Kendall Schmidt

{{Infobox musical artist

| birth_name = Kendall Francis Schmidt

| name = Kendall Schmidt

| image = Kendall Schmidt concert in Mannheim.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Schmidt in 2013

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|11|2}}

| birth_place = Wichita, Kansas, U.S.

| occupation = {{flatlist|

Singer
songwriter
music producer
actor

}}

| years_active = 1995–present

| background = solo_singer

| genre = {{flatlist|Pop}}

| instrument = {{flatlist|

}}

| label = TOLBooth

| current_member_of = Big Time Rush

| past_member_of = Heffron Drive

| website = {{URL|heffrondrive.com/}}

}}

Kendall Francis Schmidt (born November 2, 1990{{cite twitter|Married to Kendall Stone (2009) tweet|user=HeffronDrive|author=Kendall Schmidt|number=396559135434489856|date=2 November 2013|title=#23 !!!! :)}}) is an American singer, songwriter, music producer and actor. He played Kendall Knight in Big Time Rush, participated in a boy band with the same name, and has had small roles on TV shows such as ER, Without a Trace, Phil of the Future, Ghost Whisperer, Gilmore Girls, and Frasier.[http://staree.com/kendallschmidt/about Kendall Schmidt] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620043454/http://staree.com/kendallschmidt/about |date=2012-06-20 }}. staree.com

Early life

Schmidt was born in Wichita, Kansas, to Kathy and Kent Schmidt. His brothers, [https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/person/kenneth-schmidt Kenneth Schmidt] and Kevin Schmidt, are actors.Abejo, Jerry. " Currently married to Kendall Stone (2008-)

[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WE&s_site=kansas&p_multi=WE&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3524E612F5E41&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Andover Boy's Film Career at 'A.I.' High.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112173428/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WE&s_site=kansas&p_multi=WE&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3524E612F5E41&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |date=2013-11-12 }}" Wichita Eagle. July 8, 2001. He began his acting career at age five, appearing in a Chex TV commercial. When he was nine years old, he was one of two young actors who were hired to be Haley Joel Osment's stand-in and body double (they shared the same agent) in the Steven Spielberg film, A.I. Artificial Intelligence. He celebrated his birthday on the set, and Spielberg and the cast surprised him with a birthday cake decorated with Star Wars figures. When he was 10 years old, his family finally made the move from Kansas to California.

Career

=2001–2013: Career beginning and Big Time Rush=

File:Kendall Schmidt BTR Paparazzo.jpg

In 2001 Schmidt soon landed recurring roles on General Hospital, Titus, Raising Dad, Gilmore Girls and CSI: Miami. He guest-starred on a variety of TV shows, including ER, MADtv, Frasier and Phil of the Future. Most recently, Kendall guest starred on Without a Trace and Ghost Whisperer. On the big screen, he has appeared in Minority Report and According to Spencer.

In 2009, Schmidt was cast as the lead in the Nickelodeon television series Big Time Rush. Kendall portrays a character like himself with the name of Kendall Knight, the calm and relaxed member of Big Time Rush. He also was a member of the real-life boy band Big Time Rush, formed as the part of a show. Nickelodeon signed the group, and the their debut album, titled BTR, was released on October 11, 2010. The album debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200 and was later certified Gold by the RIAA for shipments of 500,000 copies in the U.S.{{cite web|url=http://tommy2.net/content/?p=24115 |title=Bridgit Mendler signs with Hollywood Records, Big Time Rush certified Gold, Will Joe Jonas open for Britney Spears, Pics from Savannah Outen and Josh Golden's music video, Destinee and Paris sing The Big Bang, Disney to make song for Japan, Kids' Choice Awards flashback, Tron: Legacy Reconfigured, Zendaya appearance at World of Wheels |publisher=Tommy2.net |date=April 1, 2011 |accessdate=2011-09-10}} In November 2010, it was announced that a Christmas special of Big Time Rush would debut later that month, and that a Christmas EP would be released to coincide with the episode. On November 30, 2010, they released the Holiday EP Holiday Bundle, with two songs: "Beautiful Christmas" and the cover of "All I Want for Christmas is You", originally performed by Mariah Carey. On February 15, 2011, "Boyfriend" was released as the band's first official single to mainstream US radio{{cite web|url=http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16691 |title=Radio Industry News, Music Industry Updates, Arbitron Ratings, Music News and more! |publisher=FMQB |date= |accessdate=2013-08-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411072813/http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16691 |archivedate=2016-04-11 }} and peaked at number seventy-two on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming their most successful song to date.{{cite web |url=http://www.btrband.com/us/news/boyfriend-ft-new-boyz-itunes |title=Featured News Post | The Official Big Time Rush Site |publisher=Btrband.com |date= |accessdate=2011-09-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911092600/http://www.btrband.com/us/news/boyfriend-ft-new-boyz-itunes |archivedate=2011-09-11 }}

Schmidt and the group announced they would be recording their second studio album, just after Nickelodeon renewed the series for a third season.{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/05/24/big-time-rush-renewed-by-nickelodeon-for-a-third-season/93818/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630100136/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/05/24/big-time-rush-renewed-by-nickelodeon-for-a-third-season/93818/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 30, 2012|title='Big Time Rush' Renewed By Nickelodeon For A Third Season - Ratings - TVbytheNumbers.zap2it.com|work=TVbytheNumbers|access-date=March 9, 2015}} Their second album, Elevate, was released on November 21, 2011 and debuted at number 12 on the Billboard 200, selling over 70,000 copies in its first week. Though for a lower peaking than their previous, the album sold more copies than the previous album.[http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/464922/michael-buble-bests-nickelback-rihanna-on-billboard-200 "Michael Buble Bests Nickelback, Rihanna on Billboard 200".] Billboard.com. Billboard. November 30, 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2011. The first single, "Music Sounds Better with U", was released on November 1, 2011. He announced would be starring in their full-length 2012 film, Big Time Movie. In 2013 Nickelodeon renewed the Big Time Rush series for a 13-episode fourth season, production started on January 7. The third album, 24/Seven, was released on June 11, 2013 and led many critics to draw comparisons between the band's third album and NSYNC's third album Celebrity.{{cite web |url=http://m.looks.co.id/article/lifestyle/music-review/and-the-2014-world-music-awards-goes-to |title=And the 2014 World Music Awards goes to |access-date=2015-07-23 |archive-date=2014-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808090243/http://m.looks.co.id/article/lifestyle/music-review/and-the-2014-world-music-awards-goes-to |url-status=dead }} The band went on hiatus in March, 2014.

=2013–present: Heffron Drive=

He announced that he returned to the duo Heffron Drive, which he had before Big Time Rush.{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/17/kendall-schmidt-heffron-d_n_4118316.html |title=Kendall Schmidt Announces Heffron Drive Tour |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date= October 17, 2013|accessdate=2013-11-15 |first=Danny |last=Shea}}{{cite web|url=http://hdwintertour.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/HDTix.pdf |title=Welcome hdwintertour.com - BlueHost.com |publisher=Hdwintertour.com |date= |accessdate=2016-12-04}} Schmidt's first single with Heffron Drive, "Parallel", was released in March 2014 through his very own record label TOLBooth Records. On January 14, 2017, the band released a new song and music video for their single Living Room. Their next release was on January 19, 2018 when they released a new song and music video titled "Mad At The World". Their latest release is "Separate Lives" from their second album Separate Lives.

Filmography

=Films=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2001

| According to Spencer

| Chad

2012

| Big Time Movie

| Kendall Knight

2015

| Janoskians: Untold and Untrue

| Himself

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2001

|Raising Dad

| Noah

| Episode: "For Mature Audiences Only"

2001; 2002

|Gilmore Girls

| Peter

| Episodes: "Nick & Nora/Sid & Nancy" and "Application Anxiety"

2002

| Frasier

| Young Frasier

| Episode: "Rooms with a View"

2004

| ER

| Damian

| Episode: "Shifts Happen"

2004

| Phil of the Future

| Jake

| Episode: "Get Ready to Go-Go"

2004

| CSI: Miami

| Dominic Abeyta

| Episodes: "Legal" and Hell Night"

2009

| Ghost Whisperer

| Jeff

| Episode: "Slow Burn"

2009

| Without a Trace

| Shay Hanson

| Episode: "True"

2009–2013

| Big Time Rush

| Kendall Knight

| Main role

2011

| Hand aufs Herz

| Himself

| Episode: "August 11, 2011"

2012

| How to Rock

| Himself

| Episode: "How to Rock: An Election"

2013

| Marvin Marvin

| Himself

| Episode: "Big Time Marvin"

2014

|Hell's Kitchen

| Himself

| Episode: "15 Chefs Compete"

2015

| The Penguins of Madagascar

| Beaver Kendall (voice)

| Episode: "Tunnel of Love"

2016; 2018

| School of Rock

| Justin Cole

| Recurring role (season 1); guest (season 2)

=Web=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2008–2011

|Poor Paul

| John

| Main role

2017

| Are You There, God? It's Me, Margot

| Ryan

| Main role

Discography

=Promotional singles=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"

|+ List of singles

! scope="col"| Year

! scope="col" style="width:16em;"| Song

! scope="col"| Album

2014

! scope="row"| "Blame It on the Mistletoe"{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/blame-it-on-mistletoe-single/938824040|title=Blame It on the Mistletoe - Kendall Schmidt|work=iTunes|date=2010-05-13|access-date=2010-05-13}}

| {{n/a|Non-album single}}

=Albums appearances=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"

! scope="col"| Year

! scope="col" style="width:16em;" | Title

! scope="col"| Other artist(s)

! scope="col"| Album

2015

! scope="row"| "Night Like This"

| Hilary Duff

| Breathe In. Breathe Out.

=Writing credits=

scope="row"\| "Cover Girl"
class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" ! scope="col"\| Year ! scope="col" style="width:16em;" \| Title ! scope="col"\| Artist(s) ! scope="col"\| Album ! scope="col"\| Notes
2004 ! scope="row"\| "Boneyard (Dick Tracy Theme)" \| The Blasters \| 4-11-44 \| rowspan="1"\| Written
rowspan="5"\| 2012 ! scope="row"\| "Music Sounds Better with U" \| rowspan="5"\| Big Time Rush \| rowspan="5"\| Elevate \| rowspan="5"\| Written
scope="row"\| "Love Me, Love Me"
scope="row"\| "Superstar"
scope="row"\| "You're Not Alone"
rowspan="8"\| 2013 ! scope="row"\| "24/Seven" \| rowspan="8"\| Big Time Rush \| rowspan="8"\| 24/Seven \| rowspan="8"\| Written
scope="row"\| "Get Up"
scope="row"\| "Crazy for U"
scope="row"\| "We Are"
scope="row"\| "Confetti Falling"
scope="row"\| "Love Me Again"
scope="row"\| "Just Getting Started"
scope="row"\| "Untouchable"
rowspan="12"\| 2014 ! scope="row"\| "Happy Mistakes" \| rowspan="11"\| Heffron Drive \| rowspan="11"\| Happy Mistakes \| rowspan="11"\| Writer, producer, executive producer
scope="row"\| "Parallel"
scope="row"\| "One Way Ticket"
scope="row"\| "Division of the Heart"
scope="row"\| "Had to Be Panama"
scope="row"\| "Nicotine"
scope="row"\| "Art of Moving On"
scope="row"\| "Passing Time"
scope="row"\| "Could You Be Home"
scope="row"\| "That's What Makes You Mine"
scope="row"\| "Everything Has Changed"
scope="row"\| "3 2 1" \| Shinee \| I'm Your Boy \| Writer