James Maslow
Encyclopedia
James David Maslow is an American
actor
, singer, and dancer. He is best known for playing the role of James Diamond on Nickelodeon
's Big Time Rush
and is a member of the boy music group with the same name
.
(in an interview with Clevver TV, when asked his favorite holiday, he replied Hanukkah
).
At the age of six, Maslow began training as a singer when his parents placed him in the San Diego Children's Choir
. He attended La Jolla and Torrey Pines elementary schools, Muirlands Middle School, and San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts. He had a small role in the San Diego Opera
's production of La bohème
when he was 10 years 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 Misérables
. 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 2007 in the musical theater department.
episode, "iSaw Him First". He also appeared in "urFRENZ" in 2009.
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.
He has a scar on his elbow, which he received while performing a hockey
-related stunt for the first episode of Big Time Rush.
United States
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actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, singer, and dancer. He is best known for playing the role of James Diamond on Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (TV channel)
Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...
's Big Time Rush
Big Time Rush
Big Time Rush is a Nickelodeon television series created by Scott Fellows about the Hollywood misadventures of four hockey players from Minnesota—Kendall, Logan, James, and Carlos, after they are selected to form a boy band. The series premiered with an hour-long pilot episode, "Big Time...
and is a member of the boy music group with the same name
Big Time Rush (band)
Big Time Rush is an American boyband formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2009. The band consists of members Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Carlos Pena Jr. and Logan Henderson. Big Time Rush was created through the Nickelodeon television series with the same name. The band released its debut...
.
Early life
Maslow was born in New York and grew up in La Jolla, California. He was raised JewishJews
The Jews , also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish ethnicity, nationality, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation...
(in an interview with Clevver TV, when asked his favorite holiday, he replied Hanukkah
Hanukkah
Hanukkah , also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE...
).
At the age of six, Maslow began training as a singer when his parents placed him in the San Diego Children's Choir
San Diego Children's Choir
The San Diego Children's Choir is a choral organization consisting of 300 boys and girls from the San Diego, California area who are of ages six to eighteen and from a variety of racial, ethnic, religious, and economic backgrounds. It was founded by Polly Campbell and was incorporated as a...
. He attended La Jolla and Torrey Pines elementary schools, Muirlands Middle School, and San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts. He had a small role in the San Diego Opera
San Diego Opera
The San Diego Opera Association is a professional opera company located in the city of San Diego, California and is a member of OPERA America. It was founded in 1950 to present productions by San Francisco Opera in the San Diego area...
's production of La bohème
La bohème
La bohème is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions quadro, a tableau or "image", rather than atto . by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger...
when he was 10 years old. He attended acting camp at the La Jolla Playhouse
La Jolla Playhouse
La Jolla Playhouse is a not-for-profit, professional theatre-in-residence on the campus of the University of California, San Diego. -Background:...
, got his first agent when he was 14, and performed as Marius in a production of Les Misérables
Les Misérables (musical)
Les Misérables , colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz , is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg, based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo....
. 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 2007 in the musical theater department.
Career
He made his television debut in 2008 as Shane in the iCarlyICarly
iCarly is an American sitcom that focuses on a girl named Carly Shay who creates her own web show called iCarly with her best friends Sam and Freddie. The series was created by Dan Schneider, who also serves as executive producer. It stars Miranda Cosgrove as Carly, Jennette McCurdy as Sam, Nathan...
episode, "iSaw Him First". He also appeared in "urFRENZ" in 2009.
Big Time Rush
Big Time RushBig Time Rush (band)
Big Time Rush is an American boyband formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2009. The band consists of members Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Carlos Pena Jr. and Logan Henderson. Big Time Rush was created through the Nickelodeon television series with the same name. The band released its debut...
is an American pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
singing group that formed in 2009. The other three members are Kendall Schmidt
Kendall Schmidt
Kendall Francis Schmidt is an American actor and singer-songwriter; he is best known for playing Kendall Knight in Big Time Rush and has played small roles on different TV shows such as ER, Without a Trace, Phil of the Future, Ghost Whisperer, and Frasier...
, Carlos Pena, Jr.
Carlos Pena, Jr.
Carlos Roberto Pena, Jr. is an American actor, dancer and singer. He is best known for starring on the Nickelodeon series Big Time Rush as Carlos García.- Early life :...
, and Logan Henderson
Logan Henderson
Logan Phillip Henderson is an American actor, dancer, rapper and singer-songwriter. He is best known for his starring role as Logan Mitchell on the Nickelodeon series, Big Time Rush, as well as being a member of the Big Time Rush band itself.-Early life:Henderson was born and raised in North...
, 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.
B.T.R. (album)
BTR is the debut studio album from Big Time Rush, which was released on October 11, 2010. The track listing for the album was announced on September 1, 2010....
It sold 67,000 copies in its first week and was certified Gold by the RIAA six months later in April 2011.
He has a scar on his elbow, which he received while performing a hockey
Hockey
Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
-related stunt for the first episode of Big Time Rush.
Other projects
Maslow first appeared in a UrFrenz episode, in which he portrayed a character named Brandon. He has expanded into the movie venue, including the 2011 film, Master's Tree (as yet unreleased), as well as a currently unknown film works project, set to be released in early 2012. Maslow has said that he would like to work on more film projects in the future.Filmography
| Television/Films | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year(s) | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2009 | iCarly ICarly iCarly is an American sitcom that focuses on a girl named Carly Shay who creates her own web show called iCarly with her best friends Sam and Freddie. The series was created by Dan Schneider, who also serves as executive producer. It stars Miranda Cosgrove as Carly, Jennette McCurdy as Sam, Nathan... |
Shane | Episode: "iSaw Him First" |
| 2009–present | Big Time Rush Big Time Rush Big Time Rush is a Nickelodeon television series created by Scott Fellows about the Hollywood misadventures of four hockey players from Minnesota—Kendall, Logan, James, and Carlos, after they are selected to form a boy band. The series premiered with an hour-long pilot episode, "Big Time... |
James Diamond | Main role |
| 2010 | @urFRENZ | Brandon | |
| 2011 | Hand aufs Herz Hand aufs Herz Hand aufs Herz is a German television soap opera and premiered on October 4, 2010 on the private broadcasting station Sat.1. It got canceled in June 2011, announcing the series finale for September 5, 2011... |
James Diamond | with the band Big Time Rush, 210.Episode (Hand aufs Herz is a German telenovela Telenovela A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"... on Sat.1 Sat.1 Sat.1 is a privately owned German television broadcasting station. Sat.1 was the first privately owned television broadcasting station in Germany, having started one day before RTL Television.... ) |
| 2011 | Master's Tree | Unknown | |