Current members Ash Ash Perez is an American actor, writer, and producer. He rose to fame in the 2010s as a Buzzfeed Development Partner, starring in numerous videos, notably alongside fellow Buzzfeed stars
Safiya Nygaard,
Quinta Brunson, and The Try Guys. During his time there he co-created the channel Buzzfeed Violet. In 2023, Ash announced he is transgender, and uses he/they pronouns. He has spoken more about being transgender on the 2nd Try show
New Guy Tries.
Jared Jared Popkin is an American actor, writer, and director. He is a founding member of an improv and sketch group and freelance actor, writer, and director for Buzzfeed. He had appeared in multiple Try Guys videos before becoming an official part of the cast in May 2024. In 2022, he was a participant on the Netflix show
Is It Cake?, after which he starred as a judge in multiple
Without a Recipe episodes on the Try Guys YouTube channel. In May 2024, he was added to The Try Guys cast. In May 2024, Louis-Jean became an official member of The Try Guys cast. (born June 18, 1987; ) was born to Donald and Patricia Habersberger in
Carthage, Tennessee. He is the youngest of three brothers, including Brian Habersberger, the creator of
Twitch channel
Nothing, Forever. He is a graduate of
Illinois State University with a Bachelor in Acting and French Horn. Habersberger is married to Rebecca "Becky" Habersberger (née Miller), with whom he has a son. Habersberger is reportedly , making him the tallest of the Try Guys. Habersberger is part of the comedy music group Lewberger with Hughie Stone Fish and Alex Lewis. The group has appeared on several television talent shows, including
Bring the Funny in 2018 and ''
America's Got Talent'' in 2021. He is known for his love of
fried chicken and has focused on food-related content over the years, the most prominent shows being
Eat the Menu,
Chicken Watch, and
Gourmet Garbage. He is also one of the creators of the Try Guys' series
Without A Recipe. On November 30, 2019, Habersberger announced the release of his signature
hot sauce, Keith's Chicken Sauce, which sold out within two days and was well received by consumers. Habersberger now has a line of Burger and Taco sauces also available through Heatonist.
Kwesi Kwesi James was raised in
Brooklyn,
New York, before moving with his family to
Florida, where he attended high school. He was later expelled but still went on to pursue a career in film. James has
dyslexia, which was not diagnosed until his college years. In 2008, James relocated to
Los Angeles,
California, to pursue a career in film. He worked for
DNA Media Group and then joined
BuzzFeed. Following the founding of 2nd Try LLC, he began appearing as a guest star in several of their videos.
Marissa Marissa Rivera was born in Seoul, South Korea to Puerto Rican parents. After a knee injury in high school she chose to pursue acting and performing, going onto get a BA in Theatre from
Florida State University. She has multiple acting credits on television shows, including
Lucifer and
Good Trouble, as well as numerous commercials. She joined the Try Guys cast in May 2024. In September 2023, he left 2nd Try LLC to focus on independent creative projects. In May 2024, he returned to the company as an official member of
The Try Guys cast. A close friend of original Try Guy Keith Habersberger, he became one of nine new official members of The Try Guys in May 2024. In July 2018, she launched a self-titled YouTube channel. In May 2024, she became one of nine new official members of
The Try Guys, following the departures of Ned Fulmer and Eugene Lee Yang from the group. He is Jewish but does not keep
kosher and did not have a
bar mitzvah, though he did choose the Hebrew name Rakedan (Hebrew: רַקְדָן), meaning
dancer. Kornfeld was diagnosed with
ankylosing spondylitis in his late twenties. He graduated from
Emerson College with a
Bachelor of Fine Arts. As a child, he appeared on
Saturday Night Live in an episode hosted by
Elijah Wood that aired on
December 13, 2003. On May 13, 2020, Kornfeld announced his intention to start a six-part series on the Try Guys YouTube Channel challenge of starting his own business, Zadiko Tea Co., for less than $500. Kornfeld married his longtime partner, Margaret "Maggie" Bustamante, in February 2023. The two have a daughter, Lucia, born in 2025.
Former members Eugene Eugene Lee Yang (born January 18, 1986;
Korean: 양유진) was born to Korean immigrants Jae Yang and Min-young Lee in
Pflugerville, Texas. Yang graduated from the
University of Southern California with a B.A. in Cinema Production. He regularly participates in
LGBT pride events and has worked with
The Trevor Project. Yang
came out on June 15, 2019, in a YouTube video, "I'm Gay". In 2019, he announced that he has been in a long-term relationship with Matthew McLean. Despite still being listed as an official member, he has made increasingly infrequent appearances on the channel. In 2024, it was announced that Yang would only be doing one more season as part of the cast before stepping away for other projects, though he will still retain his co-ownership of the company. He had a career working in a chemistry lab before he had a career change and started working at Buzzfeed, where Fulmer developed the video fellowship program. He previously lived in
Chicago, working at a
renewable energy lab by day and performing improv and sketch for
Second City and iO Chicago house teams by night, He has two sons with Ariel Marie Fulmer (née VandeVoorde), an
interior designer. Fulmer was removed from the group in September 2022, following an extramarital affair with an employee. == Episodes ==