Nathan Kress

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Nathan Carl Kress
Born November 18, 1992 (1992-11-18) (age 15)
Glendale, California

Nathan Kress (born November 18, 1992 in Glendale, California) is an American child actor and voice actor.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Kress was born in Glendale, California and has two older brothers, Andrew and Kevin.

[edit] Career

After acting for a couple of years, Nathan's first voice-over job was that of a minor character in Babe: Pig in the City. At age 6, he took a break from acting and decided to return at age 11. He has also been selected for the role of Eizan Kaburagi from Nickelodeon's animated series, Shuriken School. He has also guest starred in The Suite Life of Zack and Cody as Jamie. Kress has also enjoyed playing dramatic roles in House M.D., Standoff, and Without a Trace. In early 2007, Nathan performed in a short film, Bag, for which he won a Jury Honorable Mention Award at the 168 Hour Film Festival for the role of Albert, "his performance as a small fry pusher with a conscience".[1] Bag also won the Festival award for Best Comedy. Kress is currently playing the role of Freddie Benson in the new TEENick series iCarly.

[edit] iCarly

On iCarly, Nathan's role is that of Fredward "Freddie" Benson, the technical producer for Carly's webshow, iCarly. Freddie is a computer whiz kid who has an enormous crush on Carly (Miranda Cosgrove) and an ongoing feud with Sam (Jennette McCurdy). "It's weird", says Kress. "I have to pretend to love Carly and hate Sam, but we are all friends." Nathan agrees with his co-stars saying that the chemistry on-set is amazing.

[edit] Television and film roles

Year Film/Television Role
2005 Chicken Little Additional Voices
House M.D Scott
Shuriken School Eizan Kaburagi (voice)
2005 - 2006 Jimmy Kimmel Live Sketch characters
2006 Standoff Young Matt
Notes from the Underbelly Young Andrew
2007 Suite Life of Zack and Cody In the episode "Back in the Game" Jamie
Magnus, Inc. Jacob
Without a Trace Young Barry
2007 - Present iCarly Freddie Benson
2008 Gym Teacher: The Movie Roland Waffle

[edit] References

  1. ^ 168 Hour Film Project: 2007 - 168 Festival Winners

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