Lucas Cruikshank created the viral sensation, simply known as Fred, on YouTube in 2006 and kept the character alive through videos posted online until 2015 Skyler Caruso is a Writer and Reporter ...

Read on for what Lucas Cruikshank is doing today, nearly 20 years after he introduced Fred on YouTube. Related: Tyler Oakley Found His Voice Through YouTube.

Stephanie Cruikshank, who got a job doing hair for the show, said Lucas likes to hang out with friends and just relax when he’s not working. “Lucas is a very down-to-earth person,” she said.

Lucas Cruikshank, the actor behind the high-pitched Fred Figglehorn character on Nickelodeon and YouTube, paid a visit to Walcott last month. In a 15-minute video Cruikshank posted on Jan. 6, 2025 ...

Lucas reflected on his success in an interview with ETonline last year. "I'd always wanted to be in the entertainment business," he said. "But when I first started YouTube-ing, fame wasn't on my mind.