Nathan Karl Kress

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Nathan Karl Kress (born November 18, 1992) is an American film and television actor. Acting since he was three years old, he is best known for his role as Fredward "Freddie" Benson on the Nickelodeon television series iCarly.
== Career ==
Kress has had many small parts in both film and television (many of them voice-over roles) before landing a guest-starring role on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody in which he played a disabled basketball player named Jamie.
His appearance led to a guest spot on the Nickelodeon show Drake & Josh (which also starred his iCarly co-star Miranda Cosgrove). The character so similar to the role of Fredward "Freddie" Benson on iCarly that he was cast on iCarly as Fredward "Freddie" Benson and the role in Drake & Josh was written out of the episode.[2] He was one of five actors up for the role of Freddie.[3]
In March 2010, Kress guest-starred as murder case suspect Mason Ward in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in the episode Neverland. In 2008 he was in " Gym Teacher " as Roland Waffle. In the year of 2006 he did a voice role in "Shurikin School" as many people. In 2005 Nathan was in "House" Season 2 episode 6 as Scott. Also in the year of 1998 he was Easy\Tough pup in "Babe."
== ICarly ==
On iCarly, Kress plays Fredward "Freddie" Benson, the technical producer for the fictional web-show iCarly, which stars his character's two best friends, Carly Shay and Samantha "Sam" Puckett.[4][5] His character has a crush on the main character Carly Shay (played by series star Miranda Cosgrove), and a feuding, bitter-sweet, love/hate relationship with Carly's best friend and web-show co-star, Sam Puckett (played by Jennette McCurdy).[6]
The show, Nickelodeon's most-watched show aimed at tweens, catapulted Kress to national fame among adolescents.[7] Kress' performance on the show has been characterized by one reviewer as "sweetly nerdy".
== Gym Teacher The Movie ==
Kress also starred with Christopher Meloni in the made-for-television movie Gym Teacher: The Movie, which aired on Nickelodeon in September 2008. One reviewer noted that Kress and co-star had "sweet rapport".
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