• Born in Queens, New York City on October 1, 1980.
• Found love in comedy at an early age and pursued a career in stand-up comedy, but pivoted to film.
• Launched Schmoes Know and YouTube channel in 2008 and became certified by Rotten Tomatoes.
• Married Canadian film reporter Miri Jedeikin in 2010 and has a daughter.
• Net worth estimated to be over $700,000.
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Who is Kristian Harloff? Wiki Bio
Kristian Harloff was born in Queens, New York City USA, on 1 October 1980, so under the zodiac sign of Libra and holding American nationality – he is popular for his YouTube channel onto which he mostly uploads movie-reviewing videos.
Childhood and education
Kristian spent most of his childhood in Queens alongside his parents and his two brothers, Brian and Paul – nothing is known about his parents, except that his father’s name is Phillip Harloff.
Kristian fell in love with comedy at quite an early age, and enjoyed entertaining his friends and family and making them laugh.
He was and still is a very friendly person, who had numerous friends throughout his school years – it was in high school that he decided to become a stand-up comedian, and he began performing while he was attending his final year there.
After he matriculated from high school, Kristian enrolled into Florida State University, and graduated in 2002 with a bachelor’s degree in theatre and communications.
Career of a YouTuber and other jobs
Kristian launched his career of a stand-up comedian when he was only 17 years old. He performed in numerous bars and pubs, but his career wasn’t progressing, so he eventually gave up on his dream of becoming a popular stand-up comedian, and completely focused on film.
In 2004, Kristian started working for Silver Pictures in their feature film development section, which was his first venture into the film industry. He was part of the team for three years through 2007, when he decided to give stand-up comedy another shot – it lasted for two years before he went back to film. In May 2009, he found a job at Next Entertainment as an associate producer, and worked on numerous shows, including “The Bachelor” and “High School Reunion”.
Creating his own website is what helped Kristian become popular – he launched Schmoes Know together with his friend Mark Ellis, who is a comedian as well.
They were both working for Current TV at the time, and were asked by their mutual friend, Martini Paratore to do a TV pilot review – that’s when they got the idea of doing their own reviews. Schmoes Know was then launched, and it serves as a place for Kristian and Mark to review movies, while they also put some comedy into them, both being comedians.
Their YouTube channel was launched on 19 October 2008, and it so far counts more than 300,000 people subscribed to it, while it also counts over 115 million views of all their videos combined. The channel is currently approaching its 6th season, and the only videos uploaded onto it are movie reviews.
Kristian and Mark had the idea of launching their website even earlier, but didn’t have the funds necessary to do so. Although Kristian is mostly focused on Schmoes Know, he is also working as a correspondent for Fandango, and is interviewing movie stars at all the popular events such as The Red Carpet, and is running a show “Movie3some” together with his friend Tiffany Smith. Both he and Mark are now contributing to Collider Videos, which has helped their fanbase grow even bigger – since they joined Collider Videos, Kristian has become the director of development, and is hosting several shows including “Jedi Council”.
Kristian and Mark are the first YouTube movie reviewers ever to be certified by the Rotten Tomatoes website.
Love life and relationships
Kristian is someone who prefers to keep his business life separated from his personal life, but some things regarding his love life are still known.
Kristian met Miri Jedeikin during one of the red carpet events which he attended, interviewing actors there for Fandango. Miri is a Canadian film reporter, and she was there doing the same thing as he – they were introduced by a mutual friend and instantly fell for one another. They only got a chance to exchange their ‘phone numbers as they were very busy, but managed to talk later and to get to know each other.
Their relationship went on for two years before the couple exchanged their wedding vows, in Florida on 31 October 2010. They have since been together and there are no rumors nor controversies surrounding their relationship – they are parents to a daughter whose name is not known.
Kristian hasn’t talked about any women he might have dated before he met Miri, as he doesn’t want to make his wife jealous.
Hobbies and other interests
Kristian’s number one hobby is movies, and even though it is his job, he watches movies and reviews them even in his free time. He is a huge fan of the “Star Wars” franchise, and also enjoys watching “The Lord of the Rings” franchise.
He is a lover of animals, and can often be seen surrounded by them, however, he doesn’t have a pet as his job doesn’t leave him enough time to dedicate to it. He is travelling a lot as the events he attends are organized all over the country, and even though he didn’t enjoy travelling at the beginning, he has got used to it.
Kristian is also a cosplayer, and has dressed up as many characters from all the popular movies, including “Star Wars” and “The Avengers” – he often attends cosplay events with his wife.
Appearance and net worth
Kristian is currently 38 years old. He has long brown hair and brown eyes, but his height and weight are not known.
According to authoritative sources, his current net worth is estimated to be more than $700,000, and is steadily rising thanks to his career of a YouTuber and a movie reviewer.
Fun facts
Claudia Grey named a planet after Kristian in her novel “Bloodline”, giving it the name Harloff Minor. Kristian received death threats after a negative review of DC movie “Man of Steel”.
Social media presence
Kristian is very active on several popular social media platforms, as he is an online celebrity. He launched his Twitter account in April 2013, and has gathered more than 85,000 followers and tweeted nearly 40,000 times. His Instagram account is currently followed by more than 55,000 people, while he’s uploaded nearly 2,800 pictures onto it – he is also running a Facebook page which currently counts more than 18,000 fans.
