Oobah Butler

LA Times‑bestselling author & viral documentary innovator, Oobah Butler is a writer, filmmaker, and prankster whose audacious stunts catapulted him from a garden shed in Dulwich to global notoriety.

In 2017, he created “The Shed at Dulwich”—a fictional restaurant that became London’s top-rated dining spot on TripAdvisor - capturing worldwide media attention. He followed up with explosive viral films including faking his way to Paris Fashion Week and sending lookalikes to TV interviews around the world for VICE, all amassing hundreds of millions of views.

His debut book, How To Bullsht Your Way To Number 1* (2019), was an LA Times and USA Today #1 bestseller. He’s been honoured with the Drum Content Creator of the Year, British Media Awards’ Video Project of the Year, Webby Award (Best Use of Video), and Best Male Personality at the 2023 National Reality TV Awards.

His 2023 documentary The Great Amazon Heist (Channel 4), featuring undercover stunts—like selling Amazon drivers’ urine as a bestseller energy drink—earned universal acclaim, a 5-star review in The Daily Telegraph, and wide coverage in international press.

With over 250 million views online and groundbreaking TV hits, Oobah continues to challenge systems through inventive, insightful, and hilariously subversive media.