Jesse McCartney Biography

Jesse McCartney was born to Ginger and Scot McCartney. He is the oldest out of three children. He has a younger sister named Lea and younger brother named Timmy. He made his debut on TV as JR on "All My Children" (1970), but he has been pleasing audiences in Irvington, New York since he was 7. He toured nationally starring as Louis in the musical 'The King and I'. He has performed on and off broadway. He was part of the singing group, Sugar Beats, which was nominated for a Grammy. In 1999, he was picked from 500 other boys to be in a 5 member pop group called Dream Street and were signed to Edel Entertainment. Their album reached gold and toured with Britney Spears. In 2002, the group split due to a lawsuit suing the producers. jesse mccartney lives in New York and is pursuing a solo singing career with Sugar Beats producer, Sherry Kondor. They have formed their own production company, Jump Ahead Productions. jesse mccartney has released his EP and his single 'Beautiful Soul'. He performs with his band which consists of Dillon Kondor [lead guitarist], Katie Spencer [background vocals, keyboardist], Alex Russek [drummer], Pete Chema [bass guitarist], Sharisse Francisco [background vocals], and Karina LaGravinesse [background vocals]. They recently toured the east coast jesse mccartney was cast as Bradin for the TV show 'Summerland' starring Lori Laughlin. He is now filming the 12 episode series in California which will air as a mid-season series.

Jesse McCartney is everywhere these days -- Top 10 radio, concert stages, television and movies - and his mesmerizing voice couldn't be more welcome. Yes, "Summerland" TV-star Jesse McCartney is a young man of many talents, but it's his drop-dead-beautiful single "Beautiful Soul" that has catapulted the charismatic 17-year-old to the top of the 2004 charts. A radio favorite since its release in November 2003, "Beautiful Soul" has hit Radio Disney's Top 3 more than 100 times and graces the film soundtracks of That's So Raven and A Cinderella Story.

jesse mccartney's escalating media presence will soon climax with his biggest acting role yet: his co-starring role in the new WB television drama "Summerland," produced by Spelling Television. jesse mccartney plays Bradin, whose life changes forever when his parents die tragically, leaving him to live with his free-spirited aunt (Lori Loughlin). The must-see two-hour premiere airs June 1 (8-10 p.m. ET). The following week on June 8, the series will premiere in its regular time period on The WB on Tuesdays from 9:00-10p.m. ET.

The oldest of three McCartney children, jesse mccartney showed great musical and acting talent at an early age. He has studied both piano and saxophone and at seven made his stage debut in community theater productions before quickly graduating to the Broadway stage in "The King and I" with Hayley Mills and "A Christmas Carol" opposite the great Roger Daltry of The Who. Word spread, and soon jesse mccartney became a valuable cast member on ABC's "All My Children" from 1998 to 2001, and earned two Emmy nominations for his standout role as J.R. (Adam Chandler, Jr.).

But music has always been his true love, so next, jesse mccartney had no trouble finding rock stardom as a member of the platinum-selling group Dream Street, whose self-titled album hit #1 on Billboard's Top Independent Album Chart, and was the most requested video on Nickelodeon and Nick.com

Fast forward to 2004 and jesse mccartney is now in the spotlight as a solo artist. For his September CD debut, jesse mccartney is currently working in Los Angeles with some of the music industry's top producers and songwriters, including a collaboration with Matthew Gerrard (Hilary Duff's hit "Why Not"), Glen Ballard (Alanis Morissette, Dave Matthews, Christina Aguilera) Desmond Child (Clay Aiken, Aerosmith), and Andreas Carlsson (Britney Spears).