Kendall Schmidt

Kendall Francis Schmidt (born November 2, 1990) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for playing as Kendall Knight from Big Time Rush. Kendall is the star of Nickelodeon's hit live-action show, Big Time Rush as Kendall Knight, a 16 year old hockey player from Minnesota. He has played small roles on different TV shows such as ER, Without a Trace and Frasier. Kendall was also in a band titled Heffron Drive with fellow actor and singer Dustin Belt.

Early life

He was born in Wichita, Kansas to Kent and Kathy Schmidt. He is the youngest of three. His brothers are Kenneth Schmidt and Kevin Schmidt who starred in hit films, Cheaper by the Dozen, Cheaper By The Dozen 2 and Princess Protection Program. Schmidt started singing at the age of 5.

                                                Career

Schmidt began his acting career at age six, appearing in a Chex television commercial. When he was 10 years old, he was one of three young actors who was hired to be Haley Joel Osment's stand-in and body double (they shared the same agent) in the Steven Spielberg film, A.I. Artificial Intelligence.^[1] He celebrated his birthday on the set, and Spielberg and the cast surprised him with a birthday cake decorated with Star Wars figures.^[1]

In mid 2009, Schmidt was cast in the Nickelodeon series Big Time Rush as one of the four main characters, Kendall Knight. The show premiered to a record breaking 7.1 million total viewers, making it the highest rated premiere for a live action series in Nick history.

                                               Heffron Drive

Besides being in Big Time Rush, Schmidt is also in a band called Heffron Drive with fellow actor and singer Dustin Belt. The duo have released numerous singles such as 'Love Letter' and 'Stand Forever'. Belt currently plays the guitar for Big Time Rush.

                                           Big Time Rush

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. Kendall plays character "Kendall Knight", leader of the group. In the show he hadn't even thought of persuing a career in singing, as he wanted to play hockey. He soon found him self given the opportunity of a life time and agreed to go through with it only if his friends could join him in forming a band. And so the journey begins.