Jesse McCartney Biography

Fast Facts

• Won two Young Artist Awards for his portrayal of JR Chandler in the daytime soap opera "All My Children․"
• Co-wrote "Bleeding Love" with Ryan Tedder for Leona Lewis, as the song became No․ 1 in 34 countries, was nominated for a Grammy Award, and won ASCAP's Song of the Year in 2009
• Despite his career in acting and music, he managed to graduate from his hometown high school in Ardsley, N․Y․, in June of 2005
• As a child, he began performing in his local community theatre at seven and then started working on Broadway, appearing in "The King and I" and "A Christmas Carol․"
• Quote: "(On dealing with the pressures of high school) "I think what got me through was that I was very confident in what I loved to do and who I was as a person․""
• Quote: "(On giving advice to his younger self) "I would say just to not care what anybody thinks and to really pursue what it is that you have in your heart and in your head․""
• While working on ABC's "All My Children" at a young age, he recorded an album that went gold with the pop boy band Dream Street
• Wrote and performed the song "We Can Go Anywhere" for the movie "Keith," which went on to win several international film festival awards
• Revealed that his nickname "Orange Boy" was a fake name released by a friend as a joke and that, as McCartney said, "No one's ever called me Orange Boy for real․"
• Was featured alongside his mother, sister and brother at their actual home in the Walmart ad "Home For the Holidays․"