Robby Novak | |
Birth Date: | 24 October 2003 |
Birth Place: | Henderson, Tennessee, U.S. |
Occupation: | Actor/Speaker/Media Personality/YouTuber (formerly) |
Years Active: | 2012–2016; 2019; 2022-present |
Known For: | Kid President |
Height Ft: | 5.1 |
Robby Novak is an American actor, media personality and former YouTuber best known for portraying Kid President on YouTube and on television.[1]
Robby Novak was born on October 24, 2003. He and his sister, Lexi, were adopted by David and Lori Novak.[2] Novak is from Henderson, Tennessee.[3]
Novak released his first YouTube video in July 2014, on the channel SoulPancake.[4] His breakout video, which has 48 million views as of March 2023, is titled "A Pep Talk from Kid President to You."[5]
Novak is featured in a series of YouTube videos and in a television show, produced by actor Rainn Wilson. Novak's first YouTube clip as Kid President, written and directed by his brother-in-law Brad Montague, was uploaded in the summer of 2012 and subsequently published on Wilson's YouTube channel in October 2012.[6] Novak was featured in a television show on Hub Network called Kid President: Declaration of Awesome in the summer of 2014.[7] [8] In October 2019, the first episode of a new YouTube series titled Are We There Yet? was uploaded on Wilson's YouTube channel.[9] The series will show Novak and Montague's trip around the United States in which they meet children who are trying to "make the world a little more awesome".
Novak suffers from osteogenesis imperfecta, a condition where his bones break easily. As a result, Novak has had over 69 broken bones and several major surgeries.