Ian Andrew Hecox (/hiːkɒks/ HEE-koks; born November 30, 1987) is an American internet personality, comedian, filmmaker, and actor.

[1][10] He attended American River College where he took screenwriting, film and improv classes, before dropping out to focus on Smosh two years later.

[7] Hecox and Padilla made the Smosh (main) YouTube channel in 2005 and first uploaded lip sync videos to several theme songs.

Hecox stayed, as according to him, "I'm really looking forward to taking Smosh to the next phase, and we can't wait for people to see what we have coming up.

[20][22] JJ Rankin of Screen Rant wrote of his role as a comedian that he "balances both exaggerated and muted humor scenes effortlessly and can engage audiences with his self-aware comedy.