Career
These videos are centered on Fred Figglehorn, a fictional six-year-old who has a dysfunctional home life and "anger management issues". Fred 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.
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