Jesse McCartney

Jesse McCartney
McCartney at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival
Born	(1987-04-09) April 9, 1987 (age 37) Ardsley, New York, U.S.
Occupations	Actor singer songwriter
Years active	1998–present
Spouse	Katie Peterson ​ (m. 2021)​
Musical career
Genres	Pop pop rock R&B[1]
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Labels	Hollywood Eight0Eight Blue Suit The Orchard AWAL
Formerly of	Dream Street
Musical artist

Jesse McCartney (born April 9, 1987) is an American actor and singer-songwriter. He achieved fame in the late 1990s on the daytime drama All My Children as JR Chandler. He later joined boy band Dream Street, and eventually branched out into a solo musical career. Additionally, McCartney has appeared on shows such as Law & Order: SVU, Summerland, and Greek. McCartney also is known for lending his voice as Theodore in Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007), Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009), Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015) as well as voicing JoJo McDodd in Horton Hears a Who! (2008), Robin/Nightwing in Young Justice, and Roxas and Ventus in the video game series Kingdom Hearts developed by Square Enix.

McCartney's music career began in 2004 with his debut album Beautiful Soul. Leavin', a single from his third album Departure, reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and is his best-selling song. His most recent album, New Stage, was released in 2021. McCartney is also known for co-writing "Bleeding Love", which became a worldwide hit for Leona Lewis in 2007.