Quentin Averhart

Quentin Demario Averhart (born February 2, 1985), better known by his stage name FunnyManQ, is an American comedian, impressionist and voiceover actor.
Biography
1985-2009:FunnyManQ's Footsteps
Quentin 'FunnyManQ' Averhart was born in Milwaukee,Wisconsin. His mother, and grandmother, who both worked at UW-Milwaukee as a Janitors were a major influence in his life. They taught him that, to get anywhere in life you have to work hard and be patient. His father was around, but in and out of his life. He attended Averhart recognized he was blessed with a true gift by the age of 12. HE would mock many teachers voices, and joke on some of his class-mates. His peers thought it was so funny and hilarious. Most said he sounded exactly like their teachers. Averhart graduated and attended Riverside University High School which was nearby. He took classes a few years later atMilwaukee Area Technical College.
A few years after Averhart enrolled in college he started to think of ways to use his gift. He kept his ear to the comedy scene and on the internet. Especially YouTube! Inspired by many other comedians, such as, Aries Spears, Reginald Muhammad, and Jay Pharoah. In August 2009, Averhart began uploading videos to YouTube.com to showcase his talent while rubbing elbows with well established talented people on the internet. Averhart first video shared to YouTube was an Impersonation of President Barack Obama smoking. Averhart received a few hundred views from that video release.
In February 2010 Averhart released another video titled Best YouTube Impersonator. In that video, he impersonated Ray Charles,President Barack Obama,Lois from the hit show Family Guy and many more. The views are constantly growing on the video to date. By seeing how many people was viewing that release, Averhart started taking his comedy career more serious. The next months to come, Averhart knew he needed a stage/comedian name. He came up with the name FunnyManQ™. In result, it hatched the FunnyManQ Channel on YouTube May 2010. FunnyManQ Also performed at The Onyx Social Club.
2011-2012: 20,000 Views & GooglePlay APP
In 2011, with only being on YouTube just a little over a year, FunnyManQ racked a whopping 20000 views on his channel.He was speechless. He wanted to give his fans,family,and friends more to show appreciation. FunnyManQ revised a year of him being on YouTube. He felt that by being relatively new on YouTube and by him achieving 20000 views, he should up the ante. In Late December 2012, FunnyManQ teamed up Google play to form the FunnyManQ APP. Friends,family, and fans are able to download the FunnyManQ APP for free and see all of his videos, prank calls, impersonations, and stand-up.
In 2012, FunnyManQ notice his following on Twitter began to grow with known celebrities. Such as: Jacob Latimore, Mark Curry, Corey Booker, , SamSon Rulez, Miki Howard,Aries Spears, Reginald Muhammad, Kim Sherell, Sheryl Underwood,Corey Holcomb,Gorilla Zoe,Def Jam Recordings,JoistaRR and many more. FunnyManQ vision is to perfect his craft everyday in order to give you the greatest performance ever. He loves making and seeing people laugh. One of FunnyManQ sayings is "You can't be happy being sad!" He sees himself performing along the greats one day. Something like SNL or some sitcom. We're sure the feelings are mutual with his fans. FunnyManQ is different because of his work ethic. "There's nothing like being ready to perform, or giving a punch line with the correct timing." FunnyManQ says, "Although impersonations are being done more rapidly than ever, I drill myself on originality". Originality and personality is key to him. He looks forward to standing out each and everyday!
2013 - Present
In October 2013, after being on a hiatus, FunnyManQ released a update via YouTube stating why hes been away from the scene and his fans. FunnyManQ stated that he has a new team as well as new material that has yet to be released.FunnyManQ staff is also in the process of creating a new FunnyManQ website. Meanwhile, FunnyManQ has hit over 56000 views on his
 
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