Nathan Kress

Nathan Karl Kress (born November 18, 1992) is an American teen actor and voice actor.

Early life
Nathan Kress was born in Glendale, California and resides in Southern California. He acts on the hit Nickelodeon show iCarly.

Career
When Kress was young, he would quote lines and monologues from television and perform for his family and friends. He began modeling, acting and voiceover work at 3 years old. At age 6, he took a break from acting at about age 10, asked his mom to begin homeschooling him so that he could pursue acting again. He voiced 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 enjoyed playing dramatic roles in House, 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. Bag also won the Festival award for Best Comedy.

iCarly
On iCarly, Nathan's role is that of Freddie Benson, the technical producer for Carly's webshow, iCarly. Freddie is a computer whiz kid who has a 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 when actually we are just all really good friends." He co-stars with Miranda Cosgrove, Jennette McCurdy, and Jerry Trainor on iCarly.

Trivia
Nathan Kress prefers PCs to Macs.

Nathan Kress prefers iPhones to Blackberrys

Nathan Kress prefers the beach to mountains.

Nathan Kress prefers Twitter to Myspace or Facebook

Nathan Kress does not follow Harry Potter or Twilight.

Nathan Kress prefers Frozen Yogurt to Ice Cream.

Nathan Kress prefers Team Jacob to Team Edward.

Nathan Kress prefers Rock to Rap.

Nathan Kress prefers Rock to Country.

Nathan Kress prefers Converse to Vans.

Nathan Kress prefers "Geek" to "Freek"

Nathan Kress prefers comedy to horror.

Nathan Kress prefers Acting to Airsoft, although reluctant in his answer.

Nathan Kress's favorite band is Switchfoot.

Nathan Kress's favorite video game is the Call of Duty series.

Nathan Kress's favorite movie is the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

Nathan Kress's favorite actor is Denzel Washington.

Nathan Kress's favorite actress is Keira Knightley.

Nathan Kress's favorite sport is football.

Nathan Kress's favorite gadget is the iPod Touch.

Nathan Kress's favorite food is Italian.

Nathan Kress's favorite holiday is Christmas.