Jesse McCartney Biography
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Jesse McCartney was born
on April 9, 1987 in New York City, New York to Ginger and Scot
McCartney. He has one brother, Timothy ("Timmy") Glover Mark
McCartney (b. 1996) and one Sister, Lea Joyce McCartney (b. 1991). [Note: He likes to keep his middle name private - there
are many good sources that say it is Arthur and other good sources
say it is Adam]
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He has enjoyed acting
since a very early age and in 1994, at age seven he was in a
national tour of The King and I and also had some other
acting roles on and off Broadway (Oliver, A Christmas
Carol, Annie Get Your Gun).
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His other passion is
music and his first group, the Sugar Beats, was nominated for a
Grammy award for their self titled album Sugar Beats.
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In 1998, he received his
big break in television as Adam Chandler, Jr. on the daytime soap
All My Children. He appeared on the show until 2001. During his
tenure on the show he won the
2001
Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Daytime TV Series -
Young Actor and the 2001
Young
Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Supporting
Young Actor. He was also nominated for the
2000
Young
Artist Award for Best Performance in a Soap Opera - Young Actor,
2001
Soap
Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Child Actor, and the
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2001 and 2002
Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series.
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In 1999, he joined the
group Dream Street. Their album went gold and they even toured with
Britney Spears in 2001. The
band split in 2002 due to legal issues with the producers.
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He never turned his back
on acting and appeared in a movie in 2001 (The Pirates of Central Park)
and a made for TV
movie in 2002 (The
Strange Legacy of Cameron Cruz).
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In 2003, he hooked up
with Sugar Beats producer Sherry Kondor and formed a new production
company, Jump Ahead Productions. They then went to work on Jesse's
solo EP JMac which contained three songs, "Beautiful Soul," "Dont
You" and "Why Don't You Kiss Her." The EP was released in July 2003
followed by a short tour of him and his band [band members were:
Dillon
Konder (lead guitar), Pete Chema (bass guitar), Katie Spencer
(keyboards), Sharisse Francisco (background vocals) and Karina
LaGravinesse (background vocals). The album and tour were a huge
sucess.
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In 2004, he released his
album Beautiful Soul and it went platinum by February of the
following year.
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Also in 2004, he turned back
to acting and received the role of Brandin Westerly on the popular
television series Summerland. He has returned for the 2005
season as well.
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Besides the acting and
singing, he is also a student. He graduated from Ardsley High
School in June 2005 which is close to his residence in Ardsley, New
York.
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He broke up with
girlfriend Katie Cassidy in February of 2005 [Note: Katie is the
daughter of actor/singer David Cassidy].
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He is currently on the
Beautiful Soul tour which is making its way across the country.
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Hobbies and Interests:
His hobbies include: playing baseball (and all sports - he was a
pitcher on his HS team), skiing, surfing and playing video games
(Xbox). His favorite music artists include Craig David, Linkin Park,
James Taylor and the Beatles - but he will listen to anything that
sounds good. His favorite flavor of ice cream is chocolate.
His favorite food is sushi and his favorite movie is The Italian
Job.
Biography by Ian Ripley,
PopStarsPlus.com, Sr. Staff Writer
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