James Maslow

 James David Maslow (born May 12, 1990) is an American actor, singer and dancer. He is best known for playing the role of James Diamond onNickelodeon's Big Time Rush, and is a member of the boy music group with the same name.

                                                   Early life

Maslow was born in New York, and raised in La Jolla, California.^[1][2] In 1996, Maslow began training as a singer at the age of 6 when his parents made him sing in the San Diego Children's Choir.^[1][3] He attended La Jolla and Torrey Pines elementary schools, Muirlands Middle School, and San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts^[3] He had a small role in the San Diego Opera's production of La bohème when he was 10 years old.^[3][4][5] He attended acting camp at the La Jolla Playhouse, got his first agent when he was 14, and as Marius in Les Misérables.^[3] He quit the School of Creative and Performing Arts mid-way through the 10th grade and switched to Coronado School of the Arts (CoSA). He graduated from CoSA in 2007 in the musical theater department.^[3]

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                                                      Big Time Rush

For main article, see Big Time Rush and Big Time Rush (band).

Big Time Rush is an American pop singing group that formed in 2009. The band consists of Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Carlos Pena, Jr., and Logan Henderson, all on vocals. In 2007, Nickelodeon was casting and looking for people to be in a new band to be in a new sitcom called Big Time Rush. Maslow sent in his audition tape when his desire was in singing and acting. He got the role of James Diamond 2 years later. Kendall Schmidt won the role of Kendall Knight over many other people because of the difficult decision of casting him over others. Carlos Pena, Jr. and Logan Henderson sent in their audition tapes and were accepted to be Carlos Garcia and Logan Mitchell over thousands of other boys.^[6]

The boys have recorded many songs including the theme song of the same title as the show, "Any Kind Of Guy", "City Is Ours", "Halfway There", "Famous", "Shot in the Dark", and "Stuck". Additional songs will be released throughout the show's first season. They and Nickelodeon are planning on releasing an album of songs from the first season of the show including some new ones. The album was released on October 11, 2010 selling 67,000 copies in it's first week. In April 2011, 6 months after the release the album was certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of over 500,000 copies in the U.S.

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                                                Other Projects

Shortly after working on Big Time Rush. Maslow began forgoing into different projects outside of Big Time Rush. With him first appearing in a UrFrenz episode playing the character of Brandon. He expanded further by going onto film projects, with the 2011 movie Master's Tree which is due out sometime in 2011. Also, a currently unknown film works project of his is set to be release in early 2012. Maslow has said that he would like to work on more film projects in the future.

[edit]                             Personal life

He has a scar on his elbow, which he received while performing a hockey-related stunt for the first episode of Big Time Rush.^[7]

Maslow is Jewish.^[8] In an interview with Clevver TV, when asked his favorite holiday, he replied Hannukah.^[9] Also in an interview with "Goom Radio" he said that he was Jewish.^[10]

[edit]                                   Filmography

Television/Films
Year(s)	Title	Role	Notes
2009	iCarly	Shane	Episode: "iSaw Him First"
2009–present	Big Time Rush	James Diamond	Main role
2010	urFRENZ	Brandon
2011	Master's Tree[11]	Unknown

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