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.
Occupation	YouTuber actor
Partner(s)	Matthew Fawcus (2013–present)
YouTube information
Pseudonym	Fred
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 is famous for creating the character Fred Figglehorn. Lucas started the Fred video series on his YouTube channel in late 2006. These videos are about Fred Figglehorn, a made-up six-year-old boy. Fred often has funny adventures and shows a lot of energy.

Early Life

Lucas Alan Cruikshank was born on August 29, 1993. He grew up in Columbus, Nebraska. Lucas went to Lakeview High School there. His parents are Molly Jeanne and Dave Alan Cruikshank. Lucas has five sisters and two brothers.

Career Highlights

The Fred Character

Lucas first created the Fred character for a Halloween video. He uploaded it to a YouTube channel he shared with his two cousins. People really liked Fred, so Lucas started a whole video series. He launched 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 the most-subscribed YouTube channel for a long time. In December 2009, Lucas filmed Fred: The Movie. This movie was shown on Nickelodeon in September 2010.

Nickelodeon then made more projects about Fred. They produced a sequel movie called Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred, which aired in October 2011. In 2012, a TV show called Fred: The Show was released. It had twenty-four episodes. A third movie, Fred 3: Camp Fred, also aired on Nickelodeon that year.

Special Appearances and Promotions

In his Fred videos, Lucas sometimes promoted different products and movies. He showed items like a Zipit and his own T-shirts. Besides his own movies and albums, he also promoted films like City of Ember and Year One.

Lucas appeared as Fred and himself on Nickelodeon's iCarly. This episode, "iMeet Fred," first aired in February 2009. He also made a guest appearance on the Hannah Montana episode "Come Fail Away" in December 2009. Lucas presented awards at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards and the 2010 Kids' Choice Awards. In 2011, he was on the Cartoon Network Hall of Game Awards and an episode of Supah Ninjas. From 2012 to 2013, he starred in the Nickelodeon show Marvin Marvin. He played Marvin Forman, an alien boy learning to live as a human.

Other YouTube Work

Lucas 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 called "lucas" in January 2009. 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. 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 celebrated Brandon reaching four million subscribers in June 2018.

Personal Life

Lucas Cruikshank is married to Matthew Fawcus. They began dating on March 18, 2013.

Filmography

Internet Videos

Television Shows and Movies

Music Albums

Lucas Cruikshank has released comedy albums.

Studio Albums

Singles

Awards and Nominations

Lucas Cruikshank has received several awards and nominations for his work.

See also

In Spanish: Lucas Cruikshank para niños