James Maslow

James David Maslow (born July 16, 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.

James David Maslow was born in New York City, New York, and raised in La Jolla, California

He made his television debut in 2008 as Shane in the iCarly episode, "iSaw Him First"

Big Time Rush

Big Time Rush is an American pop singing group that formed in 2009. The other three members are Kendall Schmidt, Carlos Pena, Jr., and Logan Henderson, all on vocals.

Nickelodeon cast for the new sitcom in 2007. Maslow sent in his audition tape and received the role of James Diamond two years later.

He and his bandmates have recorded many songs, which include the theme song, "Big Time Rush", "Any Kind Of Guy", "City Is Ours", "Halfway There", "Famous", "Shot in the Dark", "Stuck", etc. An album of original songs from the first season plus some others was released October 11, 2010, entitled B.T.R. It sold 67,000 copies in its first week and was certified Gold by the RIAA six months later in April 2011.

On November 21, 2011, the band released their second album called "Elevate" which sold 70, 000 copies on its first week. Maslow and his band mates co wrote 8 out of the 12 songs. Maslow wrote "Elevate", "Love Me Love Me" and the first single from the album, "Music Sounds Better With U". The UK version of the album included a bonus song called "Epic" which he also helped write.

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

Personal life

He is the son of Cathy Burge and Mike Maslow. He has an older brother named Philip Maslow and a half-sister, named Ali Thom. His father is Jewish and his mother is Catholic; he was raised Jewish, and attended Hebrew school six days a week during his childhood. He has described himself as a "religious and spiritual person".

In an interview, Maslow stated that he would probably be an architect, like his sister, if he was not an actor or singer (or if it did not involve so much math).

Maslow lives in Los Angeles, California with his dog, Fox. He had previously owned a dog Falco, but he passed away at fourteen years old sometime during the making of Big Time Movie.