Lucas Cruikshank

Lucas Cruikshank
Lucas Cruikshank

Cruikshank at YouTube Live in 2008
Born August 29, 1993 (1993-08-29) (age 18)
Columbus, Nebraska, United States
Occupation Actor, student
Years active 2008–present
Notable works Fred
Internet information
Web alias(es) Fred, Lucas
Web hosting service(s) YouTube
Signature phrase "Hey! It's Fred!"
Website
fredfigglehorn.com

Lucas Cruikshank (born August 29, 1993)[1] is an American comedic actor. Living in Columbus, Nebraska, he created the character Fred Figglehorn for his channel, named "Fred", on the video-sharing website YouTube.[2] These videos are centered on Fred Figglehorn, a fictional 6-year-old who has a dysfunctional home life and "anger management issues".[3]

Cruikshank introduced the Fred Figglehorn character in videos on the JKL Productions channel he started on YouTube with his cousins, Jon and Katie Smet. He 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.[4]

In December 2009, Cruikshank filmed Fred: The Movie, which aired on Nickelodeon, in September 2010. Nickelodeon has created a franchise surrounding the character and a sequel began production March 2011.[5][6][7] Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred, aired in October 2011.

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Sponsorship and appearances

The Zipit Wireless Messenger (Z2) has sponsored Cruikshank's "Fred" through the first season, which had several cameos in various videos posted to the Fred Channel. Although the collaboration had originally been kept low-key, Fred now has a separate website promoting the Zipit and has starred in television ads for the device on Nickelodeon.

He made a cameo appearance as both "Fred" and himself on Nickelodeon's iCarly in "iMeet Fred", which originally aired on February 16, 2009.[8]

Walden Media also hired Cruikshank to promote the film City of Ember, along with the sci-fi novel it was based on, and cameos from the film's star Tim Robbins in Fred episodes and a mock movie trailer.[9] Cruikshank recently launched a website to promote the Fred series and sell Fred T-shirts and other merchandise. The merchandise is also available at Hot Topic, Justice and Five Below stores. Cruikshank has appeared on The Tyra Banks Show, as well as the Hannah Montana episode "Come Fail Away", which aired December 6, 2009.[10]

He appeared at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards as well as the 2010 Kids' Choice Awards presenting awards to winners off-stage.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred Fred Figglehorn/Derf Lead Role
2011 Supah Ninjas Spencer/Kickbutt Guest star
2011 Cartoon Network Hall of Game Awards[11] Himself Presenter of award
2010 Fred: The Movie Fred Figglehorn/Derf Lead Role
2010 2010 Kids' Choice Awards Himself Presenter of awards
2009 Hannah Montana Kyle McIntyre Guest star in "Come Fail Away"
2009 iCarly Himself/Fred Figglehorn Guest star in "iMeet Fred"
2009 2009 Teen Choice Awards Fred Figglehorn Backstage clips
2006–present Fred Fred Figglehorn/various voices Web-based series

Awards and nominations

Year Category Award Result
2009 Favorite User Generated Video People's Choice Awards Nominated
2009 Choice Web Star Teen Choice Awards Won
2010 Choice Web Star Teen Choice Awards Nominated
2010 Iconic Web Star J-14 Teen Icon Awards[12] Nominated

Other channels

Cruikshank was originally a part of JKL Productions,[13] a group comprising twins Jon and Katie Smet and Lucas Cruikshank, their cousin. Although Cruikshank formally left the group, JKL prefers to keep Lucas' "L" in its name. Cruikshank deleted all of his individual videos when he left JKL Productions, but he can still be seen in a few of their videos. In January 2009 he set up his own channel, called Lucas, in which he appears as himself.

References

  1. ^ Cruikshank, Lucas (March 18, 2011). "Tweet 48841375063605248". Twitter. http://twitter.com/LucasCruikshank/status/48841375063605248. Retrieved March 18, 2011. 
  2. ^ Andrew Keen (2008-07-28). "Andrew Keen on New Media: Kids with cameras lead the way in giving web users their daily Fred". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/andrew-keen-on-new-media-kids-with-cameras-lead-the-way-in-giving-web-users-their-daily-fred-878508.html. Retrieved 2008-10-26. 
  3. ^ Stephen Hutcheon, with Tom Burton (2008-06-20). "Fast-talking Fred is the toast of YouTube". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/06/30/1214677897205.html. Retrieved 2008-10-26. 
  4. ^ Editorial Team (2008-11-13). "BB Suggests: The Best of Web TV". http://www.batchbuzz.com/detailedStoryDefault.php?id=751. Retrieved 2009-11-16. 
  5. ^ Barnes, Brooks (March 24, 2010). "‘Fred: The Movie' Lands on Nickelodeon". The New York Times. http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/fred-the-movie-lands-on-nickelodeon/. 
  6. ^ Cruikshank, Lucas (February 22, 2011). "Twwet 40139239941210112". Twitter. http://twitter.com/LucasCruikshank/status/40139239941210112. Retrieved March 6, 2011. 
  7. ^ Cruikshank, Lucas (March 3, 2011). "Tweet 43282065155829760". Twitter. http://twitter.com/LucasCruikshank/status/43282065155829760. Retrieved March 6, 2011. 
  8. ^ Albrecht, Chris (November 18, 2008). "'Fred' Cranks Up the YouTube Views and Ad Dollars". Business Week. http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2008/tc20081118_508970.htm. Retrieved July 7, 2009. 
  9. ^ Sanders, Pete (September 18, 2008). "Studios Hope YouTube Tie Sells Movie". The Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122169004968649685.html. Retrieved 2008-09-19. 
  10. ^ IMDb page for "Hannah Montana" Come Fail Away (2009)
  11. ^ Gorman, Bill (February 16, 2011). "Cartoon Network 'Hall Of Game Awards' To Feature All Star Line-Up". TV by the Numbers. http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/02/16/cartoon-network-hall-of-game-awards-to-feature-all-star-line-up/82889/. Retrieved September 4, 2011. 
  12. ^ "Vote for J-14's Teen Icon Awards!". J-14. September 14, 2010. http://www.j-14.com/2010/09/introducing-j-14s-teen-icon-awards-official-nominations.html. Retrieved February 25, 2011. 
  13. ^ YouTube - jklproduction's Channel

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