Jamie Costa

Jamie Costa was born on May 12, 1990, and grew up in Charleston, South Carolina. He attended private Christian schools up until high school when he was sent to a military boarding school in Virginia where he ended up graduating highest-ranking cadet.^[9] He briefly attended college at The Citadel and eventually ended up studying theater at North Greenville University in South Carolina. He took a semester to study film in Los Angeles, and ^[10] then finally graduated in December 2013.^[11] He also has a brother named Caleb.

Starting in 2015, Costa began posting impersonations on YouTube, including Robin Williams,^[12][13] Ian McKellen,^[6] Owen Wilson, Matthew McConaughey, and Harrison Ford.^[13]

In July 2015, Costa moved to LA to continue his career in acting and filmmaking and has since appeared in various film and television projects both on screen and as a voice over artist.^{[citation needed]} He has produced and acted in Star Wars fan films hosted on his YouTube channel.

In 2017, Costa played supporting roles in the feature film Heaven Bound,^[14] and on the TV show, My Crazy Ex.^[15] In 2018, he played a supporting role in the movie Funny Story^[16] and the Price of Fame tv series.^[17] Costa played a soldier in the 2020 B-rated film, Robot Riot.^[18]

In 2021, Costa posted a five minute piece titled "ROBIN Test Footage Scene" to YouTube.^[1] The video shows Williams, played by Costa, in his trailer preparing for an episode of Mork & Mindy. His co-star Pam Dawber (portrayed by Sarah Murphree) brings news of John Belushi's death, prompting an emotional reaction from Williams.^[19][5] The video received several million views.^[4] USA Today and The Independent both called his imitation of Williams "uncanny".^[7][4]

In 2022, in an interview with Silver Screen magazine,^[20] Costa announced that he will have a guest role as young Kurt Russell on one of the episodes for the Netflix adult animated series: Agent Elvis starring Matthew McConaughey as Elvis. He also starred in a short film titled The Cowboy & the Samurai with director and writer, Jake Lewis.^[21][22]

Costa made his theatrical debut in the 2023 feature Australian film Bring Him to Me, a crime thriller alongside actors Barry Pepper and Sam Neill.^[23]

In 2024, he was originally going to voice The Grandmaster in the third season of What If...? but was replaced by actor and comedian, Matt Friend.^[24] He also starred as Agent Richard Beckett in the pilot episode of the independent web-series, Zack In Time.^[25][26]

Costa announced on his YouTube community tab page that he would star in the 2024 horror film Scurry alongside newcomer Australian RnB artist, Emalia. Scurry was Costa's first one-shot film. The film had its world premiere at the 2024 Sydney Sci-fi Film Festival. It released in limited theatres in the U.S. on October 2nd, 2025 and was released on digital, on November 5th.^[27][28][29]

In 2025, he had a role in the independent comedy horror film, Zombie Apache as Sheriff Hatfield who finds out that a greedy real estate developer has desecrated a sacred Viking burial ground, unleashing a comical nightmare upon the unsuspecting locals. The film released on November 8th, 2025 on Amazon Prime.^[30]