William Spetz

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William Spetz
Spetz in 2016
Born (1996-04-04) 4 April 1996 (age 28)
Umeå, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
OccupationActor
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2009–present
GenreComedy
Subscribers248,000[1]
Total views42,679,709[1]
100,000 subscribers

Last updated: 18 January 2022

William Spetz (born 4 April 1996 in Umeå) is a Swedish television personality and actor.

Career[edit]

Spetz became known after posting comedic videos on YouTube at the age of 15.[2][3] He went on to appear in two comedic children's shows Williams lista and Scener ur ett tonårsliv which aired on SVT Play.

Spetz started blogging at the age of 12 at the blog portal Blogspot. Owing to a lack of interest, he asked the paper Västerbottens-Kuriren if he could start a youth blog at their blog portal. In May 2010, Spetz began video blogging at the YouTube channel "Lilla bloggen". In 2014, Spetz was a travelling reporter for Musikhjälpen and travelled to Mozambique.[4] Spetz has also been a panellist at Intresseklubben on SVT.[5]

He was one of the co-hosts alongside Gina Dirawi for the final of Melodifestivalen 2016.[6]

In 2016 he wrote and starred in a one-man autobiographical show, Mormor jag vet att du är i himlen, men har du tid en timme? ("Grandma, I know you're up in heaven, but do you have a minute?"), an ode to his deceased grandmother.[7] It was shown on SVT in 2019.[8]

Personal life[edit]

Spetz is from Umeå.[2] His mother moved to Sweden from Pakistan as a child.[2]

He is openly gay.[9][7]

Filmography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "About lillabloggen". YouTube.
  2. ^ a b c "William Spetz: Den som är 14 och inte förvirrad borde söka hjälp". DN.se (in Swedish). 2021-10-01. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  3. ^ "William Spetz: Jag kunde knappt äta på tre veckor". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). 2021-10-10. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  4. ^ Sveriges Radio (27 November 2014). Följ resan som William Spetz gör för Musikhjälpen. Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Premiären bjuder på William Spetz och Babben Larsson". svt.se. Archived from the original on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  6. ^ Escudero, Victor (30 November 2015). "Sweden: Who will compete in Melodifestivalen 2016?". Eurovision.tv. Archived from the original on 6 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  7. ^ a b "William Spetz om kärleken till "Idol"-deltagaren". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 2017-07-11. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  8. ^ "William Spetz om succén: "Jag kände väldigt mycket för honom"". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 2019-06-14. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  9. ^ "William Spetz om att komma ut som homosexuell | Hänt". www.hant.se (in Swedish). 2017-03-30. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  10. ^ "William Spetz: Jag kunde knappt äta på tre veckor". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). 2021-10-10. Retrieved 2023-11-07.

External links[edit]

Media related to William Spetz at Wikimedia Commons