What is Doug Walker (comedian)?
{{Use American English|date=August 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox YouTube personality | name = Doug Walker | image = Doug Walker in 2012.jpg | alt = <!-- WP:ALT --> | caption = Walker in 2012 | birth_name = Douglas Darien Walker | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|11|17|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Naples]], Italy | nationality = American | other_names = | education = [[Northern Illinois University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) | occupation = {{hlist|Comedian|film critic|actor|media personality|YouTuber}} | spouse = {{marriage|Robin Poage|2012}} | children = | associated_acts = {{hlist|[[Angry Joe]]|[[James Rolfe]]|[[Lindsay Ellis]]|[[The Cinema Snob|Brad Jones]]|[[Rob Scallon]]|[[Josh Strider|PhantomStrider]]}} | website = {{URL|https://channelawesome.com}} | channel_direct_url = ChannelAwesome | years_active = 2007–present | genre = [[Film criticism|Film reviews]] | subscribers = 1.34 million | views = 1.12 billion | stats_update = July 6, 2023 }} '''Douglas Darien Walker''' (born November 17, 1981 in [[Naples]], [[Italy]]) is an American [[comedian]] and [[YouTuber]] known for being the creator of [[The Nostalgia Critic]]. Walker also has videos where he reviews [[movies]] and [[television]] as himself. ==Early life== Walker is the son of Barney (b. 1951), a [[United States Navy|naval officer]], [[Stand-up|stand-up comedian]] and musician, and Sandra Ruth (née Polkow) Walker (b. 1952 – d. 2016), a [[therapist]]. Both parents, as well as Walker's older brother Rob (b. June 5, 1979), would later appear regularly in his videos. Due to his father's career, Walker was born on a [[naval base]] in [[Naples]], [[Italy]], and moved frequently as a child, spending parts of his childhood in [[Rhode Island, Washington]], and [[Jacksonville, Florida]] before moving to the [[