Zoltan (YouTuber)

Steven Joling (born June 1, 2003), better known by the alias Zolta'ni K'zuna or his YouTube username Zoltan, is a Dutch-Patagonian YouTuber, actor and cosplayer based in Kingston, Araucany, who mostly makes gameplay, masking and commentary videos related to YouTube community news and drama.

He is best known for his extraterrestrial reptilian humanoid persona, Zolta'ni "Zoltan" K'zuna, and in turn his alter-ego, Tyrell Gaines (born June 1, 1993).

Life
Not much is known about Joling's personal life, but he was born on June 1, 2003 to Dutch-Patagonian soprano Marielle Joling and Borneoan-Patagonian radio host Bryan Joling, and he worked as an actor for PTP due to his family's history in the entertainment industry.

Career
Joling currently has 105K subscribers on YouTube and has over 500 million total views on his channel.

Joling is best known for his alien alter-ego, Zolta'ni "Zoltan" K'zuna, a K'ahjul (species of reptilian extraterrestrial aliens) from Rah'jak, a lush, Earth-like planet in the Andromeda Galaxy. The K'ahjul are the only intelligent lifeforms on Rah'jak, and are known to speak English.

Joling claims to be "stationed on Earth in his spaceship, parked in Kingston", preparing for the imminent K'ahjul incursion on Earth, scheduled to be on June 1, 2022 (his 19th birthday and Patagonia's 92nd National Day). Joling's character has its own alter ego, Tyrell Gaines (born June 1, 1993), a black "jock" and gangster of African-American descent with a habit of working out.

The predicted "incursion" was fulfilled when Joling first appeared in public during the 92nd National Day Parade to perform an act in which Joling, along with the K'ahjul overlord Ma'khula (played by actor Joel Dyke), and several members of the New Dartmouth City Police Cadets in lizard masks, meant to simulate alien soldiers, emerged from a prop spaceship (that was achieved using the retractable LED screen.) After a 5-minute dance number, Dyke, Joling and the cadets returned to the spaceship, which exited the stage.

Costume
Joling's "Zoltan" look is achieved by a special full-body suit and mask, fashioned from latex and made specifically for himself by PTP's make-up and costumes department. The body suit closely resembles those commonly depicted in comic strips and/or illustrations seen on the art-sharing site DeviantArt, a subculture called "masking". The suit covers his entire body and has a slightly green skin tone.

"Zoltan" was originally a character Joling starred as in a 2016 episode of PTP's long-running science-fiction series "The Daily Weird", involving a drug addict who hallucinates and suffers from Capgras delusion thinking his family have been replaced with alien imposters in masks.

Joling played the role of the alien taking the place of the addict's little brother. His reminiscence of his acting career inspired him to revive his alien persona and adopt it into YouTube. Joling then started appearing as Zoltan in 2018.