Lawrence Sonntag bio, wiki, career, early life, education, wife, and Fanhaus show. Lawrence Sonntag has different roles to play as an actor, voice actor, show and podcast host, content producer, gaming journalist, and Internet and YouTube personality. He just turned 39 this year and working in multiple fields right now. We’ve gathered all the information about Lawrence and presented it here.
Who is Lawrence Sonntag?
Lawrence Sonntag is an American popular personality with versatile activities. He is a screen actor, voice actor, show and podcast host, content producer, gaming journalist, and Internet and YouTube personality at once. He is just a 39 years old person with so many talents. Consequently, this article contains detailed information about his career with many stories along with his upbringing and early life.
Lawrence Sonntag is a multi-talented person and the number of his Instagram followers is one of the proof. He got 107k followers till now. However, Instagram did not verify the account with a blue tick. So, you cannot be very sure if he himself use that account. He was a part of the popular youtube channel Fanhaus (part of Rooster Teeth) for a long time. People still ask what happened between Fanhaus and Lawrence Sonntag and if they would work together anymore. Interestingly, in his LinkedIn bio, Lawrence still displayed himself as an editor and producer of gaming Let’s Plays, news, and podcasts with Funhaus, part of Rooster Teeth. It’s a big deal to come under the spotlight, being a person who controls technical or background elements of a show. So let’s dig deeper to find more interesting facts about Lawrence.
Lawrence Sonntag Biography/Wiki
Full name | Lawrence Sonntag |
Nickname | SirLarr, Lary, Lars |
Date of Birth | January 7, 1984 |
Age | 39 years |
Birthplace | Dallas, Texas, USA |
Nationality | American |
Zodiac Sign | Capricorn |
Ethnicity | Mixed |
Profession | Actor, voice actor, show and podcast host, content producer, gaming journalist, and Internet and YouTube personality |
Net worth | $1.5 million (approx.) |
Parents | Not shared |
Spouse
Girlfriend |
Katy (div. 2014)
Stephanie Bayer |
Best known for | Fanhaus cast |
Early life, Education, and Family of Lawrence Sonntag
Lawrence did not share anything about his family. His father and mother’s name is not available on media. Also, he kept his other family member’s details private as of now. Maybe he wants to protect his family from the negative media attention. This is to say, he is from a well-established family in Dallas. Lawrence was born on January 7, 1984, in Dallas, Texas, USA. So his age is 39 years in 2023.
He completed his primary studies in a local school in Dallas. Then, he took admission to Azle High School in Azle, Texas. The lowest grade in this school is ninth. Likewise, Lawrence Sonntag graduated from this school in 2001. After that, he attended the University of Texas at Dallas, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in computer science. He studied there for five years from 2002 to 2006. It is the largest university in Dallas and is mainly known for research works. Right after completing his course in bachelor’s degree, Sonntag started freelancing.
To know more about his career graph and Lawrence Sonntag’s current job, let’s move to the next section.
Lawrence Sonntag Career in Fanhaus and Current Job
This famous personality in the world of gaming started his career as a freelancer. His good work paved the way to join Machinima, Inc. This was Lawrence’s first company that is an online entertainment network. It was a new company back then, initiated just in 2000.
Initially, this company focused on creating video game animations. After that, it became a more general network featuring entertainment programs that included comic books, video games, reviews, and fandom. Later, Warner Bros acquired Machinima under their network.
Then Lawrence worked with Inside Gaming. Inside Gaming is a US-based company that works on the whereabouts of digital gaming across the world. He worked as an editor there. As a result of Lawrence’s excellent work, more than a hundred reviews were coming to the brand every week. Lawrence worked in the backend of the company and Adam Logic was the face or public representative of Inside Gaming. On 5 March 2014, Inside Gaming has its YouTube channel. Sonntag was featured 2 years ago in the channel for the last time. The blooper video of 12 minutes was about ‘Lawrence Sonntag is Evil’. Many of the fans commented that they miss the old crew of Inside Gaming.
Currently, it has 1.28 million subscribers. In 2015, many of the casts of Inside Gaming left the company and joined Rooster Teeth. This bunch of people is known as Fanhaus. Later, Warner Bros acquired this company too.
Lawrence Sonntag and Rooster Teeth
Rooster Teeth is a media and entertainment company, that began in 2003. In the same year, they launched a program named Red vs. Blue. It has an 8.3 rating on IMDb and it is the longest-running web series of all time. Burnie Burns created this show and Gus Sorola and Matt Hullum were part of this. This network stretched their work area with animation, live actions shorts, reality shows, video game development shows, programs, and entertainment news.
Lawrence was a content producer for one of the live shows in Rooster Teeth. Also, he was a gaming journalist for another segment, The Know. In 2006, Rooster Teeth has its YouTube channel. So far, there are 9.27 million subscribers. You can find Lawrence Sonntag featuring in different entertainment programs like On the Spot and Always Open in the channel.
However, things changed after some years. In December 2019, Lawrence Sonntag announced his partition with Rooster Teeth. Along with him, Bruce Green also left Fanhaus. From the company side, there was no official statement regarding the reasons. In contrast, Sonntag revealed the main reason to leave Rooster Teeth. It was an interview with Sean Bolin on the Hang Time podcast. There are some controversial topics discussed in the interview.
Current Job
Lawrence owns his YouTube channel since 2006. Now he is more active there and is making multiple types of videos. He has 114k subscribers on YouTube.
Lawrence Sonntag Personal Life, Girlfriend, Wife, Divorce
Lawrence Sonntag kept a low-key marriage and then he got divorced. There is no information available regarding his engagement, marriage, etc. If you want to know, who is Sonntag’s wife, that’s a mystery now. In 2014, Lawrence and Katy separated as Katy filed a divorce. The reason behind this separation is not available. However, the relationship did not end on a friendly note for sure. Lawrence was in a serious depression after this incident. He met an accident that could cost his life. After surviving the accident. Lawrence deleted all the pictures he had with his ex-wife, Katy on social media. These steps can show how disturbed he was with this marriage and divorce. Moreover, Lawrence lost his house at the time to his wife after the divorce.
His current girlfriend
Moving to the topic of Lawrence Sonntag’s current partner, we can talk about Stephanie Bayer. Stephanie worked as a manager for the video game company Blizzard, for community development and the company is working on the Diablo franchise. Currently, she is supporting The Witcher franchise (PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Switch), Cyberpunk 2077 (PC, Xbox, PlayStation), and The Witcher: Monster Slayer (Mobile). Why are we talking so much about her? As she has so many things in common with Lawrence Sonntag. On 17 November 2019, Lawrence posted a picture with Stephanie in a chill mood. Recently, Stephanie posted his picture on Instagram on his birthday.
Likewise, it is clear that they’re enjoying each other’s company. She also has a highlight on Instagram saying ‘My love’ (in emoticons) featuring photos of Lawrence. They started hanging out in 2015, just a year after Sonntag’s not-so-good divorce. This cute couple did not mention anything about a relationship or dating, but they seem happy together. As they belong to a similar industry, they’re more compatible and make a good pair.
Net Worth, Trivia, Social Media Links
As of the current information, Lawrence’s net worth is approximately $1.5 million. His main source of earning is through his YouTube content creation. In addition, he appeared on the Twitch website for extra income. His funny character helped him to try that out.
You can follow Lawrence Sonntag on Twitter (@SirLarr), YouTube (Lawrence Sonntag), and Instagram (@lawrence.sonntag). He doesn’t have any official Facebook handle till now. On Twitter, he has more than 243k followers from April 2009. Similarly, on Instagram, he has 107k followers for 196 posts.
Figure Measurements, Size, Height & Weight
Hair color | Blonde |
Eye color | Brown |
Height and weight | 5.9 feet, 67 kg (approx) |
Body measurements | 44-32-37 (approx) |
Shoe size | 9 US |