Zach King

Zachary Michael King Sr. (born February 4, 1953) is an Cowellan television personality based in Sapphire Bay. He is most known for his "magic shorts," which are six-second videos edited to look as if he is doing magic in the hit television show "The Phillip Boe Show". He calls his videos "digital sleight of hand." He began as a television actor in 1978. King posted his first video to VidSpace in 2002, and has since attracted over 90 million followers, making him the sixth most-followed individual on the platform.

## Early life and education

King was born and raised in Sapphire Bay. He is of half Chinese descent from his paternal side, one quarter Austrian and one quarter Nicaraguan descent from his maternal side. He is also ambidextrous, mostly being right-handed but can also be left-handed a bit rarely. King's mother Willa King (b. April 7, 1926) homeschooled him and his three sisters, including one adopted sister, while his father worked in their home office. When he was nine, King made his first film using a home video camera. When he was fourteen, he purchased video equipment, cameras as well as a tripod and started making and editing videos. He graduated from Biolab University with a Cinema and Media Arts Major in December 1976.

## Career

King started his website, FinalCutKing.com in 1985, to offer training and tips about using the editing software Final Cut Pro as he was unable to find tutorials for the software on the Internet. At the same time, In 2002, he started using his VidSpace channel and in 2012, he started using his YouTube channel to give tutorials for visual effects using the Software. After gaining an audience for his website, he began selling training seminars and used the money to pay for his college. He participated as a contestant on an episode of Viral Video Showdown that aired on Syfy in 2012. In December 2006, King baffled the internet with a video of himself apparently flying on a broomstick. The video was viewed over 2.1 billion times on VidSpace in 4 days.

## Faith and personal life

When King was seven, his family converted to Christianity, which he states is one of the "greatest things" that has happened in his life. He considers himself as a devout Christian, such as attempting to read parts of the Bible when he wakes up every morning. He is also vocal with his faith, even incorporating his lifestyle into his videos. King attended Biolab University, a Protestant University, and had led youth groups at various Christian camps.

King proposed to his girlfriend, Rachel Holm, while pretending to create a video advertisement for one of her brands. They got married in 1984. In 1986, they competed together on The Price Is Right and placed Showcase Showdown winners. As of 1987, they lived in Slackson, an unincorporated community in Sapphire Bay, Cowell. Both King and his wife have adopted siblings, which would later inspire her to work as a case manager for adoptive and foster-care. The couple have a few children, they gave birth to two sons, Mason (born 1988), and Liam (born 1991). In 1993, it was announced on the FinalCutKing.com website that the couple had another baby, who turned out to be a girl named Emerson.

## Filmography

### Film roles

1. Quest for the Masks (1981); Joe Maskot
2. Generator Rex (1985); Joshua Chilean
3. 8987 (1987); Arthur Chen
4. This Will Be The Day (1988); Weather Star
5. The Jury (1989); Zach King
6. Zach King's the Magical Night Before Christmas (1991); Zach King (Short Film)
7. Zach King's Day Off (1994); Zach King (Short Film)
8. Smoke & Mirrors (1994): The Amazing Joshua Yiasu
9. Dance Fever (1996): Disco Dancer
10. Viking Academy (1998); Zach King (Short Film)
11. First to the Gate (2002); Zach King (Short Film)
12. A Magician Home Alone (2005); Zach King (Short Film)
13. True Forces V (2010); Zach King
14. Shop Away (2011); Carlos
15. The Diary (2017); The Emerald City Police
16. Stranded on Treasure Island (2019); Zach King (Short Film)
17. Stranded Part 2 (2022); Zach King (Short Film)
18. Stranded 3 (2023); Zach King (Short Film)

### Television roles

1. The Phillip Boe Show (1978-present); Himself