JESSE MCCARTNEY BIOGRAPHY

• 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]

• 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).

• 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.

• 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

• 2001 and 2002 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series.

• 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.

• 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).

• 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.

• In 2004, he released his album Beautiful Soul and it went platinum by February of the following year.

• 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.

• 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.

• He broke up with girlfriend Katie Cassidy in February of 2005 [Note: Katie is the daughter of actor/singer David Cassidy].

• He is currently on the Beautiful Soul tour which is making its way across the country (see tour dates below).

• 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.