Cooper Tomlinson
American actor and YouTuber
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Cooper Tomlinson is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and YouTuber. He is best known for the sketch comedy YouTube channel that's a bad idea which he co-created with Curry Barker. He starred and co-wrote the 2024 film Milk & Serial along with Barker,[1] and again starred and co-wrote the upcoming film Anything but Ghosts along with Barker.[2][3]
- Actor
- comedian
- producer
- screenwriter
- YouTuber
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| Years active | 2016–present |
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| Subscribers | 1.2 million |
| Views | 581 million |
| Last updated: June 4, 2026 | |
Tomlinson studied at the New York Film Academy campus in Los Angeles, California. There, he met Barker, a fellow student. They both soon began making videos together on YouTube, which they described as "our film school outside of film school",[1] forming the sketch comedy channel that's a bad idea,[4][5] creating and publishing numerous comedy sketches and short films on their YouTube channel and TikTok.[5][6]
Along with his writing career, Tomlinson starred as Ian in Barker's 2025 film Obsession, starring along with Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Megan Lawless and Andy Richter.[7][8] In 2026, he guest-starred in an episode of the Paramount+ western television series Dutton Ranch.[9]