Ian Hecox

About

Ian Andrew Hecox ( HEE-koks; born November 30, 1987) is an American YouTuber, comedian, filmmaker, and actor. With Anthony Padilla, he co-founded the YouTube-based video production company Smosh. Hecox has written, directed, and starred in the company’s sketch comedy videos since 2005.

== Early life ==
Ian Andrew Hecox was born on November 30, 1987, in Sacramento, California and grew up in the suburb of Carmichael, California. His parents are Sharon and Stephan Andrew Hecox, and he has an older sister named Megan. His mother appeared as a recurring character in various Smosh sketches. Hecox attended Del Campo High School and did cross-country. He attended American River College where he took screenwriting, film and improv classes, before dropping out to focus on Smosh two years later.

== Career ==

=== Smosh ===

In 2002, Hecox joined smosh.com, a website created by his friend since sixth grade, Anthony Padilla. Hecox and Padilla made the Smosh (main) YouTube channel in 2005 and first uploaded several lip sync videos to popular theme songs. It was their lip sync video to the Pokémon Theme, uploaded on November 28, 2005, that became the most-viewed YouTube video for a time (later surpassed…