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Jesse Arthur McCartney (born April 9, 1987 in New York City) is an American pop singer and actor of Scottish, Irish, and English ancestry. He has one brother Timothy ("Timmy") Glover Mark McCartney (born 1996) and one sister, Lea Joyce McCartney (born 1991). McCartney graduated from Ardsley High School June 22, 2005.
He is 5'11" and weighs 140 pounds (1).
He is currently dating the daughter of David Cassidy of the Partridge Family, Katie Cassidy
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McCartney began his career at age seven, performing in local community musicals with his parents. At 10, he made his Broadway debut in "The King and I". He has appeared with The Who's Roger Daltrey in "A Christmas Carol".
He joined the boy band Sugar Beats as lead vocalist. Three of the band's albums were nominated for Grammys: How Sweet It Is (1998), Wildthing (1999) and Car Tunes (2000). He is a soloist at the moment.
At 12, McCartney joined the boy band Dream Street (2000 to 2002), which earned a platinum record with their debut CD. The band broke up while touring with Aaron Carter.
McCartney's acting career blossomed at the same time as his music. He landed the role of J.R. Chandler on the television soap opera All My Children (1998 to 2001), for which he was nominated in 2001 and 2002 for a Daytime Emmy in the category Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series. In 2004 and 2005, McCartney played the rebellious Bradin Westerly on the WB series Summerland.
McCartney has recorded with Walt Disney Records and Hollywood Records on various projects. He has modeled for Abercrombie & Fitch (2005).
Jesse McCartney released his first solo EP "JMac" in July 2003. The album featured three songs: "Beautiful Soul," "Don't You" and "Why Don't You Kiss Her."
His first full-length solo album, Beautiful Soul, was released Sept 28, 2004. The album was two years in the making, and features four songs co-written by McCartney. The title song reached #2 on AOL Music. The video for "Beautiful Soul" did well on MTV TRL, having been voted into the top 10 fifty times, and peaking at #4. The album achieved platinum status February 2005.
Jesse McCartney's first solo tour, the "Beautiful Soul" tour, started on May 2, 2005 at the Crest Theatre in Sacramento, California. His July 9 appearance at Great America, Santa Clara, CA was the subject of a live CD (Nov 2005 release) and his first concert DVD (Dec 2005 release). The US portion of the tour spanned 56 stops, ending Sept 10 at the Madera District County Fair in Madera, CA.
McCartney is slated to take a break from Beautiful Soul this fall in order to tour in Australia and later open for the Backstreet Boys in Europe. He will star in the movie Keith, scheduled for 2006 release.
A New CD should be released in late 2006- early 2007
Jesse McCartney enjoys sports, especially baseball and football. He learned how to surf while filming the TV series Summerland. He has donated proceeds of his 2005 "Beautiful Soul" tour for disaster relief. He recorded radio spots promoting the "Kids For A Drug-Free America" campaign and is a spokesperson for the St. Jude's Children's Hospital. He is dating Katie Cassidy. (1).
McCartney became the fifth star ever to be featured on Punk'd more than twice. His first appearance was when he was tricked by Ashton Kutcher on his way to Beverly Hills High School. Jesse was punk'd by Ashton Kutcher making him believe he broke some gang's motorcycles. His second is when he Punk'd Akon while making a commercial, probably for Toshiba, Panasonic, or Sony. (Helping out his close friend Ashton Kutcher) his trick was that he had Akon think he was making a Japanese commercial and made him say pretty ridiculous things in Japanese.