Tip Donaldson

Tip Donaldson (born November 18, 1989) is an American actor, model and entertainer from San Francisco, California. He first came to attention after acting in commercials in Hollywood as a child, and has since played roles in various films, notably action and comedy flicks. Donaldson started his modelling career after a chance meeting with a talent scout for a modeling agency in Shanghai in 2014. He currently resides in Seoul, South Korea.
Early life
Donaldson was born November 18, 1989 in San Francisco, California, U.S.
As he was growing up his family moved around to many different cities including Oakland, Baltimore, Detroit and Compton, before settling back in San Francisco. At a young age he showed interest in acting. Tip would often do spontaneous voice over dubs to his favorite movies, specifically Batman Begins and Rush Hour 2. He later started making his own skit videos, including a parody of To Catch a Predator and a satirical golfing video as well as a c-walk video under the name "suspekt". Donaldson also enjoyed gaming on PC, playing Guild Wars often and going pro in CoD 4.
Career
Acting career (2001-present)
At the age of 12, Donaldson first appeared in a commercial after he auditioned in Hollywood. After studying theater arts at the University of San Francisco, he then got small roles in various television shows before starring in White Knight and Tip the Date Doctor. Donaldson moved to Seoul, South Korea, where he met another fellow American actor imbrad91, better known as Brad. The two quickly became good friends and started working on a short comedy film in which Donaldson played as an alcoholic who wingmans for Brad's clueless character in an attempt to help him pick up an older Korean lady. Donaldson is currently rumored to be in an upcoming Korean drama series in production, in which he plays a security guard working at a concert who then falls in love with a beautiful Korean pop idol.
Modeling Career (2014-present)
On a visit to Shanghai in 2014, Donaldson bumped into a talent scout for an agency from France, who signed Donaldson to a modeling deal with clothing company Lacoste. He has also modeled for Adidas in which he showed off a new line of NMDs.
Entertainer
Donaldson started up a Twitch.tv channel in 2013, formerly under the name NoSleepTV, in which he played CSGO, WoW and Guild Wars for thousands of viewers daily. He has since changed the channel name to AbusivePillow after Twitch introduced a username change feature. He has gained a large fan-base on the site, garnering over 170,000 followers and thousands of viewers tuning in to watch the stream everyday. He is also the founder and leader of the Black Knight Army, whose purpose is to counter and fight against the rapidly growing number of white knights on the site. Currently he streams his day to day life in Seoul under the new IRL section on the site.
Sports
From a young age Donaldson has been interested in sports, specifically ice hockey. In his free time he plays as a goalie on the ice. He also likes to play tennis as well as ping pong.

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