American YouTuber and voice actor
VoiceoverPete
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/VoiceoverPete_Portrait_crop.png/220px-VoiceoverPete_Portrait_crop.png) Accetturo in November 2018
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Born
| Pete Accetturo
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Nationality
| American
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Occupations
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Website
| voiceoverpete
.com
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Channel
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Years active
| 2011?present
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Genre
| Comedy
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Subscribers
| 988 thousand
[1]
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Total views
| 27.4 million
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/YouTube_Silver_Play_Button_2.svg/32px-YouTube_Silver_Play_Button_2.svg.png) | 100,000 subscribers
| 2018
| ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/YouTube_Gold_Play_Button_2.svg/32px-YouTube_Gold_Play_Button_2.svg.png) | 1,000,000 subscribers
| 2019
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Last updated:
October 30, 2023
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Pete Accetturo
,
[3]
better known by his online alias
VoiceoverPete
, is an American
YouTuber
, streamer, voice actor, comedian, and spokesperson.
Early career
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Prior to his work on
Fiverr
, Accetturo was a corporate sales presenter, which provided him with the skills to successfully transition to working as a freelance spokesperson on the platform Fiverr.
[4]
Accetturo became an "elite-level" content creator on the platform, and co-hosted several Fiverr events.
[5]
Fiverr controversy
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Accetturo became well known online in October 2018 after producing a video for a customer on Fiverr that satirically urged
Fortnite
players to send their credit card numbers to save
John Wick
(a playable character in
Fortnite
) from a perceived danger.
[4]
[6]
The video went viral,
[7]
receiving 1 million views on YouTube before it was deleted.
[3]
He subsequently received over 500 orders to produce similar videos for other games such as
Overwatch
and was also commissioned by
Twitch
streamer
Ninja
to produce a similar video to solicit Twitch subscriptions.
[6]
[8]
In November 2018, Accetturo was banned from Fiverr without warning,
[5]
the latter citing the numerous "credit card scam" videos he starred in.
[9]
As of January 2019
[update]
, Accetturo said he was still owed "thousands of dollars" by Fiverr.
[10]
The ban led him to switch to
Patreon
as a platform for funding while producing content on
YouTube
and Twitch along with his son, PJ Accetturo, who works as his production manager.
[4]
[6]
Political positions
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Accetturo is an advocate for
free speech online
. In a YouTube video where he spoke to a crowd of his followers, Accetturo expressed disdain towards tech corporations like
Facebook
, stating "our data is
mined
like toilet paper."
[11]
He is against the
European Union
directive,
Article 13
, stating that it would threaten internet freedom and the community surrounding
internet memes
.
[4]
Presidential candidacy
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On April 12, 2019, Accetturo filed with the
Federal Election Commission
(FEC) under the name Sir Voice Over Pete, running as the candidate for the ACE Party.
[12]
He had previously announced his bid on February 18, 2019, through a YouTube video.
[11]
When asked for the reason behind his presidential bid, he told
The Washington Post
that he "would like to see a party of common sense" and that he would remove
gridlock
for two years, "and then we can go back to the inefficiency that we have today." He also stated that he wants to advocate for content creators who are stifled by social media platforms.
[13]
References
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- ^
a
b
"About VoiceoverPete"
.
YouTube
.
- ^
VoiceoverPete (March 15, 2019).
"Million Subscriber Watch Party!"
. YouTube.
Archived
from the original on August 30, 2020
. Retrieved
April 3,
2019
.
- ^
a
b
Myers, Quinn (November 6, 2018).
"Who Is VoiceoverPete, the Middle-Aged Viral Star Who Just Got Banned From Fiverr?"
.
MEL Magazine
.
Archived
from the original on January 24, 2019
. Retrieved
January 23,
2019
.
- ^
a
b
c
d
"ATTENTION VOICEOVER PETE!"
.
Cheddar
. March 26, 2019.
Archived
from the original on April 17, 2019
. Retrieved
April 17,
2019
.
- ^
a
b
Nunn, Jefferson.
"Bitcoin Autonomous Employment: Workers Wanted"
.
Forbes
.
Archived
from the original on August 30, 2019
. Retrieved
August 30,
2019
.
- ^
a
b
c
Brown, Jennings (November 7, 2018).
"How a Fiverr Spokesman-for-Hire Became a Fortnite Meme?and Got Banned in the Process"
.
Gizmodo
.
Archived
from the original on January 24, 2019
. Retrieved
January 23,
2019
.
- ^
"Spokesman on Fiverr Becomes 'Fortnite' Meme, Instantly Banned"
.
WWG
.
Archived
from the original on January 24, 2019
. Retrieved
January 23,
2019
.
- ^
"VoiceOverPete wants your credit card number, and the internet loves him for it"
.
The Daily Dot
. November 19, 2018.
Archived
from the original on January 25, 2019
. Retrieved
January 24,
2019
.
- ^
Alexander, Julia (November 6, 2018).
"YouTube's favorite Fiverr actor is banned from the service"
.
The Verge
.
Archived
from the original on January 31, 2019
. Retrieved
January 23,
2019
.
- ^
Accetturo, Pete (January 19, 2019).
Fiverr still owes me THOUSANDS of dollars and won't respond
.
Archived
from the original on August 11, 2020
. Retrieved
June 16,
2020
.
- ^
a
b
VoiceoverPete (February 18, 2019),
VoiceoverPete for PRESIDENT 2020
,
archived
from the original on February 20, 2019
, retrieved
February 19,
2019
- ^
"PETE, VOICE OVER SIR - FEC FORM 2 STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY"
.
Federal Election Commission
. April 12, 2019.
Archived
from the original on October 31, 2023
. Retrieved
October 11,
2023
.
- ^
Kvatum, Lia (September 16, 2019).
"Hundreds of people have filed to run for president in 2020. Meet a few of them"
.
The Washington Post
.
Archived
from the original on September 23, 2019
. Retrieved
September 23,
2019
.
External links
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