Career

Fred

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.

Sponsorship and appearances

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 cameo appearance as both "Fred" and himself on Nickelodeon's iCarly in "iMeet Fred", which originally aired on February 16, 2009.

Cruikshank has appeared on the Hannah Montana episode "Come Fail Away", which aired December 6, 2009. He appeared at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards as well as the 2010 Kids' Choice Awards presenting awards to winners off-stage. In 2011, he appeared on the Cartoon Network Hall of Game Awards and in an episode of Supah Ninjas. In 2012 and 2013 he starred as the lead in the Nickelodeon television show Marvin Marvin, as an alien "teenage" boy adjusting to human life.

Other work

Cruikshank was originally a part of JKL Productions, a group comprising twins Jon and Katie Smet and Lucas Cruikshank, their cousin. Cruikshank formally left the group and deleted his individual videos. In January 2009 he set up his own channel, called "lucas", in which he appears as himself. Since May 2013, Cruikshank has regularly released vlogs on his "lucas" channel. As of May 2016, lucas, now called "Lucas", has over 2.0 million subscribers.

Personal life

Lucas Alan Cruikshank was born on August 29, 1993, and raised in Columbus, Nebraska, where he attended Lakeview High School. He is the son of Molly Jeanne (née Duffy) and Dave Alan Cruikshank. He has five sisters and two brothers. Cruikshank is openly gay. In a YouTube video released August 20, 2013, he came out saying "I'm gay. I feel so weird saying it on camera. But my family and friends have known for like three years. I just haven't felt the need to announce it on the Internet."

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role
2010	Fred: The Movie	Fred Figglehorn / Derf
2011	Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred	Fred Figglehorn / Derf
2012	Fred 3: Camp Fred	Fred Figglehorn

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	iCarly	Himself / Fred Figglehorn	"iMeet Fred" (Season 2, Episode 10)
2009	Hannah Montana	Kyle McIntyre	"Come Fail Away" (Season 3, Episode 27)
2010	The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange	Fred	"Orange vs FRED" (Season 1, Episode 26)
2011	Supah Ninjas	Spencer / Kickbutt	"Kickbutt" (Season 1, Episode 11)
2012	Fred: The Show	Fred Figglehorn	Lead role
2012-13	Marvin Marvin	Marvin	Lead role
2013	Big Time Rush	Himself	"Big Time Cameo" (Season 4, Episode 5)
2013	Monsters vs. Aliens	Smarty	Voice; "Screaming Your Calls/The Time-Out That Wouldn't End" (Season 1, Episode 13)

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006-11	Fred	Fred Figglehorn / Various roles	Lead role
2013	The Flipside	Henry	"Me, Myself and My Concience" (Season 4, Episode 1)
2013-present	Lucas	Himself / Presenter	Web-videos
2014	Cute Combat	Lucca	Lead role

Discography

Comedy albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US	US	US
It's Hackin' Christmas with Fred	Released: November 10, 2009 Formats: Digital download Label: Independent	8	24	13
Who's Ready to Party?	Released: September 21, 2010 Formats: Digital download Label: Collective Records	1	29	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		US	US
"Christmas Cash"	2009	22	5	It's Hackin' Christmas with Fred
"Christmas is Creepy"		9	1
"Fred's 12 Days of Christmas"		—	28
"I Wanna Be a Celebrity"	2010	11	—	Who's Ready to Party
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

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	Nominated
2013	Favorite TV Actor	Kids' Choice Awards	Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]