Rémi Gaillard

Rémi Gaillard is a French humorist, prankster and YouTube celebrity. He began posting a series of well-documented pranks on YouTube. As of November 2013, Rémi Gaillard's main YouTube channel, nqtv, has over 3.3 million subscribers and over 1.15 billion video views.

Biography
Rémi Gaillard was born in Montpellier, France on February 7, 1975. After losing his job at a shoe store, Rémi began to use his free time to have fun and run pranks on the public. Gaillard gained attention in the French media after performing a series of well-documented pranks, including an appearance disguised as a Lorient football player in the 2002 Coupe de France final match, during which he took part in the winners' celebrations and was greeted by the then president of the French Republic, Jacques Chirac. He plays football and has posted videos showing his skills, including one with Brazilian legend Ronaldo.

YouTube
The majority of Gaillard's sketches are of the hidden camera type, often disguising himself in outlandish costumes for his pranks. In some videos, Gaillard is accompanied by a crowd of friends, giving the action a flash mob-like nature. Rémi Gaillard became famous for his videos where he displays an "outrageous" style of humor, challenging public norms. Recurring themes include dressing up as and interpreting the behavior of various animals in public, racing unsuspecting car-drivers whilst dressed up as Mario à la Mario Kart, and numerous provocative interactions with parking enforcement officers and the police.

Rémi Gaillard achieve YouTube success through his Rocky Balboa parodies, Pac Man costume prank, Mario Kart prank, and his football videos. His recent pranks often entail dressing up in large animal costumes; including a pig, dog, cat, turtle, snail, bee, shark, kangaroo, spider, beaver, fly, gorilla, chicken, penguin, giraffe, rabbit, butterfly, bat, sheep, and a bomb.

Gaillard's most popular videos, the Mario Kart and Kangaroo videos, have over 50 million views each. His Pac Man video has over 40 million views.