Christopher Luke O'Neill (Irish: Críostóir Lúcás Ó Néill; born 21 November 1990), also known by his Internet pseudonym Oney (/ˈoʊni/) or OneyNG, is an Irish YouTuber, animator, cartoonist, video game designer, musician, and voice actor.[2] He is known for his Flash animations and being the founder and host of the YouTube Let's Play web series OneyPlays. He is also the owner of the video game production company OneyWare.
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| Born | Christopher Luke O'Neill 21 November 1990 Wexford, Ireland | |||||||||
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| Also known as | OneyNG, Oney | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2006–present | |||||||||
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Early life and education
editO'Neill is from Killinick in County Wexford, and attended St Peter's College.[3] He later enrolled in Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, but dropped out after a year of study.[4]
Career
editO'Neill began his online career on the American entertainment website Newgrounds, creating an account on March 28, 2006.[5] He created a YouTube channel at age 17,[6] and by 2013, it was ranked as Ireland's most successful YouTube channel with a total of 240 million views.[7][8] The channel's content includes animated music videos, video game parodies, live-action sketches and original series such as Leo and Satan and Hellbenders, the latter of which was made with fellow Newgrounds animator Zach Hadel (psychicpebbles).[7][6]
In 2014, O'Neill began posting Let's Play video content to the Oney's Video Hole channel, later renamed OneyPlays. The channel became prominent in 2017 for starting the Crash Bandicoot "Woah" Internet meme based on a common sound-effect from the PlayStation series.[9] The meme was referenced in an easter egg in the 2020 video-game Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time.[10] The channel features regular appearances from other personalities, such as Zach Hadel, Joshua Tomar, Lyle Rath and Cory Beck (Spazkid), after having featured Julian Marcel and the pseudonymous Ding Dong as co-hosts before they left the show in 2018. Guest appearances have included Matt Watson and Ryan Magee of SuperMega, as well as fellow Newgrounds alumni including Mick Lauer (Ricepirate), Jeff Bandelin, David Brown (PhantomArcade), and Harry Partridge.
YouTuber Jason Gastrow, known online as videogamedunkey, mentioned in a 2015 Reddit thread that O'Neill designed his YouTube channel profile picture.[11] O'Neill would later make appearances on Gastrow's channel.[12][13]
In 2019, O'Neill created the game studio OneyWare. A gameplay trailer for Bowlbo: The Quest for Bing Bing, an upcoming video game developed by OneyWare in collaboration with AlbinoMoose, was initially planned to release in March 2019, but as of 2024 has yet to be given a release date.[14][15][16]
In 2020, O'Neill collaborated again with Hadel when he and animator Michael Cusack created the Adult Swim animated show Smiling Friends. O'Neill created the ending credit music for the pilot episode of the series as well as providing 3D modeling and animation.[17] He later also voiced some minor background characters when Smiling Friends was picked up for a full season.[18] In 2023, alongside animation director Adam Paloian, O'Neill collaborated with Pinreel Inc. to create the music video for Tenacious D's "Video Games" song.[19] The video has over 36 million views as of 22 June 2024.
Filmography
editTelevision
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2020, 2022–present | Smiling Friends | Various | Also animator, composer, and modeler |
Web
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2008–present | Oney Cartoons | Various | Also animator and director |
| 2009–2011, 2020 | Eddsworld | Eduardo, Self, various | Voiced in "Climate Change," "Hammer & Fail," and "Casting Call."
Also composer |
| 2010–2011 | Leo and Satan | Leo | Also animator, composer, co-writer, co-director, and co-creator.
Spin-off of Oney Cartoons. |
| 2012, 2015 | Game Grumps | Self | |
| 2012–2013 | Ninja Sex Party | Party Victim ("Best Friends Forever!") | Music videos "Unicorn Wizard" (animation) and "Best Friends Forever!" |
| 2012–2015 | Hellbenders | Chris | Also co-writer, co-director, composer, and storyboard artist |
| 2013–present | Oney Videos | Various | Also director |
| 2013 | TOME: Terrain of Magical Expertise | Chroney | |
| 2014 | Improvable | Various | Also animator, spin-off of Oney Cartoons. |
| 2014–2019 | SleepyCast | Self | Host |
| 2014–present | OneyPlays | Self | Host, former editor |
| 2015 | JonTron's StarCade | Self | Also co-writer, composer, and Special Thanks |
| 2016 | Smart Guys | Videya Gamez XXXpo 24 Goer | 1 episode |
| 2016–2017 | SuperMegaCast | Self | Guest, 4 episodes |
| 2017 | GrumpCade | Self | Guest, 2 episodes |
| Doodle Doods | Self | Host | |
| The Official Podcast | Self | Guest | |
| My Two Lovely Uncles | Uncle Fungus | Also composer | |
| 2018–present | Slightly Artistic | Self | Host |
| 2018–2019 | Ultimate Recap Cartoon | Intro Voice | 3 episodes |
| 2019 | JonTron | Self | |
| The Cyanide & Happiness Show | Announcer 2 | ||
| 2023 | Video Games | Director, storyboard artist, character designer, environment and lighting artist, sound editor |
References
edit- ^ a b "About OneyNG". YouTube.
- ^ "From beauty vloggers to Minecraft: Ireland's top YouTube earners". Irish Examiner. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ "Wexford's Chris a web sensation". independent. 2 April 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/oneyng [bare URL]
- ^ "Oney - Newgrounds". Archived from the original on 5 August 2008.
- ^ a b Tucker, David (3 April 2013). "Wexford's Chris a web sensation". Enniscorthy Guardian. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ a b Hearne, John (28 March 2013). "Irish reveal how to make a career out of YouTube". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ "240 million views - the Wexford man behind Ireland's most successful YouTube channel". JOE.ie. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Frank, Allegra (3 August 2017). "Crash Bandicoot's 'woah' is the internet's new obsession". Polygon. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ Cuatero, Patricia (7 October 2020). "Crash Bandicoot 4: 10 References Only Hardcore Fans Caught". TheGamer. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ "r/videogamedunkey - Comment by u/bunkley on "I am Dunkey AMA"". reddit. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ r/OneyPlays - Dunkey made a Worms video featuring Chris, 26 August 2020, retrieved 14 August 2022
- ^ r/OneyPlays - Oney in Dunk's latest video, 13 December 2016, retrieved 14 August 2022
- ^ Kimberly, Kenny (6 March 2020). "OneyWare's Bowlbo: The Quest for Bing Bing Gets A Steam Page Ahead Of Launch". HappyGamer. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Kratky, Otto (2020). "Bowlbo From Oney Drops First Gameplay Trailer". Dualshockers. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ "Bowlbo: The Quest for Bing Bing on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ "oneysc on Instagram". Instagram. 1 April 2020.
- ^ Smiling Friends (Animation, Short, Comedy), Six Point Harness, Williams Street, 1 April 2020, retrieved 13 January 2022
- ^ "See TENACIOUS D's hysterical video for new song "Video Games"". Revolver. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
