors in Los Angeles regarding the noise generated by Paul's pranks, parties, fire hazards, and the large crowds of Paul's fans congregating in their neighborhood. As a result of Paul's departure, Dirk was written out of the series and replaced by Zane and Rodney (played by Maxwell Simkins and Elie Samouhi, respectively) in the show's third and final season.
==Roles==
Dirk Mann.jpg|Dirk Mann(Bizaardvark)
Jake Paul - Walk the Prank.jpg|Himself(Walk the Prank)
==Gallery==
Jake Paul - Wand ID.PNG|Jake Paul appearing in a Disney Channel Wand ID in June 2016.
Jake Paul Alice Through the Looking Glass premiere.jpg|Jake Paul at the premiere of Alice Through the Looking Glass in May 2016.
Jake Paul Finding Dory premiere.jpg|Jake Paul at the premiere of Finding Dory in June 2016.
Jake Paul The BFG premiere.jpg|Jake Paul at the premiere of The BFG in June 2016.
Jake Paul RDMA.jpg|Jake Paul attending the 2017 Radio Disney Music Awards.
Jake Paul TCA.jpg|Jake Paul attending the 2017 Teen Choice Awards.
==Trivia==
*Jake Paul was the first social media star to be a main cast member of a Disney Channel show.
*Although Paul left Bizaardvark and Disney Channel in July 2017, his character Dirk still appeared in episodes of the show until March 2018, as the remaining episodes with Dirk were filmed before Paul was fired from the series. Dirk's final appearance on Bizaardvark was in the episode "Bernie Moves Out", which aired on March 9, 2018, and Jake Paul left after production wrapped on the episode "The BFF (Before Frankie Friend)".
*Ironically, Jake Paul's older brother, Logan would also be fired from a show he starred in. Following the controversy surrounding his YouTube video of him at the Aokigahara forest during his trip to Japan in December 2017, Logan was fired from the fourth and final season of the YouTube series Foursome on January 10, 2018, with his role as Alec Fixler being written out without a replacement actor. Additionally, the Bizaardvark episode "The First Law of Dirk", which Logan guest starred in, was pulled from reruns on Disney Channel due to said reason.
*Jake Paul, along with his equally controversial brother Logan, served as the inspiration for the character Itchaboi in Big City Greens with series creator Chris Houghton calling them "modern day snake-oil salesmen".
==References==
==External links==
*
*
*
*
*
Category:1990s births
Category:American people
Category:Males
Category:Actors
Category:People from Ohio
Category:Disney Channel Actors and Actresses
Category:Disney XD Actors and Actresses
Category:Musicians
Category:Comedians
Category:Bizaardvark
Category:Walk the Prank
Category:Athletes
Category:Singers
Category:Singer-songwriters
Category:Songwriters
Category:Big City Greens
Category:Fox