Nathan Karl Kress (born November 18, 1992) is an American actor,
director, and former child model. Kress has been acting since the age
of four and played the role of Freddie Benson on the Nickelodeon
series iCarly.Kress was born on November 18, 1992 in Glendale,
California. He has two brothers, Andrew and Kevin, neither of whom are
involved in show business. Kress began his professional career at the
age of four when he displayed a natural talent for memorizing and
re-enacting the shows he saw on television, prompting his mother to
take him to an open "cattle call" showcase where he was quickly signed
with a talent agent. Over the next three years, Kress modeled for
various print advertisements, as well as performing in numerous
commercials and voice-over roles; the most notable of which was his
dual role as the voices of "Easy" and "Tough Pup" in the 1998 feature
film Babe: Pig in the City. At the age of six, he decided to take a
break from acting and return to regular school, where he led a
relatively "normal" life for the next five years until deciding to
return to acting professionally at the age of eleven.At the age of 11,
Kress was cast in the lead role as "The Emperor" in a school
production of The Emperor's New Clothes. The role rekindled his
interest in performing, and at the end of his fifth grade school year,
he asked his parents if he could be home-schooled so he could return
to acting. A mutual friend of Kress from school put him in touch with
an agent, and after attending a summer acting "boot camp", Kress was
soon going on real professional auditions once again.
director, and former child model. Kress has been acting since the age
of four and played the role of Freddie Benson on the Nickelodeon
series iCarly.Kress was born on November 18, 1992 in Glendale,
California. He has two brothers, Andrew and Kevin, neither of whom are
involved in show business. Kress began his professional career at the
age of four when he displayed a natural talent for memorizing and
re-enacting the shows he saw on television, prompting his mother to
take him to an open "cattle call" showcase where he was quickly signed
with a talent agent. Over the next three years, Kress modeled for
various print advertisements, as well as performing in numerous
commercials and voice-over roles; the most notable of which was his
dual role as the voices of "Easy" and "Tough Pup" in the 1998 feature
film Babe: Pig in the City. At the age of six, he decided to take a
break from acting and return to regular school, where he led a
relatively "normal" life for the next five years until deciding to
return to acting professionally at the age of eleven.At the age of 11,
Kress was cast in the lead role as "The Emperor" in a school
production of The Emperor's New Clothes. The role rekindled his
interest in performing, and at the end of his fifth grade school year,
he asked his parents if he could be home-schooled so he could return
to acting. A mutual friend of Kress from school put him in touch with
an agent, and after attending a summer acting "boot camp", Kress was
soon going on real professional auditions once again.
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