Lucas Cruikshank facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Lucas Cruikshank
Cruikshank in 2014
Personal information
Born	Lucas Alan Cruikshank (1993-08-29) August 29, 1993 (age 31) Columbus, Nebraska, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	YouTuber actor
Partner(s)	Matthew Fawcus (2013–present)
YouTube information
Pseudonym	Fred, Lucas
Years active	2006–present
Subscribers	3.37 million
Total views	255.8 million
Subscriber and view counts updated as of September 8, 2024.

Lucas Alan Cruikshank (born August 29, 1993) is an American YouTuber and actor. He became famous for creating the character Fred Figglehorn and the Fred video series. He started uploading these videos to his YouTube channel in late 2006. The videos are about Fred Figglehorn, a funny six-year-old boy with a very high-pitched voice.

Early Life of Lucas Cruikshank

Lucas Alan Cruikshank was born on August 29, 1993. He grew up in Columbus, Nebraska, where he attended Lakeview High School. His parents are Molly Jeanne and Dave Alan Cruikshank. Lucas has a big family with five sisters and two brothers.

Lucas's Career Highlights

The Fred Figglehorn Character

Lucas Cruikshank first created the Fred character for a Halloween video. He uploaded it to a YouTube channel he shared with his two cousins. When Fred became very popular, Lucas started a whole video series. He then created a special "Fred" channel in April 2008.

By April 2009, the Fred channel had over one million subscribers. This made it the first YouTube channel to reach that many followers! It was also the most-subscribed YouTube channel for about 318 days.

In December 2009, Lucas filmed Fred: The Movie. This movie was shown on Nickelodeon in September 2010. Nickelodeon liked the character so much they made more shows and movies. Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred aired in October 2011. In 2012, Fred: The Show had twenty-four episodes, and a third movie, Fred 3: Camp Fred, also aired on Nickelodeon.

Special Appearances and Sponsorships

In his Fred videos, Lucas sometimes showed different products and movies. He was seen using a Zipit and even promoted his own T-shirts. Besides his own movies, he also helped promote films like City of Ember and Year One.

Lucas also appeared as "Fred" and himself on Nickelodeon's iCarly. This episode, called "iMeet Fred", first aired on February 16, 2009. He also made a guest appearance on the Hannah Montana episode "Come Fail Away" in December 2009.

He presented awards at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards and the 2010 Kids' Choice Awards. In 2011, he appeared on the Cartoon Network Hall of Game Awards and in an episode of Supah Ninjas. From 2012 to 2013, Lucas starred in the Nickelodeon TV show Marvin Marvin. He played an alien "teenage" boy trying to live a normal human life.

Other YouTube Work

Lucas Cruikshank was first part of a group called JKL Productions. This group included his cousins, Jon and Katie Smet, and Lucas. Later, Lucas left the group and started his own channel in January 2009, called "lucas". On this channel, he appeared as himself.

Between 2013 and 2014, Lucas worked with Jennifer Veal. They made many videos together on the channel, which was renamed "Lucas and Jenny". This made them both even more popular. After Jenny left in November 2014, Lucas changed the channel name back to "lucas". He continued to post vlogs, which are video blogs. In April 2019, his channel name became "Lucas". As of 2020, it has over 3 million subscribers.

Lucas also appeared in a video by fellow YouTuber Brandon Rogers. This video was called Four Million Subscriber Freakout.

Lucas's Personal Life

Lucas Cruikshank shared publicly that he is gay in a YouTube video. He posted this video on August 20, 2013. He said that his family and friends had known for about three years. He just hadn't felt the need to tell everyone on the internet.

Lucas met his current partner, Matthew Fawcus, through a mutual friend, fellow YouTuber Kingsley. They started dating on March 18, 2013.

Filmography: Movies and TV Shows

Lucas Cruikshank has acted in many internet videos, TV shows, and movies.

Internet Videos

Television Shows and Films

Discography: Music Albums

Lucas Cruikshank has also released comedy music albums and singles.

Comedy Albums

Singles

Other Music Appearances

Awards and Nominations

Lucas Cruikshank has been nominated for and won several awards for his work.

See also

In Spanish: Lucas Cruikshank para niños