Nathan Kress

Nathan Kress born November 18 1992 is an American actor director and former child model He is known around the world for his lead role on Nickelodeons hit show iCarly Nathan plays Freddie Benson Carlys smitten nextdoor neighbor and technical producer of her web show Now that iCarly has ended its stellar run Nathan is breaking out into feature films as a lead in Into the Storm a Steve Quale tornado thriller for New Line Cinema due to be released in August 2014 Born in Glendale California Nathan began acting at the age of three and quickly landed a feature film role as the voice of Easy the Chimp in Babe Pig in the City By fifth grade he had landed a recurring role as a sketch performer on The Jimmy Kimmel Show playing various characters one of his favorite being a young Simon Cowell of American Idol Shortly thereafter Nathan began to book gueststarring roles on such shows as Without a Trace Standoff The Suite Life of Zack and Cody House MD and Notes from the Underbelly However it was his guest role on Nickelodeons toprated show Drake and Josh that led the shows creator Dan Schneider to cast him in iCarly Since then Nathan has starred alongside Christopher Meloni in Nickelodeons Gym Teacher The Movie and has gueststarred on True Jackson VP and CSI Crime Scene Investigation