Lucas Cruikshank
| Lucas Cruikshank | |
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Cruikshank in 2014
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| Born |
Lucas Alan Cruikshank August 29, 1993 Columbus, Nebraska |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Known for | Creator/star of FRED |
| Notable work | Fred, Marvin Marvin |
| Home town | Columbus, Nebraska, United States |
| Website |
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| Web alias(es) | Fred, Lucas |
| Web hosting service(s) | YouTube |
| Signature phrase | "Hey! It's Fred!" |
Lucas Alan Cruikshank (born August 29, 1993) is an American actor and YouTube personality who created the character Fred Figglehorn and the associated Fred series for his channel on the video-sharing website YouTube. These videos are centered on Fred Figglehorn, a fictional six-year-old who has a dysfunctional home life and "anger management issues".
Cruikshank, while testing character ideas, created the Fred character in a Halloween video, and uploaded it to a YouTube channel that he had started with his two cousins. Upon the success of Fred, he started a video series, and set up the Fred channel in April 2008. By April 2009, the channel had over one million subscribers, making it the first YouTube channel to do so, and the most subscribed channel at the time. In December 2009, Cruikshank filmed Fred: The Movie, which aired on Nickelodeon in September 2010. Nickelodeon created a franchise surrounding the character, and began producing the sequel in March 2011.Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred aired on October 22, 2011, also on Nickelodeon. In 2012 Fred: The Show aired, consisting of 20 11-minute episodes, as well as a third movie.
In the Fred series, Cruikshank promotes various products and movies. He is seen using a Zipit, as well as his own products and T-shirts. In addition to promoting his own movies and albums, Cruikshank has also promoted the movies City of Ember,Year One, and Adventures of Power, and the artist Kev Blaze.
He has made a guest appearance as both "Fred" and himself on Nickelodeon's iCarly in "iMeet Fred", which originally aired on February 16, 2009.
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