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Jesse McCartney (born April 9, 1987) is an American actor and singer. He achieved fame in the late 1990s on the daytime drama ''
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. He later joined
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, and eventually branched out into a solo musical career. Additionally, McCartney has appeared on shows such as '' Law & Order: SVU'', '' Summerland'', and ''
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.'' McCartney also is known for lending his voice as Theodore in ''
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'' and its sequels, as well as voicing JoJo McDodd in '' Horton Hears a Who'',
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'' developed by
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Early life

McCartney was born in Ardsley, Westchester, New York, the son of Ginger McCartney and Scott McCartney. He began performing in local community musicals at the age of seven, when he debuted his role in ''
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'', before joining the national tour of ''
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'' at age ten along with ''
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'' star
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. There he played the character of Louis. In 1998, he sang with the group Sugar Beats and can be heard on their 1998, 1999, and 2000 CD releases.


Music career


1999–2002: Dream Street

In 1999, McCartney joined the American pop boy band
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, and was a member until 2002. He described the experience as a good "stepping stone" for his solo career. The group earned a
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with their debut CD. At fifteen, he began work on a solo career with a local band, featuring musicians Dillon Kondor (guitar), Peter Chema (bass), Katie Spencer (keyboards), Alex Russeku (drums), Karina LaGravinese (background vocals), Sharisse Francisco (background vocals), and under the management of Ginger McCartney and Sherry Goffin Kondor, who co-produced his first album '' Beautiful Soul''. McCartney released his first solo EP in July 2003. The album featured three songs: " Beautiful Soul", "Don't You", "Why Don't You Kiss Her". In 2004, he performed a duet with
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, "
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", which is featured on the ''
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2004–2006: ''Beautiful Soul'' and ''Right Where You Want Me''

McCartney's debut solo album, '' Beautiful Soul'', which was two years in the making, was released on September 28, 2004 in the United States and over a year later in Europe. He categorized it as a "pop record" with twists of
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. The album featured four songs that he co-wrote. ''Beautiful Soul'' reached number 15 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album has been certified platinum by the
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, denoting over one million units of shipment to US retailers; it is his highest-certified album as of early 2009. By mid-2006, the album sold more than 1.5 million copies. The album's lead single of the same name reached number 16 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. McCartney was one of the artists to win multiple awards at the 2005
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, including Choice Crossover Artist, Choice Male Artist and Choice Breakout, Male. The following year, he won Favorite Male Singer at the
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. His first headlining tour, also named Beautiful Soul, began on May 2, 2005 at the
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. The United States portion of the tour spanned 56 stops, ending on September 10, 2005 at the Madera District County Fair in
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. In the fall of 2005, McCartney toured Australia, and opened for the
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in Europe in the summer of 2005. His July 9 performance at
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was recorded, released as ''Live: The Beautiful Soul Tour'' in November 2005. After the filming of ''
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'' wrapped, McCartney began working on his second album, ''
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'', co-writing all but one of the songs featured in it. ''Right Where You Want Me'' is more mature than his debut, reflecting his musical and personal growth since he recorded his debut album at age 15. Released by Hollywood Records on September 19, 2006, the album reached number 14 on the ''Billboard'' 200.


2007–2009: Songwriting and ''Departure''

In the fall of 2007, McCartney co-wrote the hit song "
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" with
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of
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, produced by McCartney and Tedder for McCartney's third album, but gave it away to British singer
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for her debut album ''
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''. The song was nominated for
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at the
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. McCartney recorded his own version, which was released on some editions of his ''Departure'' album. McCartney released his third album, '' Departure'', on May 20, 2008 in the United States and Canada. Musically, it is a departure from his early works, showcasing more mature themes. The album has reached number 14 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album's lead single, " Leavin'", was released in March 2008, and reached number 10 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, giving McCartney his highest-charting single to date. The single was certified platinum by the RIAA, selling over two million downloads on iTunes, becoming McCartney's highest-certified single as of early 2009. The second single, " It's Over", was released on August 26, 2008, and reached #62 on the Hot 100. McCartney promoted ''Departure'' on a co-headlining tour with
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, which began in August 2008 and ended in September. He also did solo shows at theaters and small venues to support the album while on tour with Sparks. Sparks also approached him to write some material for her. McCartney re-released ''Departure'' on April 7, 2009. The re-release, ''Departure: Recharged'', featured four new songs: "
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", "Oxygen", "Crash & Burn", and "In My Veins". The re-release also features a remix of "How Do You Sleep?" with rapper-actor
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. The third single from the album was released from the re-release and was the remix of "How Do You Sleep?". It was much more successful than the second single, reaching #26 on the Hot 100. The fourth and final single from the album was also released from the re-release and was a new version of "
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" featuring T-Pain. The single reached #35 on the Hot 100.


2010–2014: ''Have It All'' and ''In Technicolor''

The lead single from his fourth studio album '' Have It All'', " Shake", was sent to radio on September 8, 2010 and was released digitally on September 21, 2010. The song peaked at #54 on the Hot 100. On October 18, 2010, it was announced that ''Have It All'' would be released in January 2011. On November 30, it was announced that the album release would be pushed up to December 28, 2010, the Tuesday following Christmas. On December 3, 2010, McCartney announced through his Facebook page that he pushed the release date for the album back to early 2011. On April 7, 2011, McCartney responded to a question on his Twitter page about the delay, saying it hinged on pickup of ''
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''. On November 3, McCartney said via his WhoSay page "2012 is still the magic year for the record to finally come out." On May 6, 2012, McCartney's mother said on Twitter that the replacement of the President of his label,
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, in January 2012 was delaying the release of his album. In the March 2013 issue of ''Glamouholic'' magazine that he has covered, an exclusive interview was conducted and he confirmed the release of his anticipated fourth studio album, after all the disbandments of his record label, within this year. ''Have It All'', however, would go on to never be officially released. On May 13, it was confirmed on ''
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'' that McCartney would be joining the
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and
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on their
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, which kicked off on August 2, 2013. On August 13, the singer released "Back Together", the lead single from his fifth studio album, published by the independent label Eight0Eight Records. He performed it live on the ''Today'' show on August 15, 2013. On December 10, 2013, McCartney released a four-song EP titled In ''Technicolor, Part 1'', followed by the single "Superbad", released on May 6, 2014. McCartney's fifth studio album, ''
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'', was released on July 22, 2014. The third single off the album, "Punch Drunk Recreation", was released on November 19, 2014.


2018–present: ''The Resolution Tour Live'' and ''New Stage''

On March 23, 2018, McCartney announced the release of his new single "Better With You" with the music video featuring actress
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. He later released a second single titled "Wasted" with a music video directed by Jason Lester, followed by the live album ''The Resolution Tour Live''. In 2020, McCartney competed on the third season of ''
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'' as "Turtle". He finished as the runner-up. On April 10, 2020, he released the music video for the single "Yours". The single "Friends" was released on May 19, 2020. The official music video featured former ''
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'' castmates
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,
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, and Paul James. McCartney's fifth studio album, '' New Stage'' was released on October 8, 2021. The record was preceded by two singles: "Kiss The World Goodbye" and "Party for Two". To promote the album, McCartney embarked on his North American tour, to run from November 4 to December 8, 2021.


Other ventures


Acting career

McCartney appeared with
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in ''
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'' at Madison Square Garden. From 1998–2001, McCartney played Adam Chandler Jr. in the
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'', a role for which he earned two
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s and two
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nominations. He also later starred in the short-lived series '' Summerland'', which aired on
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for two seasons, playing orphaned teenager Bradin Westerly. In 2005, McCartney appeared as himself on the
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show ''
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''. In 2007, he starred as himself on the
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show ''
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''. In 2008, McCartney was also featured as the voice of JoJo McDodd in ''
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'' McCartney also voiced Theodore in the live-action ''Alvin and the Chipmunks'' film series, in addition to voicing Terence in the ''Tinker Bell'' film series. He also voices Robin/Nightwing in the ''
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'' series. In 2008, McCartney co-starred along with
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in an independent teenage drama feature film, ''
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'', directed by Todd Kessler. It was his movie debut, and features McCartney in the title role. ''Keith'' was released on September 19, 2008. According to ''
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'', in December 2008, McCartney was negotiating to play against type in the role of the Fire Nation's
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in M. Night Shyamalan's feature film adaptation of ''
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''. In February 2009, British actor
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replaced McCartney, whose tour dates conflicted with a boot camp scheduled for the cast to train in martial arts. McCartney has expressed an interest in directing and producing films and even considered enrolling in a film school. McCartney appeared as a recurring character in the
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series ''
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'' for several episodes playing a star football talent who joins Kappa Tau. His character eventually decides to depledge the fraternity after citing pressures between football and Greek life combined with Rusty stealing his girlfriend Jordan. McCartney also worked in several installments of the Square Enix video game series ''
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''. He was featured as Roxas in ''
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'' in 2006, and reprised the role in 2009 in ''
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''. He also provided the voice work for Ventus, a character in the video game of the same series ''
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''. He reprised both roles in '' Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance'', released in 2012, as well as in ''
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'', released in 2019. McCartney also starred in the horror film ''
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'', released on May 25, 2012. He has been added to the Season 7 (2013) cast of the
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'', portraying a young soldier deployed to
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with an 18-year-old wife at home. In the summer of 2014, McCartney had a guest-starring role in the ABC Family series ''
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''. McCartney played "Cooper", a computer hacker with a romantic interest in the show's lead, played by
Emily Osment Emily Jordan Osment (born March 10, 1992) is an American actress, singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Osment began her career as a child actress, appearing in numerous television shows and films, before co-starring as Gerti ...
. In 2016, McCartney appeared on '' Fear the Walking Dead'' as Reed, an aggressive member of a group of pirates. Jesse McCartney's acting career also includes
voice over Voice-over (also known as off-camera or off-stage commentary) is a production technique where a voice—that is not part of the narrative (non-diegetic)—is used in a radio, television production, filmmaking, theatre, or other presentations. ...
work (or
voice acting Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talent ...
) with ''Breathe
Bible The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts of a ...
''.


Philanthropy

In 2005, McCartney participated in " Come Together Now", a
charity single A charity record or charity single is a song released by musicians with most or all proceeds raised going to a dedicated foundation or charity. George Harrison's " Bangla Desh" single in 1971 is commonly acknowledged as the first ever purpose-mad ...
to benefit the victims of the 2004 Asian tsunami and the 2005
Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina was a destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused over 1,800 fatalities and $125 billion in damage in late August 2005, especially in the city of New Orleans and the surrounding areas. It was at the time the cost ...
. Later in 2005, McCartney signed on as an official supporter of Little Kids Rock, a nonprofit organization that provides free musical instruments and instruction to children in underserved public schools throughout the U.S.A. He sits on LKR's Honorary Board of Directors. He has donated proceeds of his 2005 tour for disaster relief, recorded radio spots promoting the "Kids For A Drug-Free America" campaign, is a spokesperson for the
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is a pediatric treatment and research facility located in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1962, it is a 501(c)(3) designated nonprofit medical corporation which focuses on children's catastrophic diseases, pa ...
, and is involved in the charity ''SPACE'', which was co-founded by a childhood friend of his mother's. McCartney performed at the Hope Rocks concert in 2005 to benefit the City of Hope Cancer Center. He appeared in the Concert for Hope on October 25, 2009, with
Miley Cyrus Miley Ray Cyrus ( ; born Destiny Hope Cyrus on November 23, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known for her distinctive raspy voice, her music spans across varied styles and genres, including pop, country, rock, hip hop ...
and
Demi Lovato Demetria Devonne Lovato ( ; born August 20, 1992), known as Demi Lovato, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. After appearing on the children's television series ''Barney & Friends'' (2002–2004), Lovato rose to prominence for pl ...
.


Personal life

In September 2019, he got engaged to his girlfriend of seven years, Katie Peterson and married her on October 23, 2021.


Awards and nominations


Behind the Voice Actors Awards

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Young Justice Young Justice is a fictional DC Comics superhero team consisting of teenaged heroes. The team was formed in 1998 when DC's usual teen hero group, the Teen Titans, had become adults and changed their name to the Titans. Like the original ''Teen ...
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Young Justice Young Justice is a fictional DC Comics superhero team consisting of teenaged heroes. The team was formed in 1998 when DC's usual teen hero group, the Teen Titans, had become adults and changed their name to the Titans. Like the original ''Teen ...
'' , Best Vocal Ensemble in a Television Series ,


Groovevolt Music and Fashion Awards

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Radio Disney Music Awards

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, Himself , Best Male Artist , , - , rowspan=2, " Beautiful Soul" , Song of the Year , , - , Best Song You Can't Believe Your Parents Know the Words To , , - , "Good Life" , Best TV Movie Song , , - ,
2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...
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2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...
,


Teen Choice Awards

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2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...
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2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
, Choice Music: Male Artist , , - , Choice Fanatic Fans , , - , " Leavin'" , Choice Summer Song , , - ,
2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...
, " How Do You Sleep?" , Choice Music: Love Song , , - ,
2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...
, '' Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked'' , Choice Movie Voice ,


Young Artist Awards

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All My Children ''All My Children'' (often shortened to ''AMC'') is an American television soap opera that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 20 ...
'' , Best Performance in a Soap Opera - Young Actor , , - ,
2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...
, Best Performance in a Daytime TV Series: Young Actor , , - ,
2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...
, Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Supporting Young Actor , , - ,
2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...
, '' Summerland'' , Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Leading Young Actor ,


Other awards

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Soap Opera Digest Awards ''The Soap Opera Digest Awards'', originally known as ''The Soapy Awards'' when introduced in 1977, is an awards show held by the daytime television magazine ''Soap Opera Digest''. History 1977 until 1983 The Soapy Awards were an award presen ...
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All My Children ''All My Children'' (often shortened to ''AMC'') is an American television soap opera that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 20 ...
'' , Outstanding Child Actor , , - , rowspan=2,
Daytime Emmy Awards The Daytime Emmy Awards, or Daytime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences ...
, rowspan=2, Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series , , - , 2002 , , - , rowspan=7, 2005 , rowspan=3,
Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards The Australian Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards was an annual awards show that awarded entertainers with a blimp trophy, as voted by children. The show was usually held during October or November and a televised show was produced, touted as the " ...
, rowspan=4, Himself , Fave Music Artist , , - , Fave TV Star , , - , Fave Hottie , , - ,
American Music Awards The American Music Awards (AMAs) is an annual American music awards show, generally held in the fall, created by Dick Clark in 1973 for ABC when the network's contract to air the Grammy Awards expired, and currently produced by Dick Clark Produc ...
, Favorite Breakthrough Artist , , - ,
MTV Video Music Awards The MTV Video Music Awards (commonly abbreviated as the VMAs) is an award show presented by the cable channel MTV to honour the best in the music video medium. Originally conceived as an alternative to the Grammy Awards (in the video category) ...
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Best Pop Video The MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop was first given out in under the name of Best Pop Video, as MTV began to put several teen pop acts in heavy rotation. Nominations, however, were not just limited to pop acts, as dance, R&B, pop/rock, and reg ...
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ASCAP Pop Music Awards The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) () is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that collectively licenses the public performance rights of its members' musical works to venues, broadca ...
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Billboard Music Awards The ''Billboard'' Music Awards are honors given out annually by '' Billboard'', a publication covering the music business and a music popularity chart. The ''Billboard'' Music Awards show has been held annually since 1990, with the exception of ...
, Top Soundtrack Single , , - , 2006 , APRA Music Awards , Most Performed Foreign Work , , - , 2010 ,
ASCAP Pop Music Awards The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) () is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that collectively licenses the public performance rights of its members' musical works to venues, broadca ...
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Bleeding Love "Bleeding Love" is a song recorded by English singer Leona Lewis for her debut studio album ''Spirit'' (2007). It was written and originally recorded by Jesse McCartney, and was co-written and produced by Ryan Tedder. The song was released as t ...
" , Most Performed Song , , - , 2012 , Online Film & Television Association , ''
Young Justice Young Justice is a fictional DC Comics superhero team consisting of teenaged heroes. The team was formed in 1998 when DC's usual teen hero group, the Teen Titans, had become adults and changed their name to the Titans. Like the original ''Teen ...
'' , Best Voice-Over Performance ,


Discography

*'' Beautiful Soul'' (2004) *''
Right Where You Want Me "Right Where You Want Me" was the lead single released in the U.S. from Jesse McCartney's second album of the same name. It was used as the title song for the Disney Channel Original Movie '' Return to Halloweentown'', and is also featured in t ...
'' (2006) *'' Departure'' (2008) *'' Have It All'' (2010) *''
In Technicolor ''In Technicolor'' is the fourth studio album by American recording artist Jesse McCartney. This album marks his return to music after the shelved effort of '' Have It All''. Before the release of this album, McCartney released an extended play, ' ...
'' (2014) *''New Stage'' (2021)


Tours

Headlining * Beautiful Soul Tour (2004–05) * Right Where You Want Me Tour (2006–07) * Departure Mini-Tour (2008) * Headlining Tour (2009) * Jesse McCartney: In Technicolor Tour (2014) * Better With You U.S. Tour (2018) * The Resolution Tour (2019) * The New Stage Tour (2022) Co-headlining *
Jesse & Jordin LIVE Tour The Jesse & Jordin Live Tour was a co-headlining concert tour by Jesse McCartney and Jordin Sparks to support McCartney's third album '' Departure'' and Sparks' self-titled debut album ''Jordin Sparks''. The tour started on August 5, 2008 and en ...
(2008) Opening act * Backstreet Boys: Never Gone Tour (2005) * New Kids on the Block: Full Service Summer Tour (2009) * Backstreet Boys: In A World Like This Tour (2013)


Filmography


Film

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The Pirates of Central Park ''The Pirates of Central Park'' is a 2001 American family adventure short film, adapted from the short story ''The Pirates of the Round Pond'' by Lord Dunsany. Directed by Rob Farber, with a screenplay by Daniel Weitzman and produced by Adam S ...
'' , Simon Baskin , , - , ''Dream Street Live'' , Himself , Concert film , - , 2002 , ''
The Biggest Fan ''The Biggest Fan'' is a film featuring the band Dream Street ( Chris Trousdale, Jesse McCartney, Matt Ballinger, Frankie J. Galasso and Greg Raposo). The main characters are Chris Trousdale (playing himself) and his "Biggest Fan" Debbie Wo ...
'' , Himself , Cameo , - , rowspan=3, 2005 , ''
Pizza Pizza (, ) is a dish of Italian origin consisting of a usually round, flat base of leavened wheat-based dough topped with tomatoes, cheese, and often various other ingredients (such as various types of sausage, anchovies, mushrooms, onions ...
'' , Justin Bridges , , - , ''Jesse McCartney Up Close'' , Himself , Documentary film , - , ''Jesse McCartney Live: The Beautiful Soul Tour'' , Himself , Concert film , - , 2007 , ''
Alvin and the Chipmunks Alvin and the Chipmunks, originally David Seville and the Chipmunks or simply The Chipmunks, are an American animated virtual band and media franchise first created by Ross Bagdasarian for novelty records in 1958. The group consists of three s ...
'' , Theodore Seville , Voice role , - , rowspan=4, 2008 , ''
Horton Hears a Who! ''Horton Hears a Who!'' is a children's book written and illustrated by Theodor Seuss Geisel under the pen name Dr. Seuss. It was published in 1954 by Random House. This book tells the story of Horton the Elephant and his adventures saving Whovil ...
'' , JoJo , Voice role , - , '' Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby'' , Lucky , Voice role , - , ''
Keith Keith may refer to: People and fictional characters * Keith (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters * Keith (surname) * Keith (singer), American singer James Keefer (born 1949) * Baron Keith, a line of Scottish barons ...
'' , Keith Zetterstrom , , - , ''
Tinker Bell Tinker Bell is a fictional character from J. M. Barrie's 1904 play ''Peter Pan'' and its 1911 novelisation ''Peter and Wendy''. She has appeared in a variety of film and television adaptations of the Peter Pan stories, in particular the 1953 an ...
'' , Terence , Voice role , - , rowspan=3, 2009 , ''Jesse McCartney: Live at the House Blues Sunset Strip'' , Himself , Concert film , - , ''
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure ''Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure'' is a 2009 American computer-animated adventure film directed by Klay Hall (in his feature directorial debut) and the second installment in the ''Disney Fairies'' franchise. Produced by DisneyToon Studios, i ...
'' , Terence , Voice role , - , '' Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel'' , Theodore Seville , Voice role , - , rowspan=2, 2010 , ''
Beware the Gonzo ''Beware the Gonzo'' is a 2010 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Bryan Goluboff. Ezra Miller stars as the eponymous Gonzo, a high school student who creates an underground newspaper. Zoe Kravitz, Jesse McCartney, Griffin Newman, ...
'' , Gavin Reilly , , - , ''
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue ''Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue'' is a 2010 American computer animated fantasy adventure film and the third installment of the '' Disney Fairies'' franchise produced by DisneyToon Studios. It revolves around Tinker Bell, a fairy characte ...
'' , Terence , Voice role , - , rowspan=2, 2011 , ''
Pixie Hollow Games ''Pixie Hollow Games'' is a 30-minute television special broadcast on November 19, 2011, on Disney Channel. Based on the '' Disney Fairies'' franchise, it was produced by DisneyToon Studios and animated by Prana Studios. It features the voices of ...
'' , Terence , Voice role , - , '' Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked'' , Theodore Seville , Voice role , - , rowspan=3, 2012 , ''
Chernobyl Diaries ''Chernobyl Diaries'' is a 2012 American disaster horror film co-written and produced by Oren Peli and directed by Brad Parker, in his directorial debut. The film stars Jonathan Sadowski, Jesse McCartney, Devin Kelley, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Ing ...
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Wings A wing is a type of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid. Accordingly, wings have streamlined cross-sections that are subject to aerodynamic forces and act as airfoils. A wing's aerodynamic efficiency is expresse ...
'' , Cyclone , Voice role , - , ''
Secret of the Wings ''Secret of the Wings'' (originally titled as ''Tinker Bell and the Mysterious Winter Woods'' or alternatively ''Tinker Bell and the Secret of the Wings'') is a 2012 American computer-animated fantasy film, and the fourth installment in the ''Disn ...
'' , Terence , Voice role , - , rowspan=3, 2014 , ''
The Clockwork Girl ''The Clockwork Girl'' is an all-ages/science fiction/fantasy comic series created by Sean O'Reilly and Kevin Hanna, that ran for five issues and was published in a collected edition for the first time in 2008. ''Clockwork Girl'' tells the ta ...
'' , Huxley , Voice role , - , ''
The Pirate Fairy ''The Pirate Fairy'' (originally titled as ''Tinker Bell and the River of Doom'' or alternatively ''Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy'') is a 2014 American 3D computer-animated fantasy film directed by Peggy Holmes. It is the fifth direct-to-vid ...
'' , Terence , Voice role , - , ''Wings: Sky Force Heroes'' , T-Bone , Voice role , - , rowspan=3, 2015 , '' 88'' , Winks , , - , ''
Campus Code ''Campus Code'' is a 2015 science fiction-action film directed by Cathy Scorsese and Kenneth M. Waddell and written by Waddell and Michael Simon. It stars Jack Falahee, Hannah Hodson, Alice Kremelberg, Conor Leslie, Jesse McCartney, and Ritesh ...
'' , Ari , , - , '' Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip'' , Theodore Seville , Voice role , - , 2020 , '' Love, Weddings & Other Disasters'' , Lenny , , - , 2022 , '' The Big Trip'' 2 Special Delivery , Oscar , Voice Role


Television

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All My Children ''All My Children'' (often shortened to ''AMC'') is an American television soap opera that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 20 ...
'' ,
JR Chandler Adam "JR" Chandler Jr. is a fictional character from the ABC and The Online Network daytime drama ''All My Children''. He was portrayed by Jacob Young from 2003 to 2011, prior to Ryan Bittle taking over the role in 2013. Bittle was cast as the ne ...
, Recurring role , - , 2000 , ''
Law & Order ''Law & Order'' is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment, launching the '' Law & Order'' franchise. ''Law & Order'' aired its entire run on NBC, premiering on ...
'' , Danny Driscoll , Episode: " Thin Ice" , - , 2002 , style="white-space: nowrap;" , ''The Strange Legacy of Cameron Cruz'' , Cameron Cruz , Unsold TV pilot , - , 2004 , '' What I Like About You'' , Himself , Episode: " The Not-So Simple Life" , - , 2004–2005 , '' Summerland'' , Bradin Westerly , Main role , - , rowspan=3, 2005 , ''
All That ''All That'' is an American sketch comedy television series created by Brian Robbins and Mike Tollin. The series originally aired on Nickelodeon from April 16, 1994, to October 22, 2005, lasting ten seasons, and was produced by Tollin/Robbins P ...
'' , Himself , Season 10, Episode 3 , - , ''
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody ''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody'' is an American sitcom created by Danny Kallis and Jim Geoghan. The series aired on Disney Channel from March 18, 2005, to September 1, 2008. The series was nominated for an Emmy Award three times and was also ...
'' , Himself , Episode: " Rock Star in the House" , - , ''
Punk'd ''Punk'd'' is an American hidden camera–practical joke reality television series that first aired on MTV in 2003. It was created by Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg, with Kutcher serving as producer and host. It bears a resemblance to both the ...
'' , Himself , 2 episodes , - , rowspan=3, 2006 , ''Schooled'' , Himself , Musical performer , - , ''
Celebrity Duets ''Celebrity Duets'' was an American reality television show, of the progressive game-show type, which combined celebrities of different backgrounds with professional singers in a weekly elimination competition. History The show was a take-off of ...
'' , Himself , Musical performer , - , ''
All My Children ''All My Children'' (often shortened to ''AMC'') is an American television soap opera that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 20 ...
'' , Himself , Musical performer , - , 2007 , ''
Hannah Montana ''Hannah Montana'' is an American teen sitcom created by Michael Poryes, Rich Correll and Barry O'Brien that aired on Disney Channel for four seasons between March2006 and January2011. The series centers on Miley Stewart (Miley Cyrus), a ...
'' , Himself , Episode: " When You Wish You Were the Star" , - , rowspan=4, 2008 , '' Extreme Makeover: Home Edition'' , Himself , Episode: "The Gilyeat Family" , - , ''
Dance on Sunset ''Dance on Sunset'' is an American dance and music series hosted by Quddus (Benjamin Quddus Philippe) on Nickelodeon that featured dance routines, called the "Fresh-Squeezed Dance", designed to be performed by its preteen and teenage viewers. Ch ...
'' , Himself , Episode: "Prom” , - , ''
Dancing with the Stars (American TV series) ''Dancing with the Stars'' is an American dance competition television series that premiered on June 1, 2005, on ABC. It is the U.S. version of the UK series ''Strictly Come Dancing'', and one of several iterations of the ''Dancing with the St ...
'' , Himself , Musical Performer , - , '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' , Max Matarazzo , Episode: "
Babes Babes may refer to: __NOTOC__ Arts and entertainment * Babes (band), an American indie pop band * "Babes", a song from the album '' The Inner Me'' by Lala Hsu * ''Babes'' (TV series), an American sitcom (1990–1991) * Babes (website), a pornograph ...
" , - , 2009 , ''
Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
'' , Andy , Recurring role (season 2), 6 episodes , - , 2010–2013,
2018–2022 , ''
Young Justice Young Justice is a fictional DC Comics superhero team consisting of teenaged heroes. The team was formed in 1998 when DC's usual teen hero group, the Teen Titans, had become adults and changed their name to the Titans. Like the original ''Teen ...
'' ,
Dick Grayson Richard John "Dick" Grayson is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with Batman and Teen Titans. Created by writer Bill Finger and artist Bob Kane, he first appeared in ''Detective Comics' ...
(a.k.a. 
Robin Robin may refer to: Animals * Australasian robins, red-breasted songbirds of the family Petroicidae * Many members of the subfamily Saxicolinae (Old World chats), including: **European robin (''Erithacus rubecula'') **Bush-robin **Forest rob ...
/
Nightwing Nightwing is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character has appeared in various incarnations; the identity was adopted by Dick Grayson when he left his role as Batman's vigilante partner Robin. Although ...
) , Voice role; main role , - , 2011 , ''
Locke & Key ''Locke & Key'' is an American comic book series written by Joe Hill, illustrated by Gabriel Rodríguez, and published by IDW Publishing. Plot summary This plot is presented in chronological order. During the American Revolution, a group of ...
'' , Tyler Locke , Unsold TV pilot , - , 2012 , ''
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', also referred to as ''CSI'' and ''CSI: Las Vegas'', is an American procedural forensics crime drama television series that ran on CBS from October 6, 2000, to September 27, 2015, spanning 15 seasons. This wa ...
'' , Wes Clyborn , Episode: " Seeing Red" , - , rowspan=3, 2013 , ''
Ben and Kate ''Ben and Kate'' is an American single-camera sitcom television series that ran on Fox from September 25, 2012, to January 22, 2013, as part of the 2012–13 television season. The show was produced by 20th Century Fox Television and Chernin En ...
'' , College Guy , Cameo; episode: "Ethics 101" , - , ''
Army Wives ''Army Wives'' is an American drama television series that followed the lives of four army wives, one army husband, and their families. The series premiered on Lifetime on June 3, 2007, and ran for seven seasons, ending on June 9, 2013. The sh ...
'' , Tim Truman , Main role (season 7) , - , ''Fly or Die'' , Himself , Cameo , - , 2014 , ''
Expecting Amish ''Expecting Amish'' is a 2014 American television drama film produced and directed by Richard Gabai. It stars AJ Michalka, Jesse McCartney, Alyson Stoner, Cayden Boyd, Aurelia Scheppers, and Avery Kristen Pohl. Cast * AJ Michalka as Hannah Yoder * ...
'' , Josh , Television movie (Lifetime) , - , 2014–2015 , ''
Young & Hungry ''Young & Hungry'' is an American Romantic sitcom created by David Holden. The multi-camera series stars Emily Osment, Jonathan Sadowski, Aimee Carrero, Kym Whitley and Rex Lee, and premiered on ABC Family (now Freeform) on June 25, 2014. On Ma ...
'' , Cooper Finley , Recurring role (seasons 1–2), 7 episodes , - , 2015 , '' The F Word'' , Himself , Episodes: "Jesse Mccartney" , - , rowspan = 3, 2016 , '' Fear the Walking Dead'' , Reed , Episodes: " Blood in the Streets", "
Captive Captive or Captives may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Captive'' (1980 film), a sci-fi film, starring Cameron Mitchell and David Ladd * ''Captive'' (1986 film), a British-French film starring Oliver Reed * ''Captive'' (1991 ...
" , - , ''
Talking Dead ''Talking Dead'' is a live television aftershow in which host Chris Hardwick discusses episodes of the AMC television series '' The Walking Dead'', '' Fear the Walking Dead'' and '' The Walking Dead: World Beyond'' with guests, including celebrity ...
'' , Himself , Guest , - , '' Major Crimes'' , Tucker , Episode: "
Present Tense The present tense (abbreviated or ) is a grammatical tense whose principal function is to locate a situation or event in the present time. The present tense is used for actions which are happening now. In order to explain and understand present ...
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Celebrity Watch Party ''Celebrity Watch Party'' (known as ''Celebrity Gogglebox USA'' internationally) is an American reality television series that aired on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox from May 7 to July 23, 2020. The show is based on the British television serie ...
'' , Himself , Episode: “ The Deadliest Couch” , - , ''
I Can See Your Voice (American TV series) ''I Can See Your Voice'' is an American music game show that premiered on Fox on September 23, 2020. It is an adaptation of the South Korean series, and is hosted by Korean-American comedian Ken Jeong. The series has been renewed for a third ...
'' , Himself (Guest judge) , Season 1, Episode 6 , - , 2020-2021 , ''
The Masked Singer ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...
'' , Turtle, 2020; Himself, 2021 , Runner Up in 2020, as a guest singer in 2021. , -


Video games

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Kingdom Hearts II is a 2005 action role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix in collaboration with Disney Interactive Studios, Buena Vista Games for the PlayStation 2 video game console. The game is a sequel to ''Kingdom Hearts (video game), King ...
'' , rowspan="2", Roxas , - , 2007 , ''
Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix is a 2005 action role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix in collaboration with Disney Interactive Studios, Buena Vista Games for the PlayStation 2 video game console. The game is a sequel to ''Kingdom Hearts (video game), King ...
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Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (subtitle read as "Three-Five-Eight Days over Two") is an action role-playing video game developed by h.a.n.d. and Square Enix (in collaboration with Disney Interactive Studios) for the Nintendo DS. It is the fifth installment in the ''Kingdom ...
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Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep is an action role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix in collaboration with Disney Interactive Studios for the PlayStation Portable, serving as the sixth installment in the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series. The game was relea ...
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Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix ''Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix'' is a HD remastered collection of the '' Kingdom Hearts'' series, developed by Square Enix originally for the PlayStation 3. It was revealed in September 2012 and released in Japan in March 2013, and North America ...
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Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue ''Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue'' is a compilation of games from the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series, developed and published by Square Enix in collaboration with Disney Interactive Studios. A successor to the '' Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Re ...
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Kingdom Hearts III is a 2019 action role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows and Nintendo Switch. It is the twelfth installment in the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series, and serves as a conclusion of the ...
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