James Maslow

James dated actress Halston Sage for a while but they broke up in 2013. He has kept his personal life discreet from his professional life and thus there is not much information available of any relation he has had in the past or in the present.

James David Maslow was born on 16th July, 1990 in New York City and was brought up in La Jolla, California. Maslow’s father, Mike Maslow, is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent and his mother, Cathy Burge, belongs to Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), Swiss-German, Irish, German and English ancestry. Although his mother is a Catholic but he was raised Jewish.

At the age of 13 years he became bar mitzvah. He has stated that he is a spiritual and religious person and loves to spend his free time with family and friends.

James has an older brother, Philip Maslow, now a doctor, and a half–sister, Ali Thom, and she is a lifestyle, design and beauty blogger.

James’ parents settled down in La Jolla when he was just six years of age. During his childhood he used to attend Hebrew school six days a week.

He started to sing in the San Diego Children’s choir at the age of 6. He has said that some of his favourite memories are that of singing at the San Diego Padres game with the Children’s Choir and also performing with the San Diego Opera.

James started his acting career in 2008 where he played the role of Shane in a television series named ‘iCarly’. This was followed by many TV appearances. He enacted the role of Maury McQuarrie in YouTube miniseries ‘Be Right Back’ and as Bart Foxworth in Television movie titled ‘Seeds of Yesterday’ (2015).

Maslow is most known for his performances in the ‘Big Time Rush’ (2009-2013) television series in the main role and for his dancing performance in ‘Dancing with the Stars’ (2014). He was praised for his performance in ‘Big Time Movie’ (2012) as well.

James is famous as the lead vocalist of the boy band ‘BTR’ who released their first debut albumtitled ‘Big Time Rush’ on 11th October, 2010 after their success in the Nickelodeon TV series by the same name telecast in 2009.

This album included original songs like ‘Any Kind of Guy’ and ‘City Is Ours’ and they ranked in the US Billboards Hot Top 100 singles and received Gold certifications from the RIAA on March 2011 and Platinum certifications for record sales of more than 1million copies.

The ‘BTR’ album in its first week of release sold 67 thousand copies and got third position on the Billboard 200 album chart. Their first album got worldwide recognition. James’ BTR album also topped the US Kid’s Album and Top Soundtracks charts.

James net-worth as of late 2016 is $ 6 million all accumulated by his acting and singing talent.