Robert Hartley
Birthday: Born in in West Yorkshire, England, UK
Deathday: Alive
Robert Hartley was born and raised in West Yorkshire, England. After leaving High School he studied for two years at Wakefield College and graduated with a Btec National Diploma in Performing Arts (Acting). Soon after this he moved to New Zealand where he studied at Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School and graduated with a Bachelor in Performing Arts (Acting) in late 2010. In 2017 he went back to university to study Science and put acting on the back-burner for a while. Around the same time, he discovered the Tabletop Roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons, and fell in love with it in a major way. While studying a Bachelor of Science at the University of Auckland, he also played a lot of D&D, and by the time he graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Applied Mathematics) in 2020, he had been introduced to New Zealand based comedy group, Viva La Dirt League, and started running D&D games for their content. The popularity of that series allowed Robert to focus on that as his full-time career, as well as streaming on Twitch and making videos for YouTube. He has been living and working as a D&D creator in New Zealand since then.
TV Credits
Tales of the Misfits
Character: Dungeon Master
Welcome to the new Viva La Dirt League D&D campaign "Tales of the Misfits". We are excited to introduce, Britt, Ellie, Phoenix, and Rhiannon as they set out to explore some familiar, new, and spooky sides to Azerim....
Epic NPC Man: Dungeons & Dragons
Character: Dungeon Master
Rowan, Adam, Alan and Britt (dungeon master Robert) play D&D. The four players play as their characters from Epic NPC Man, with whatever happens to the characters being deemed as canon in the Epic NPC Man universe....
Blood on the Clocktower
Character: Storyteller
The extended VLDL cast dives into Blood on the Clocktower – a chaotic game of murder, mystery, and social deception. Who’s the demon? Who’s lying? Trust no one....
Mercs of Gerdawn
Character: Gaz
Dive into the gritty world of Gerdawn in this one-shot, as Adam steps up as DM, leading a crew through danger and questionable decisions....
D&D Logic
Character: Aaron the Human Fighter
Bringing the action and logic from the D&D table to life isn't as straightforward as you might expect....
D&D Logic
Character: Dungeon Master
Bringing the action and logic from the D&D table to life isn't as straightforward as you might expect....
Into the Darklands
Character: Dungeon Master
The Black Coin leave Gerdawn amidst shadows encroaching...
TechTown Outbreak
Character: Dungeon Master
This Halloween, TechTown’s getting a little… undead. Join Adam, Alan, Ben and Phoenix as customer complaints turn apocalyptic....
Daggerheart: Azerim
Character: Game Master
Baradun and the Dickheads return, and this time they have landed in Daggerheart! What begins as a light-hearted adventure in the Beast Feast campaign frame, filled with bizarre creatures & questionable cooking, soon reveals a much darker mystery....
Dealbreakers
Character: Robert the Host
A chaotic parody dating show where contestants secretly sabotage their chances at love with outrageous dealbreakers....