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| James David Maslow |
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| The Muscly Maslow |
James David Maslow (born July 16, 1990) is an American actor, singer, and dancer. He is best known fro playing the role of James Diamond on Nickelodeon's Big Time Rush and is a member of Big Time Rush
EARLY LIFE
Maslow was born in New York and grew up in La Jolla, California. He was raised Jewish. At the age of 6, Maslow began training as a singer when his parents placed him in the San Diego Childern's Choir. He attendedd La Jolla and Torrey Pines elementary schools, Muirlands Middle School, and San Diego of Creative and Performing Arts. He had a small role in the San Diego's production of La bohome when he was 10years old. He attended acting camp at the La Jolla Playhouse, got his first agent when he was 14, and performed as Marius in a production of Les Miserables. Quitting the School of Creative and Performing Arts mid-way through the 10th grade, Maslow switched to Coronado School of the Arts (CoSA). He graduated from CoSA in '07 in the musical theater department
CAREER
He made his televesion debut in '08 as Shane in the iCarly episode "iSaw Him First". He also appeared in "urFRENZ" in '09
Big Time Rush
Big Time Rush is and American pop singing group that formed in '09. The other three members are Kendall Schmidt, Carlos Pena, Jr. and Logan Henderson, all on vocals.
Nickelodeon cast for the new sitcom in '07. Maslow sent his audition tape and received the role of James Diamond 2years later.
He and his bandmates have recorded many songs, which include the theme song, "Big Time Rush", "Any Kind Of Guys", "City Is Ours", "Halfway There", "Famous", "Shot in the Dark", "Stuck", etc. An album of original songd from the first season plus some others was released October 11, '10, entitled B.T.R. It sold 67K copied in its first week and was certified Gold by the RIAA six months later in April '11
He has a scar on his elbow, which he received while performing a hokey-related stunt for the first episode of Big Time Rush
Personal Quotes
- Singing is what got me into everything and made me fall in love with this industry
- Both singing and acting are so rewarding that I couldn't pick between two
James enjoys reading. His favorite book is "Enders Game". Staying healthy is important to him so he regularly works out. James actually climbed Mt Whitney.
