Jesse McCartney (born
April 9,
1987) is an
American pop/
R&B singer-songwriter and
actor. McCartney initially came to fame in the early 2000s as the youngest member of the
boy band Dream Street. He subsequently branched out into a solo career, having appeared on the television series
Summerland.
Early life
Jesse McCartney was born in
Ardsley, New York,
to Scott and Ginger McCartney. McCartney began performing in local community musicals at the age of seven, before joining the national tour of
The King and I at age ten along with
Phil of the Future star
Ricky Ullman. McCartney moved to Los Angeles to become an actor and singer when he was 11. He later appeared with
The Who's
Roger Daltrey in
A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden. From 1998–2001, McCartney played
Adam Chandler, Jr. on the
ABC soap opera All My Children, a role for which he earned a Daytime Emmy nomination. He also later starred in the short-lived series
Summerland, which aired on the now-defunct
WB network for two seasons.
